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The Fabulous Baker Boys(Movie, 1989)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 54min | Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance / Love
The Fabulous Baker BoysRating: 3.3/5 (with 133133 votes)
The Fabulous Baker Boys is a 1989 American romantic comedy-drama musical film written and directed by Steve Kloves. The film follows a piano duo consisting of brothers Jack and Frank Baker (Jeff Bridges and Beau Bridges), who hire an attractive singer named Susie Diamond (Michelle Pfeiffer) to revive their waning career. After a period of success, complications ensue when the younger brother develops a romantic interest in the singer. The Fabulous Baker Boys was Kloves's directorial debut and second screenplay. He conceived the story based on Ferrante & Teicher, a piano duo he had grown up watching perform on The Ed Sullivan Show. This inspired him to write a film about working class musicians who are also siblings. Determined to direct the film himself, Kloves sold the script to producers Paula Weinstein and Mark Rosenberg. It was subsequently rotated among several production companies before it was ultimately obtained by 2... ()
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Where to watch The Fabulous Baker Boys (cinema/streaming/download)?

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Available languages: German, English
Available subtitles: German
Duration: 1h 49min
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Duration: 1h 49min
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Also available at Amazon.de on: DVD Blu-ray

Awards & Nominations for The Fabulous Baker Boys

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Score

About The Fabulous Baker Boys

The lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.

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Trailer for The Fabulous Baker Boys + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Baker Boys Trailer(Trailer, 2:48)

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Baker Boys Trailer (Trailer) | German Clip (Clip, DE)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Washington, Seattle
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 23 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 04/26/1990 (World premiere: 10/13/1989)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Susie et les Baker Boys"
"사랑의 행로"
"Wspaniali bracia Bakerowie"
"De fantastiska Baker Boys"
Budget: 13,000,000 USD
Revenue: 18,428,904 USD (= 142%)

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