The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)

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Wikidata Q685245, film, IMDb tt0097322, TMDB 10875: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 2 more episodes agree.

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Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

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Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Peter Weir: 1 line the maker said so ×1

  1. people (casting reason): The Fabulous Baker Boys ⇒ Peter Weir (the maker said so: Weir's dossier). Weir says he was drawn to Bridges by The Fabulous Baker Boys and The Fisher King.
    “I was drawn to bridges, it's like, fabulous Baker Boys, 89, Fisher King 91.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 0:48:12 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Connected to

Jeff Bridges: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (method detail): Jeff Bridges → The Fabulous Baker Boys. Pfeiffer told the Oscar story of painted broken capillaries on his nose.
    “He had the makeup people paint broken capillaries onto his nose to like belide the characters, pass as an alcoholic.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:47:02 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Kathleen Turner: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Kathleen Turner → The Fabulous Baker Boys. The 1989 Best Actress race: Pfeiffer was robbed, and Turner could have fit among the nominees.
    “I feel like we could have squeezed Kathleen into one of those spots.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:30:54 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Michelle Pfeiffer: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (Oscar nomination): The Fabulous Baker Boys → Michelle Pfeiffer. Pfeiffer joins the Bridges brothers' lounge act and got a nomination.
    “Michelle Pfeiffer plays like the new lady they hire for her act who sort of gets in the in between them romantically.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 2:12:24 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Peter Weir: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (casting reason): Peter Weir → The Fabulous Baker Boys. Weir says he was drawn to Bridges by The Fabulous Baker Boys and The Fisher King.
    “I was drawn to bridges, it's like, fabulous Baker Boys, 89, Fisher King 91.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 0:48:12 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

industry (2)

  1. industry (Oscar nomination): The Fabulous Baker Boys → Michelle Pfeiffer. Pfeiffer joins the Bridges brothers' lounge act and got a nomination.
    “Michelle Pfeiffer plays like the new lady they hire for her act who sort of gets in the in between them romantically.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 2:12:24 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Kathleen Turner → The Fabulous Baker Boys. The 1989 Best Actress race: Pfeiffer was robbed, and Turner could have fit among the nominees.
    “I feel like we could have squeezed Kathleen into one of those spots.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:30:54 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (casting reason): Peter Weir → The Fabulous Baker Boys. Weir says he was drawn to Bridges by The Fabulous Baker Boys and The Fisher King.
    “I was drawn to bridges, it's like, fabulous Baker Boys, 89, Fisher King 91.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 0:48:12 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (method detail): Jeff Bridges → The Fabulous Baker Boys. Pfeiffer told the Oscar story of painted broken capillaries on his nose.
    “He had the makeup people paint broken capillaries onto his nose to like belide the characters, pass as an alcoholic.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:47:02 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

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