11 Movies Directed by Peter Bogdanovich

The Last Picture Show

The Last Picture Show

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1971-10-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

118 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (29214 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Larry McMurtry (screenplay)

Peter Bogdanovich (screenplay)

Larry McMurtry (novel)

Fullplot:

In tiny Anarene, Texas, in the lull between World War Two and the Korean Conflict, Sonny and Duane are best friends. Enduring that awkward period of life between boyhood and manhood, the two pass their time the best way they know how -- with the movie house, football, and girls. Jacey is Duane's steady, wanted by every boy in school, and she knows it. Her daddy is rich and her mom is good looking and loose. It's the general consensus that whoever wins Jacey's heart will be set for life. But Anarene is dying a quiet death as folks head for the big cities to make their livings and raise their kids. The boys are torn between a future somewhere out there beyond the borders of town or making do with their inheritance of a run-down pool hall and a decrepit movie house -- the legacy of their friend and mentor, Sam the Lion. As high school graduation approaches, they learn some difficult lessons about love, loneliness, and jealousy. Then folks stop attending the second-run features at the movie house and the time comes for the last picture show. With the closure of the movie house, the boys feel that a stage of their lives is closing. They stand uneasily on the threshold of the rest of their lives. (The movie was adapted from the novel by Larry McMurtry).

What's Up, Doc?

What's Up, Doc?

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1972-03-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (13368 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Buck Henry (screenplay)

David Newman (screenplay)

Robert Benton (screenplay)

Peter Bogdanovich (story)

Fullplot:

Two researchers have come to San Francisco to compete for a research grant in Music. One seems a bit distracted, and that was before he meets her. A strange woman seems to have devoted her life to confusing and embarassing him. At the same time a woman has her jewels stolen and a government whistle blower arrives with his stolen top secret papers. All, of course have the same style and color overnight bag.

Paper Moon

Paper Moon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1973-05-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (21470 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Joe David Brown (novel)

Alvin Sargent (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Adapted from the novel, "Addie Pray" (1971) by Joe David Brown, PAPER MOON is the story of Moses Pray and Addie Loggins. With scenery reminiscent of "The Grapes of Wrath," the film is set in the depression-era Midwestern region of the United States. As the movie opens, we see a small group of mourners clustered at a graveside. Among the mourners is Addie, the dead woman's small daughter. Moses Pray -- ostensibly of the "Kansas Bible Company" -- approaches the group, as the service concludes, and two of the elderly women remark that the child bears some resemblance to him and asks if he might be related. "If ever a child needed kin, it's now," one lady says. With no knowledge of who her father is, Addie's only haven is her Aunt's home in St. Joseph, Missouri. Having identified himself as a "traveling man spreading the Lord's gospel in these troubled times," "Mose" is prevailed upon to deliver the helpless child to her Aunt since he's going that way, anyway. Addie, wise beyond her years, soon discovers that Mose is little more than a scam artist traveling from town to town delivering unordered Bibles and charging exorbitant prices to recently widowed women whom he identifies through the obituary columns of local papers. Soon, Addie and Mose become a team, traveling from town to town, making money in every dishonest way imaginable, and looking for the ultimate score. The colorful characters they meet along the way make the film all the more interesting. Paramount among these is "Miss Trixie Delight," an exotic dancer who Mose rescues from a traveling carnival and her minion, Imogene. The film is peppered with "regional" dialog. Perhaps one of the most memorable lines of the movie is uttered when Mose is forced to wrestle a backwoodsman in order to trade his new car for the hillbilly's battered old truck. "Make him say calf-rope, Leroy!" one of the observers calls out.

Daisy Miller

Daisy Miller

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1975-01-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

(755 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Henry James (story)

Frederic Raphael

Fullplot:

In this version of Henry James' novella "Daisy Miller", a young, bright and bubbly 19th Century American girl on her Grand Tour of Europe meets a fellow American, Frederick Winterbourne. Winterbourne is shocked by Daisy's modern behavior toward life, and spends his time with her trying to figure out if she's having innocent fun or on the path to becoming a fallen woman. Along the way, Winterbourne's judgment is helped and hindered by the other people in Daisy's life. Is Daisy really naive or naughty?

Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1976-12-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (1406 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Peter Bogdanovich

W.D. Richter

Fullplot:

This homage to the childhood days of the motion pictures starts in 1910, when the young attorney Leo Harrigan by chance meets a motion picture producer. Immediately he's invited to become a writer for him - the start of a sensational career. Soon he's promoted to a director and shoots one silent movie after the other in the tiny desert village Cacamonga with a small crew of actors. But the competition is hard: the patent agency sends out Buck Greenway to sabotage them. When they visit L.A., his crew is surprised by a new species: fans!

Saint Jack

Saint Jack

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1979-12-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (862 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Howard Sackler (screenplay)

Paul Theroux (screenplay)

Peter Bogdanovich (screenplay)

Paul Theroux (based on the novel by)

Fullplot:

Compelling character study, revolving around Jack Flowers (Ben Gazzara), an American hustler trying to make his fortune in 1970s Singapore in small time pimping. He dreams of building a fortune by running a brothel himself and returning to the States to lead a life of luxury. Savvy but not unsavory he strikes up a friendship with William Leigh (Denholm Elliot), a genial and decent auditor who travels to Singapore every year. Ultimately, the background of the Vietnam War comes into the picture as Jack is offered the opportunity by the CIA to run a brothel for the R&R activities of U.S. soldiers on leave in Singapore.

They All Laughed

They All Laughed

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-08-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (1455 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Peter Bogdanovich

Blaine Novak

Fullplot:

New York's Odyssey Detective Agency is hired by two different clients to follow two women suspected of infidelity. Ladies' man John Russo trails Angela Niotes, the elegant wife of a wealthy Italian industrialist, while Charles Rutledge and Arthur Brodsky follow Dolores Martin, the beautiful young wife of a jealous husband. Their respective cases are complicated when John falls for Angela, and Charles falls for Dolores.

Mask

Mask

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-03-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (19438 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Anna Hamilton Phelan

Fullplot:

Rusty Dennis is the mother of Rocky, a seriously deformed but extremely intelligent and emotionally warm teenager. Rusty is a no-nonsense mother whose wild lifestyle is often at odds with her tenderness and protectiveness towards Rocky. She is determined that Rocky be given the same chances and happiness that everyone else takes for granted.

Noises Off...

Noises Off...

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-03-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (7810 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Michael Frayn (play)

Marty Kaplan (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Lloyd Fellowes is the director of a theatre company. He's desperately trying to get his production together, despite the best efforts of the cast, the crew, and Lady Luck. We follow the production from final rehersals, through opening night, and onto the tour: as with any group of actors forced to work closely together for any great length of time, romances and arguments are bound to break out. Quite often, what's happening on stage is nothing compared to what's happening backstage....

The Cat's Meow

The Cat's Meow

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-05-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Germany, UK, Canada

Runtime:

114 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (6660 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Steven Peros (screenplay)

Steven Peros (play)

Fullplot:

In November of 1924, a mysterious Hollywood death occurred aboard media mogul William Randolph Hearst's yacht. Included among the famous guests that weekend were, Charlie Chaplin, Hearst's mistress, starlet Marion Davies, the studio system creator, producer Thomas Ince, and feared gossip columnist, Louella Parsons.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-10-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

239 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.5 (917 Reviews)

Fullplot:

"Runnin' Down A Dream," a film directed by cinema legend Peter Bogdanovich, is the story of one of America's great rock and roll bands told as never before.

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