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I Favolosi Baker

Anno di produzione: 1989

Stato del film: Catalogo

Paese d'origine: USA
Location del set: Seattle, Washington State, USA
Genere: Drama Romance
Lingue: English
Plot: Brothers Jack and Frank Baker have been playing lounges as a piano duo for many years but decide they now need a female vocalist to keep the act going. They are lucky to come across Suzie Diamond, who can really put a song over, and the act takes off. But when the relation between Suzie and Jack - younger, less committed, but more talented than Frank - briefly becomes more than professional, tensions surface between all three. Frank and Jack Baker are professional musicians who play small clubs. They play smaltzy music and have never needed a day job. Times are changing and dates are becoming more difficult to get so they interview female singers. They finally decide on Susie Diamond, a former 'escort' who needs some refinement, but the act begins to take off again. While the act is now successful, both Frank and Jack have problems with their life on the road. Susie becomes the agent that makes them re-evaluate where they are going, and how honest they have been with each other.
Colonna sonora: - "People" Performed by 'Dave Grusin' (qv) & John Hammond Written by 'Jule Styne' (qv) & Bob Merrill - "Jingle Bells" Performed by Ellie Raab - "The Candy Man" Performed by Jennifer Tilly Written by 'Leslie Bricusse' (qv) & 'Anthony Newley' (qv) - "The Girl From Ipanema" Performed by 'Dave Grusin' (qv) & John Hammond Written by 'Antonio Carlos Jobim' (qv), Norman Gimbel & Vinicius De Moraes - "Up, Up And Away" Performed by D.D. Howard Written by Jimmy Webb - "My Way" Performed by Lisa Raggio Written by 'Paul Anka' (qv), Gillis Thibault, Claude Francois & Jacques Revaux - "I Go To Rio" Performed by Wendy Goldman Written by Peter Allen & Adrienne Anderson - "Tiny Bubbles" Performed by Carol Ita White Written by Leon Pober - "I'm So Excited" Performed by Krisie Spear and Martina Finch and Vickilyn Reynolds and Karen Hartman Written by Anita Pointer, June Pointer, Ruth Pointer & Trevor Lawrence - "Feelings" Performed by Winifred Freedman and Michelle Pfeiffer Music and Words by Louis Gaste & Morris Albere - "Bluebird" Written by A. Hawkshaw - "More Than You Know" Performed by Michelle Pfeiffer Written by Edward Eliseu, 'Billy Rose (I)' (qv) & Vincent Youmans - "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" Performed by Michelle Pfeiffer Written by Bob Crwew & Bob Gaudio - "Jingle Bells" Arranged and Adapted by Jon Charles - "Ten Cents A Dance" Performed by Michelle Pfeiffer, Jeff Bridges & Beau Bridges Written by 'Richard Rodgers' (qv) & Lorenz Hare - "Perdido" Performed by The Duke Ellington Orchestra Courtesy of GRP Records, Inc. Produced by Michael Abene & Mercer Ellington Written by Juan Tirol - "Lullaby Of Birdland" Performed by Louis Spears, Kenny Dennis & Joel Scott Written by George Shearing - "The Look Of Love" Performed by Michelle Pfeiffer Written by 'Burt Bacharach' (qv) & 'Hal David (II)' (qv) - "Prelude To A Kiss" Performed by The Duke Ellington Orchestra Courtesy of GRP Records, Inc. Produced by Michael Abene & Mercer Ellington Written by Edward Kennedy Ellington, Irving Gordon and 'Irving Mills' (qv) - "Moonglow" Performed by 'Benny Goodman' (qv) Quartet Courtesy of RCA Records Written by Will Hudson, Eddie De Lange & 'Irving Mills' (qv) - "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" Performed by The Duke Ellington Orchestra Courtesy of GRP Records, Inc. Produced by Michael Abene & Mercer Ellington Written by Edward Kennedy Ellington & Bob Russell - "Makin' Whopee" Performed by Michelle Pfeiffer Written by 'Walter Donaldson' (qv) & 'Gus Kahn' (qv) - "Solitude" Performed by Tony Bennett Courtesy of CBS Records, Music Licensing Department Written by Edward Kennedy Ellington, Eddie De Lange & 'Irving Mills' (qv) - "Sweet Georgia Brown" Whistler - Rick Riccio Written by 'Ben Bernie' (qv), Maceo Pinkard & Kenneth Casey - "The Pea Song" Performed by Michelle Pfeiffer Words by Steve Kloves Music by Michelle Pfeiffer - "You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful And You're Mine)" Performed by Jeff Bridges & Beau Bridges Written by Robert Sherman & Richard Sherman - "My Funny Valentine" Performed by Michelle Pfeiffer Written by 'Lorenz Hart' (qv) & 'Richard Rodgers' (qv) - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack available on GRP Records, Cassettes and Compact Discs
