Bob Balaban
Director, Actor
Films to Rent on DVD
- Me, Natalie (1969)
- Dir. Fred Coe
Feat. Patty Duke, James Farentino, Salome Jens…
- Thoughtful, though occasionally mawkish coming–of–age tale with Patty Duke as a young woman struggling with low self esteem and fighting…
- Parents (1989)
- Dir. Bob Balaban
Feat. Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis
- Frightening piece of horror kitsch about a boy who suspects his parents are cannibals. Splendid, stylised direction and set design make this a…
- Greedy (1994)
- Dir. Jonathan Lynn
Feat. Michael J. Fox, Kirk Douglas, Nancy Travis…
- Slapdash comedy with Douglas as a wealthy elderly man who's family compete to secure his vast inheritance.
- Waiting for Guffman (1997)
- Dir. Christopher Guest
Feat. Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Parker Posey…
- A comic treasure from the writer/star of "This is Spinal Tap", here lining up the fictional US burg of Blaine, Missouri in his satirical sights, as…
- Deconstructing Harry (1998)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Judy Davis, Bob Balaban…
- Woody Allen's most unruly comedy in years is an excoriating satire on his 'public–image': morally–depraved author Harry Blok, in a…
- Majestic, The (2001)
- Dir. Frank Darabont
Feat. Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Bob Balaban…
- Jim Carrey chose the wrong horse on which to saddle his dramatic aspirations with this “Capra–esque” tale of a blacklisted…
- Mighty Wind, A (2003)
- Dir. Christopher Guest
Feat. Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean…
- Writer–director Christopher Guest and his repertory of actors return for another cheerful send–up of an American subculture – this time…
- Marie and Bruce (2004)
- Dir. Tom Cairns
Feat. Julianne Moore, Matthew Broderick, Bob Balaban
- A portrait of a sharply declining marriage, with Matthew Broderick and Julianne Moore as diametrically opposed partners clinging to the remaining…
- Exonerated, The (2005)
- Dir. Bob Balaban
Feat. Brian Dennehy, Danny Glover, Delroy Lindo…
- Jarring prison drama focusing on six death row inmates that are exonerated just before their executions due to new evidence becoming available.…
- Bernard and Doris (2006)
- Dir. Bob Balaban
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Ralph Fiennes
- Romantic comedy based loosely on the real–life relationship between socialite heiress and philanthropist Doris Duke (Sarandon) and her butler…