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Actors: Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer, Beau Bridges
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Fabulous Baker Boys |
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Jack and Frank Baker ,(played by brothers Jeff and Beau Bridges), are barely making a living by Playing duo piano's at every Hotel and cocktail lounge. Frank decides the act needs something to spark it up. They decide to hire a female vocalist. They audition quite a few , with no luck untill one arrives after the auditions are done. It's a hard edged, but very attactive woman with the catchy name of Suzie Diamond played by Michelle Pfeiffer.Even though Frank doesn't want to stay to audition her, since they were over. He gives in and he's glad he does, because she can sing. They act has there spark, and she not only sparks up the act, but sparks fly between her and Jack, which is not approved by his brother Frank.
--Tom Scalise, Resident Scholar
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For 15 years, Frank and Jack Baker have been professional musicians and partners in a piano act that does schmaltzy standards in clubs and bars. Jack (Jeff Bridges) is the younger, less committed, but more talented of the two, and has always wanted to move in the direction of real, improvisatory jazz, but older brother Frank has run the show and wants to keep things as they have been. Work has dried up, however, so the duo holds auditions for a female singer, and Suzie Diamond (Pfeiffer), a former "escort," gets the job. Business picks up again, but the heat between Jack and Suzie threatens Frank, and she becomes the catalyst for the brothers to evaluate where they're going and how honest they've been with each other. This is a low-key, action-starved 1989 drama with fine, heartfelt performances and an excellent script by writer-director Steven Kloves (who a decade later would tackle the Harry Potter screenplays). The real-life Bridges brothers learned to play all the wonderful Ellington tunes and other standards to achieve verisimilitude (although the soundtrack was recorded by long-time professional Dave Grusin), and Pfeiffer acquits herself well not only acting but doing her own singing. (Her steamy performance of "Makin' Whoopee" atop a piano has become justly celebrated.)
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--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Fabulous Baker Boys |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- workplace romance
Family, loving
Yes
Special relationship with
- brother
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- musician
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- singer/musician
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) muscular
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- general circumstances
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
- Pacific NW
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
- Some foul language
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
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