Visti censura internazionale: Sweden:7 Germany:12 Finland:K-12 UK:15 USA:R Portugal:M/12
Date di uscita internazionali:
Finland:16 March 1990
France:7 March 1990
Sweden:6 April 1990
USA:October 1989
West Germany:26 April 1990
Dati tecnici:
OFM:35 mm
PCS:Spherical
PFM:35 mm
RAT:1.85 : 1
Suono:
Dolby
Durata:
UK:109
USA:114
Cast & Credits
distribuzione cinematografica nazionale: tobis filmkunst  20th century fox film corporation 
produzione cinematografica: tobis filmkunst  mirage  gladden entertainment 
produttore cinematografico: weinstein paula  pollack sydney  forman robin  bergman sender julie  finnegan bill  rosenberg mark 
attore: bridges jeff  pfeiffer michelle  bridges beau  raab ellie  berkeley xander  matthews dakin  lerner ken  hall albert (i)  treas terri  itzin gregory  english bradford  coburn david  jeffries todd  nowinski jeffrey j.  fish nancy  barkette beege  zamora del  johnson howard matthew  nisbet stuart  henry robert (ii)  finch martina  freedman winifred  goldman wendy  hartman karen  howard d.d.  raggio lisa  reynolds vickilyn  spear krisie  white carole ita  alterman steve  bach august  finley greg  hall j.d.  hess doris  huffman rosanna  la fayette john  lifford tina  miller arlin  pollack paige  randolph david j.  napoli susan  tilly jennifer 
direttore della fotografia: ballhaus michael 
scenografia: townsend jeffrey 
montaggio: steinkamp william 
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: kloves steven 
costumi: jensen lisa 
troupe varia: spangler suzanne  hammond john (i)  foresteri lou  bratton creed  holmes peggy  miller karen  ballhaus florian  demps jr. john l.  dunlap david m.  grusin dave  mason harvey w.  sill joel  perloff marsha  ritenour lee  santana roberto  steere anthony c.  stone jordan  watts ernie  grey reatha  harris barbara (ii)  friedman ashley r.  gantt peter  goto lynette  griffith todd  grisco dennis  grob tony  hackett jonathan (v)  hans danny  harris william d.  hirsch peter e.  hummer jody  jones jimmy  jordan kay  kimmel thomas c.  kramer george (ii)  labeaune mike  labov linda  macksten robert  makgetla zeph r.  marmer karen  marquez sal  martin bruce (v)  mccarthy john (viii)  mcdonald jr. don  mcintyre iii charles  meckler robert w.  meyers jill  mizen eric w.  murphy john (vi)  murray don (iv)  oliver john e.  ostroff donna  padovich joseph kelly  padovich mike  palenske marvin  pembrook paul  penick don  petticord laura  pozzi jr. clinton  pure jr. r. joseph  pyne-hapke nancy  ramirez trudy g.  renizzi-holt mayda  ross valerie  rushin olin  ryan ken (ii)  sanchez christina (iii)  sandau john 'fest'  sannes mark  sawelson matt  schwaer steve  sebastian lorey  sharaf jill  shea william a.  shephard gary  small gary k.  small howard a.  smith steve (v)  stevens spooky  steward mike  stone alexandra (i)  sullivan robert (vi)  thomas woogi  tynes james r.  white bob (vii)  wilson michael t.  zaluski joanne  agoglia john steven  alexander susan (i)  ausmus jeffrey k.  ballhaus jan sebastian  bass barbara  stevens sally  katz pamela  bleckov tom  blum arthur  brasic richard m.  brazas anthony j.  bromberg brian  brunson branch m.  byall bruce  carpenter bart  catlett lloyd  chestnut robert t.  citrin robin  collins joyce (i)  collins tim  cundiff lewis  curry bryan  decrescent sandy  doherty john (ii)  evans george (iii)  fannin margaret e.  fear sandra  feringer chris 
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