Rick Baker

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q495321: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Planet of the Apes, which Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer credits them on.

Counted as craft. The films the hosts said they worked on, which the two lists below run through too: An American Werewolf in London (1981); Starman (1984); Planet of the Apes (2001); Iron Man 2 (2010); The Wolfman (2010); Men in Black 3 (2012). Count them as actor (1 film) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

It Happened One Night (1934): 2 lines

  1. craft (genre / structure) · through Starman (1984), which they worked on as visual effects: It Happened One Night ⇒ Starman (the host's read). Carpenter wanted a road movie of two people in a car getting to know each other, in the mold of It Happened One Night.
    “I want to make it happens one night.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:22:08 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (homage) · through Starman (1984), which they worked on as visual effects: It Happened One Night ⇒ Starman (the host's read). The hay-bale love scene in an empty train car is called a likely conscious homage to It Happened One Night.
    “So it's a, maybe it's an homage.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:27:07 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Planet of the Apes (1968): 2 lines

  1. contrast (inversion) · through Planet of the Apes (2001), which they worked on as makeup effects: Planet of the Apes ⇒ Planet of the Apes (the host's read). The remake opens on a loud, leafy backlot set while the original opens in an empty desert with no apes for a long stretch.
    “They totally invert the original movie where the original movie starts in the middle of nowhere.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:53:06 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Planet of the Apes (2001), which they worked on as makeup effects: Planet of the Apes ⇒ Planet of the Apes (the host's read). Burton's ending tries to outdo the Statue of Liberty reveal of the original.
    “Because they're trying to outdo the reveal of like the Statue of Liberty at the end.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:39:14 · Griffin or David (0.30 sure it was them)

An American Werewolf in London (1981): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (effects lineage) · through Starman (1984), which they worked on as visual effects: An American Werewolf in London ⇒ Starman (the host's read). The transformation sequence is indebted to American Werewolf's practical, show-it-all body effects.
    “Yes, which is very like American werewolf in London, where the body is stretching out.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:20:41 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Dogville shorts (1930s-40s live-action dog shorts): 1 line

  1. industry (studio instinct) · through Planet of the Apes (2001), which they worked on as makeup effects: Dogville shorts (1930s-40s live-action dog shorts) ⇒ Planet of the Apes (the host's read). Fox just wanted apes doing human things, like the old Dogville shorts with dogs at restaurant tables.
    “And it feels like Fox just wanted to make that.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 1:12:43 · unknown (0.45 sure it was them)

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982): 1 line

  1. industry (studio rivalry / shadow) · through Starman (1984), which they worked on as visual effects: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ⇒ Starman (the host's read). Columbia chose Starman over Night Skies, which Universal turned into E.T., so Starman carried the stigma of the one that got away and then looked like a ripoff.
    “Uh, so they let go of night skies and let Universal acquire and turnaround.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:24:25 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Hancock (2008): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Iron Man 2 (2010), which they worked on as makeup artist (joke Oscar for Rourke look): Hancock ⇒ Iron Man 2 (the host's read). The Demon in a Bottle alcoholism arc was dodged partly because Hancock had already done a drinking superhero two months after the first Iron Man.
    “Because Hancock comes out. 2 months after the 1st Iron Man.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:12:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Two for the Road (1967): 1 line

  1. craft (genre / structure) · through Starman (1984), which they worked on as visual effects: Two for the Road ⇒ Starman (the host's read). Carpenter reportedly wanted to make something like Two for the Road.
    “I want to make like 2 for the road.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:22:06 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Bear City (SNL digital short): 1 line

  1. unmapped (parody) · through Planet of the Apes (2001), which they worked on as makeup effects: Planet of the Apes ⇒ Bear City (SNL digital short) (the host's read). An SNL short riffs on Apes with bears who just wear human clothes and mimic humans, like the apes keeping the Lincoln Memorial.
    “they were riff on Plan of the Apes, where the bears got smart and they decided to kill all the humans.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 1:24:42 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022): 1 line

  1. theme (character introduction) · through Iron Man 2 (2010), which they worked on as makeup artist (joke Oscar for Rourke look): Iron Man 2 ⇒ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (the host's read). Van says the MCU has introduced characters inside other movies before, like Black Widow in Iron Man 2.
    “Black Widow makes her a parent, her 1st appearance.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:37:22 · Van Lathan (0.80 sure it was them)

