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The Fabulous Baker Boys

Year:

1989

Duration:

114 min | Australia:110 min

Genres:

Drama | Music | Romance

IMDB rate:

6.8

Director:

Steve Kloves

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 6 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1989-10-13

Filming Locations: Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $13,000,000

Gross: $16,823,529 (USA)SEK 1,003,925 (Sweden)

Cast

Actor

Character

Carole Ita White

Jeff Bridges

Jack Baker

Michelle Pfeiffer

Susie Diamond

Beau Bridges

Frank Baker

Ellie Raab

Nina

Xander Berkeley

Lloyd

Dakin Matthews

Charlie

Ken Lerner

Ray

Albert Hall

Henry

Terri Treas

Girl in Bed

Gregory Itzin

Vince Nancy

Bradford English

Earl

David Coburn

Kid at Vet

Todd Jeffries

Theo

Gregory James

Hotel Masseuse (as Jeffrey J. Nowinski)

Nancy Fish

Laughing Bar Patron

Beege Barkette

Waitress

Del Zamora

Man with Cleaver

Howard Matthew Johnson

Bathroom Attendant

Stuart Nisbet

Veterinarian

Robert Henry

Doorman

Drake

Eddie

Martina Finch

Bad Singer

Winifred Freedman

Bad Singer

Wendy Goldman

Bad Singer

Karen Hartman

Bad Singer

D.D. Howard

Bad Singer

Lisa Raggio

Bad Singer

Vickilyn Reynolds

Bad Singer

Krisie Spear

Bad Singer

Steve Alterman

Background Voice (voice)

August Bach

Background Voice (voice) (as Bach August)

Greg Finley

Background Voice (voice)

J.D. Hall

Background Voice (voice)

Doris Hess

Background Voice (voice)

Rosanna Huffman

Background Voice (voice)

John Lafayette

Background Voice (voice) (as John La Fayette)

Tina Lifford

Background Voice (voice)

Arlin Miller

Background Voice (voice)

Paige Pollack

Background Voice (voice) (as Paige Nan Pollack)

David Randolph

Background Voice (voice) (as David J. Randolph)

Susan Napoli

Background Voice (voice) (as Stephani Ryan)

Jennifer Tilly

Monica Moran

Kirsten Ashley

(uncredited)

Helen Kelly

Piano Bar Patron (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Michelle Pfeiffer hadn't sung in a year when she got the part of Susie Diamond. She had to practice for ten hours a day in the studio, and then took the tapes home with her to study them. For her most famous scene, singing 'Making Whoopee' on Jeff Bridges' grand piano, it took six hours to shoot it. She only had one choreography lesson, and wore knee and elbow pads during rehearsals.

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Dennis Quaid and Randy Quaid turned down the roles of Jack Baker and Frank Baker.

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Michelle Pfeiffer sang all her songs, no vocal double was used.

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Goofs

When Jack goes to Frank's house, he is dropped off by a cab from the "Bay City Cab Co." However, the movie takes place in Seattle, not San Francisco (the Bay City).

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In the discussion in the car immediately after the Polynesian restaurant gig, Jack is wearing his tuxedo. They were wearing Hawaiian shirts on the gig however.

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When Frank, Jack and Susie get underway for the trip to the New Year's event at the resort hotel (a.k.a. Bill Gate's house), they are first shown driving southbound on the Mercer Street onramp to Interstate-5. Then the scene shifts to them driving near the Spokane Street exit southbound, five miles to the south. Then the scene shifts back to them driving emerging from a tunnel, which is actually the same southbound I-5 onramp, only a little farther past the initial shot.

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Quotes

Jack Baker: Would you stop that please.

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Susie Diamond: You're good, aren't you?

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Jack Baker: What's happened to you? Have you been kissing ass so long, you're starting to like it?

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