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Bob Balaban

Bob Balaban

American actor, author, producer, and director
August 16, 1945 (78 years old)
U.S. 2013. War drama by George Clooney with George Clooney, Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett. In 1944, a platoon of experts from the world of art is tasked with recovering masterpieces stolen by the Nazis.
Runtime: 118 min.
U.S. 2012. Dramatic comedy by Wes Anderson with Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Edward Norton. In the summer of 1965 on a New England island, a twelve-year-old Boy Scout escapes from his summer camp to find the young resident with whom he is in love.
Runtime: 94 min.
U.S. 2011. Dramatic comedy by Jill Sprecher with Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin, Billy Crudup. While trying to steal a valuable violin from an old farmer, a dishonest and broke insurance agent sees his plan go awry.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 2009. Biography by Bob Balaban with Joan Allen, Jeremy Irons, Ed Begley Jr..
Runtime: 89 min.
U.S. 2009. History by Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman with James Franco, Jon Hamm, David Strathairn. In 1957, American poet Allen Ginsberg recalls the experiences that fueled the creation of his masterpiece, ""Howl.""
Runtime: 84 min.
U.S. 2007. Sentimental comedy by Scott Hicks with Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin. After the death of her sister, a well-known chef with a difficult temperament takes in her young niece, whom she manages to coax into the kitchen thanks to the tricks of her assistant cook.
Runtime: 101 min.
U.S. 2007. Biography by Bob Balaban with Susan Sarandon, Ralph Fiennes, Monique Gabriela Curnen. The last years of the life of tobacco industry billionaire Doris Duke, marked by her relationship with her gay butler, to whom she left her fortune.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 2007. Sentimental comedy by Justin Theroux with Billy Crudup, Mandy Moore, Tom Wilkinson. When his illustrator friend dies, a taciturn and misanthropic children's book author has a cheerful and optimistic young replacement imposed on him.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 2006. Tale by M. Night Shyamalan with M. Night Shyamalan, Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard. A superintendant from Philadelphia and the tenants of his building attempt to help a water nymph return to her world.
Runtime: 110 min.
U.S. 2006. Satire by Christopher Guest with Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer, Parker Posey. The film set of a small film is disrupted by rumours that three of its actors will be nominated for Oscars.
Runtime: 86 min.
U.S. 2006. Dramatic comedy by Tom Cairns with Julianne Moore, Matthew Broderick, Bob Balaban. In New York, a day in the life of an impoverished couple threatened by the wife's decision to break up.
Runtime: 91 min.
U.S. 2005. Biography by Bennett Miller with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Jr.. In the 1960s, the circumstances surrounding the writing of the book "In Cold Blood" in which Truman Capote tells the story of two murderers.
Runtime: 114 min.
U.S. 2005. Sentimental comedy by Bart Freundlich with Julianne Moore, David Duchovny, Billy Crudup. Two New York couples simultaneously question their marriages.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 2005. Drama by Bob Balaban with Brian Dennehy.
Runtime: 95 min.
Can. 2004. Comedy by Gérald L'Écuyer with Bob Balaban, Lothaire Bluteau, Katherine Creel. A film crew follows the trials and tribulations of a young director who must overcome many obstacles during the production of his first film.
U.S. 2003. Satire by Christopher Guest with Christopher Guest, Bob Balaban, Eugene Levy. The stormy reunion of the members of three folk music groups at a tribute concert for their late producer.
Runtime: 91 min.
U.S. 2001. Dramatic comedy by Terry Zwigoff with Thora Birch, Steve Buscemi, Scarlett Johansson. A rebellious teenager befriends a forty-something bachelor with a sad life.
Runtime: 111 min.

Best In Show

V.O.: Best in Show
U.S. 2000. Satire by Christopher Guest with Christopher Guest, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy. The tribulations of a motley crew of dog owners at a prestigious dog show.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1999. Social drama by Peter Kassovitz with Robin Williams, Alan Arkin, Bob Balaban. In 1944, in order to give hope to his friends in the ghetto, a Jew pretends to have a radio that announces the victory of the Russians.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1999. Sentimental comedy by Damon Santostefano with Matthew Perry, Neve Campbell, Dylan McDermott. A businessman entrusts the surveillance of his mistress to an architect whom he mistook for a gay man.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1998. Fantasy comedy by Claudia Weill with Marg Helgenberger, Alan Rosenberg, Bob Balaban. A lawyer is visited by the ghost of her husband, who wants to convince her to join him in the afterlife.

Subway Stories

V.O.: Subway Stories: Tales From the Underground
U.S. 1994. Dramatic comedy by Bob Balaban with Armin Mueller-Stahl, Olivia D'Abo, Maureen Stapleton.
U.S. 1993. Fantasy comedy by Bob Balaban with Andrew Lowery, Traci Lind, Danny Zorn. Shortly after his death, a teenager leaves his grave to take his girlfriend to the prom.
Runtime: 84 min.
G.-B. 1993. Psychological drama by Christopher Morahan with Alan Bates, Paul Guilfoyle, Bob Balaban. An English dramatist, thirstyt for success, travels to the United States in hopes of making a career there.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1990. Crime drama by Farhad Mann with Lee Horsley, Pam Dawber, Bob Balaban. With the help of her friend who has psychic powers, a police psychologist fights against a dangerous assassin.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1988. Dramatic comedy by Bob Balaban with Bryan Madorsky, Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt. A young man who has nightmares because of his parents' culinary tastes discovers that they love human flesh.
Runtime: 82 min.
U.S. 1984. Science-fiction by Peter Hyams with Roy Scheider, Helen Mirren, John Lithgow. A space expedition searches for an American spacecraft that disappeared near Jupiter in the year 2001.
Runtime: 114 min.
U.S. 1983. Psychological drama by Bob Balaban with Dina Merrill, Sylvia Sidney, April Lerman. A teenage girl is concerned about her mother who is suffering from various psychological problems.
Runtime: 81 min.
U.S. 1981. Social drama by Sydney Pollack with Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban.
Runtime: 116 min.
U.S. 1980. Science-fiction by Ken Russell with William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 1977. Science-fiction by Steven Spielberg with Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Melinda Dillon. Various individuals witness strange phenomena indicating the presence of extraterrestrials.
Runtime: 135 min.
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