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man 2 (2010), which they worked on as makeup artist (joke Oscar for Rourke look): Iron Man 2 ⇒ Captain America: The First Avenger (the host's read). The Stark Expo of the 1940s is the origin of the Expo seen in Iron Man 2, now as the full World's Fair version.
    “Like what we see in Iron Man 2, but now it's like the full like 40s World Fair version.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 0:19:47 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Forrest Gump (1994): 1 line

  1. people (performance lineage) · through Starman (1984), which they worked on as visual effects: Starman ⇒ Forrest Gump (the host's read). Bridges' hat, check shirt, strange speech and not-quite-a-person quality read as a proto-Forrest Gump.
    “there's like a proto-Forrest Gump vibe in this performance in the hat and in the check shirt”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:57:23 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Iron Man 3 (2013): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man 2 (2010), which they worked on as makeup artist (joke Oscar for Rourke look): Iron Man 2 ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). Iron Man 2's failure forced something new, giving Shane Black room to make a better third film.
    “But also, that is why the 3rd one is good because the 2nd one was such a mistake that they were like, we don't know.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 1:20:47 · Griffin or David (0.30 sure it was them)

John from Cincinnati (2007): 1 line

  1. theme (premise) · through Starman (1984), which they worked on as visual effects: Starman ⇒ John from Cincinnati (the host's read). A mysterious odd visitor who solves everyone's problems and parrots dialogue; John from Cincinnati owes a lot to Starman.
    “He comes and visits, and he's mysterious, and he's weird, and he solves everybody's problem.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:11:38 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Midnight Special (2016): 1 line

  1. verdict (same story, better version) · through Starman (1984), which they worked on as visual effects: Starman ⇒ Midnight Special (the host's read). Midnight Special is called Spielbergian but really Starman-like; its Adam Driver agent does the benevolent-government-agent role better than Starman's.
    “I'm like, God, that's so Starman.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:02:29 · Katey Rich (0.45 sure it was them)

Sean Levy: 1 line

  1. lineage (remake plan) · through Starman (1984), which they worked on as visual effects: Starman ⇒ Sean Levy (the host's read). Levy announced a 2016 remake with Michael Douglas on board.
    “I learned from Wikipedia that in 2016, Sean Levy was planning to direct and produce a remake of Starman.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:13:16 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Starman (1986): 1 line

  1. lineage (sequel / spin-off) · through Starman (1984), which they worked on as visual effects: Starman ⇒ Starman (the host's read). The 1986 show is set 15 years later, about his son, with a recast Starman.
    “is set 15 years in the future because it's about his son.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:08:52 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Starman (1984): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (effects lineage) · through An American Werewolf in London (1981), which they worked on as makeup effects: An American Werewolf in London ⇒ Starman (the host's read). The transformation sequence is indebted to American Werewolf's practical, show-it-all body effects.
    “Yes, which is very like American werewolf in London, where the body is stretching out.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:20:41 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Craft (6) everyone in craft

Other (2) everyone in other

Acting (1) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career endpoint): Rick Baker → Men in Black 3. Baker's last major film before retiring, after practical suits barely appeared on screen.
    “I think Men in Black 3 is like his last major movie and he was just like, no one wants to do makeup anymore.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:09:29 · unknown (0.45 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Rick Baker → Tim Roth. Baker has said in interviews that he approached casting by face: Roth's big nose would make him a nightmare to make up.
    “Rick Baker does all these interviews where he talked about like getting the cast and he's like, Tim Roth is going to be a nightmare because his nose is so big.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:08:19 · Matt Singer (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Rick Baker → Mickey Rourke. The speaker jokes that makeup artist Rick Baker was handed an Academy Award for Rourke's look, when Rourke simply showed up on set that way.
    “Rick Baker, an Academy Award for Mickey Rourke in this movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 2:09:08 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Stan Winston → Rick Baker. Winston, Baker and Dick Smith, the three effects names in the Starman credits, are called the three wise men of 80s visual effects.
    “it's like the 3 like wise men of visual effects of the 80s.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:21:06 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (technical): Rick Baker → An American Werewolf in London. Baker's makeup makes Dunn's scenes iconic.
    “it's Griffin Dunn wearing Rick Baker at the top of his game.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:42:43 · unknown host (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (makeup quality vs film): Rick Baker → The Wolfman. The movie was crappy but the makeup was the only good thing; Baker won his last Oscar for it.
    “He won for the wolf in, though.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:10:15 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Rick Baker: Baker thought about each actor's face; Roth's big nose made him a nightmare, and Giamatti would be great.
    “Rick Baker does all these interviews where he talked about like getting the cast”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:08:19 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)