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.
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Released
- 1989
- Country
- United States, West Germany
Details
Release year: 1989
Storyline
The lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.
Top credits
Jeff Bridges — Jack Baker
Michelle Pfeiffer — Susie Diamond
Beau Bridges — Frank Baker- Ellie Raab — Nina
Awards
0 wins & 4 nominations
See all awards →Did you know
• Michelle Pfeiffer sang all her songs. No vocal double was used.
• The first time brothers Jeff Bridges and Beau Bridges have acted in a film together. Some of the disagreements between the Baker Boys are based upon actual differences between the Bridges.
• Beau Bridges was not balding, but the script called for him to have a bald spot as Frank. In a 2014 interview, it was revealed that Jeff Bridges cut the bald spot into Beau's hair. Jeff explained, "So he let me - we had a couple of glasses of wine - and he allowed me to cut the bald patch on the back of his head." "Stupid move," Beau shot back.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $18,428,904
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $3,313,815 (1989-10-15)
User reviews
Fabulous, Indeed!
God, what a movie; heatfelt, emotional, tragic
Enjoyable story, thinly plotted but very well made.
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Stereo
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
