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It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Michelle Pfeiffer), Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing and Best Music, Original Score.Tagline: For 31 years it's been just the Fabulous Baker Boys...Jeff Bridges as Jack Baker and Michelle Pfeiffer as Susie Diamond.MGM while Rosenberg left Warner Bros.He liked it and gave it to his brother to read.Debra Winger, who was the second choice for the part was then approached but she also declined the offer because she wanted to spend time with her family.By 1988, the film was finally greenlighted by Gladden Entertainment and 20th Century Fox with Kloves directing.Initially, it was thought that a more experienced filmmaker would direct and George Roy Hill was even considered at one point but over the three years of development, Kloves convinced the producers that he should direct.They were impressed with his refusal to make a safe, Hollywood movie.She also spent time researching lounge singers in the Los Angeles area.The actors were also coached by Joyce Collins and Lou Foresteri in order to look like they were actually playing the piano.Principal photography began on December 5, 1988 in L.Ambassador Hotel, the home of the famous Cocoanut Grove nightclub.For this scene she had only one choreography lesson that lasted three hours with choreographer Peggy Holmes.To achieve the elaborately shot sequence, a wooden platform with a dolly track was built in an oval around the piano which was on a stage in front of 300 extras."Building Bridges with the Fabulous Baker Boys", Video Today.Retrieved on 18 February 2007.The Fabulous Baker Boys", Premiere (magazine).Retrieved on 18 February 2007."The 20th Century Fox Fabulous Baker Boys Press Kit", 20th Century Fox (1989).Retrieved on 18 February 2007."The Fabulous Baker Boys", Box Office Mojo.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.For 31 years it's been just the Fabulous Baker Boys...MySpace
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With the single exception of biting the heads off of rats, lounge acts are the lowest form of show business.And no people like show people.But what exactly are show people like?The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), written and directed by Steven Kloves2 and starring Beau and Jeff Bridges and Michelle Pfeiffer, gives a remarkably complete picture of everything show people love, and everything they hate, about show business.It is also a surprisingly heartfelt salute to that rare but persistent breed, the urban romantic.Back in the fifties, many years ago, a great sucking sound arose in our country.They would spend it on Italian suits, English sports cars, and apartments with exposed brick walls.They would know life, the good and the bad, the rough and the smooth, and they would not be afraid.The Fabulous Baker Boys begins with the sun shining low in the horizon behind an urban landscape.We cut to a babe in bed in an apartment with an exposed brick wall.Am I going to see you again?But as he keeps walking, it gets darker, not lighter.Frank is so pathetic that he grovels in front of the schmuck, hoping to score another booking.LPs, and hundreds of books.And so we get the picture.From those that have not, it shall be taken away, even that which they have.Afterwards, Frank acknowledges that after 15 years, maybe the act needs freshening.Jack agrees, as he will agree to any decision that Frank makes,9 and they set up an audition.First up is Jennifer Tilly, doing her patented breathy airhead.Frank tells her to buzz off, she tells him to fuck off, and Jack tells her to sing.Billie Holiday, just the sort of thing a young whore growing up in the seventies would be likely to sing.Frank has a hissy and they rush off to find her something better, ending up, of course, with a classic black cocktail dress.In another predictable montage, we see her taking the Seattle lounge scene by storm, wearing a different outfit in each club.One of his kids ran into a car on his bicycle!Jack and Suzie take turns eyeing the door, but nothing happens.The crowd, which is huge, goes wild, as well they might.Back in Seattle, Frank is his usual obnoxious self, ridiculing everything Suzie says.Nina gives her directions to the State Street dive, and Suzie checks out the scene.When Jack finally does show, they spend the night together.Jack that, Frank gets them a gig at a telethon.The announcer mispronounces their name!They get interrupted in the middle of their act!Jack is so pissed that he walks out.Frank is so enraged that he attacks Jack physically.AFTERWORDS
The king of the urban romantics, of course, was Frank Sinatra.Miles Davis was another very potent source of urban attitude, with albums like Birth of the Cool and Kind of Blue, along with the kitschier Porgy and Bess and Sketches of Spain, done with arranger Gil Evans.The soundtrack for The Fabulous Baker Boys is available on CD if you want it.Dave Grusin led the group that plays on the soundtrack, featuring Sal Marquez on trumpet, Ernie Watts on sax, Harvey Mason on drums, Lee Ritenour on guitar, and Brian Bromberg on bass.Saturday Night Live for more than 20 years.Murray opened the SNL 25th anniversary special working a Native American casino.Or maybe it just seems that way!Billy Crystal used to do the transvestite Penny Lane, also on SNL.Oh, la la la, de de da, la la, de de da da da.He wrote and directed The Fabulous Baker Boys in 1989, and wrote and directed Flesh and Bone in 1993.Wonder Boys for Michael Douglas.Masochistic Thespian of the Year?Somehow, we never see him reading.She also feeds and walks him, so Jack never has to.In the original Superman (1978), Clark asks Lois why she obsesses over her work, why she cares so much about her career.What do you think of your little brother now?Billy Crystal did a mercilessly accurate take on him for SNL.They all sing wretched versions of standards.She says she broke a heel, but it looks like she grew a new one real quick.London was one of the few recording artists whose album sales depended as much on the covers as on the content.Come on, big boy, ten cents a dance!Irene Dunne classic The Awful Truth.There are, in fact, a lot of shoes in this flick.The sixties gave us James Bond, the urban romantic who always got the girl, followed by Woody Allen, the urban romantic who always got screwed by the girl.Fifties TV shows like 77 Sunset Strip, The Naked City, and Peter Gunn had a definite urban romantic flavor.Records manufactured in the twenties, thirties, and forties were played at 78 rpm.The Miles Ahead web site is quite dry but extremely informative.GIG on 22nd August at.....We DARE you to sit still!!Click here to turn on enhanced search results from RT on your Google searches by subscribing to our Google Subscribed Links profile.When they find a beautiful and talented young singer, their career starts to pick up again.What I really enjoyed about The Fabulous Baker Boys is the way it balances between the three key characters, as well as the outside world that they're up against.There have been only three truly breathtaking torch singers in movie history: Rita Hayworth, Jessica Rabbit, and Michelle Pfeiffer.Simmering performances from the three lead characters that hit all the right buttons in this portrait of sibling rivalry.An exclusive scene from the WWII drama.The Twilight star on his favorite films.Need tips on the hottest gifts of the season?By continuing past this page, and by the continued use of this site, you agree to be bound by and abide by the User Agreement.
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