Joe Baker

Date of Birth

1928-12-14

Date of Death

2001-05-16

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Known for

Pocahontas, Dumb and Dumber, