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Bob Balaban Fans?
May 14, 2018, 09:59 PM
BGULLBob Balaban Fans?
Slow tv night, we pulled up Monuments Men to watch in lieu of a baseball game....anybody else a Bob Balaban fan? Discuss his other roles from Miami Vice to Gosford Park and......as with other times I’m sure I’ll pickup some more viewing suggestions.
Bill Gullette
May 14, 2018, 10:29 PM
RipleyI never thought of Balaban as someone who'd have fans, more of a character actor. I see him in something and I think Russell Dalrymple from "Seinfeld". I'll give him credit for being, well, kinda brave to basically start his big screen career with his "Midnight Cowboy" role.
Set the controls for the heart of the Sun. May 15, 2018, 09:02 AM
casClose Encounters is the role I always think of when I see him.
Followed by 2010.
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May 15, 2018, 09:36 AM
Expert308The only thing I really remember him from is Absence Of Malice. I enjoyed seeing him getting handing his walking papers at the end. Not a likeable character at all, but he did a good job of it.
May 15, 2018, 09:56 AM
Chris OrndorffGreat in Best in Show.
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May 15, 2018, 09:57 AM
parabellumBob Balaban's family were pioneers in the movie theater industry.
Anyone remember him in
Altered States?
May 15, 2018, 10:33 AM
jhe888He's a guy you always like to see in a movie. He always turns in a good, solid performance as a character actor.
The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. May 15, 2018, 12:46 PM
LastCubScoutMy favorite roles of his is probably Thora Birch's dad in
Ghost World and his appearance in Wes Anderson movies like
Moonrise Kingdom and
Grand Budapest Hotel.
May 15, 2018, 02:42 PM
HRKAbsense of Malice was the one I remember
May 15, 2018, 03:04 PM
kz1000He likes Pasta Primavera.
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-Bomber Harris
May 15, 2018, 04:42 PM
Blackmore. He more than held his own when you consider some of the real heavyweights in that cast.
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May 15, 2018, 06:05 PM
HumeI like him in the 1989 film Dead Bang as the hapless Parole Officer.
Yes, Altered States. I re-watched it recently and enjoyed his work in it.