The Fabulous Baker Boys - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "The Fabulous Baker Boys"
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
Timing: 1:54 (114 min)
The Fabulous Baker Boys - TMDB rating
6.594/10
314

Film crew

Director

Producer

Paula Weinstein
Producer

Executive Producer

Photo Sydney Pollack #65222Photo Sydney Pollack #65223Photo Sydney Pollack #65224Photo Sydney Pollack #65225

Sydney Pollack

Sydney Pollack
Executive Producer

Writer

Editor

William Steinkamp
Editor

Costume Design

Lisa Jensen
Costume Design

Stunts

Photo Paul E. Short #5555
Paul E. Short
Stunts

Production Design

Jeffrey Townsend
Production Design

Stunt Coordinator

Jon Conrad Pochron
Stunt Coordinator

Set Decoration

Anne H. Ahrens
Set Decoration

Makeup Artist

Ronnie Specter
Makeup Artist

Original Music Composer

Photo Dave Grusin #65230

Dave Grusin

Dave Grusin
Original Music Composer

Unit Production Manager

Bill Finnegan
Unit Production Manager

Co-Producer

Bill Finnegan
Co-Producer

Associate Producer

Julie Bergman Sender
Associate Producer
Robin Forman
Associate Producer

Second Assistant Director

Tracy Rosenthal-Newsom
Second Assistant Director

Director of Photography

Photo Michael Ballhaus #25152

Michael Ballhaus

Michael Ballhaus
Director of Photography

Sound Effects Editor

John Haeny
Sound Effects Editor

Assistant Art Director

Michael Perry
Assistant Art Director

Supervising Sound Editor

J. Paul Huntsman
Supervising Sound Editor

Sound Mixer

Stephan von Hase
Sound Mixer

First Assistant Director

Charles Myers
First Assistant Director

Key Grip

Steve Smith
Key Grip

Location Manager

Robin Citrin
Location Manager

Special Effects

Robert E. Worthington
Special Effects

Music Editor

Bunny Andrews
Music Editor

Assistant Makeup Artist

Tammy Kusian
Assistant Makeup Artist

Casting Director

Wallis Nicita
Casting Director

Hairdresser

Jeanne Van Phue
Hairdresser

Executive Music Producer

Joel Sill
Executive Music Producer

What's left behind the scenes

  • The roles of the main characters, the pianist brothers, were played by real-life brothers, actors Jeff and Beau Bridges.
  • For filming in this picture, the brothers specifically learned all the songs performed in the film – to play them themselves on camera. Beau and Jeff spent hours watching recordings of the film’s composer, Dave Grusin, playing and trying to copy his movements.
  • Madonna and Debra Winger both declined the lead female role in this film. The role went to Michelle Pfeiffer. And not only did Michelle perform it brilliantly – she also sang all the songs in the film without using a vocal double.
  • When Michelle Pfeiffer was cast as Suzie, she hadn't sung in a year. She had to quickly catch up – she practiced in the studio for 10 hours a day, and listened to recordings of her practice at home in the evenings.
  • When work on the film was just beginning, George Roy Hill (1921-2002) was the director of the project, and he worked closely with Steven Kloves in New York for six weeks. Kloves ultimately became the director when Hill left the project due to creative differences regarding the film's ending (and no one else expressed interest in taking the director's chair).
  • Most of the film was shot at night. That's why director Steven Kloves hired production designer Jeffrey Townsend. He greatly admired Townsend's work on Martin Scorsese's crime comedy 'After Hours' (1985), which was filmed almost entirely at night. In addition to Townsend, Kloves brought on cinematographer Michael Ballhaus (1935-2017), who had also worked with Scorsese.
  • When George Roy Hill was still considered to be directing the film, Steven Kloves suggested casting Whitney Houston (1963-2012) in the role of Suzie. It was a period of rising popularity for her, and Kloves and Hill even attended one of her concerts in New York. After the concert, Hill agreed to the idea of casting Houston and even changing the minor ending (he proposed that the Baker brothers, along with Suzie, go to Las Vegas and achieve success there). Kloves put an end to his dreams, stating that he would not allow the film's ending to be changed, with or without Houston.
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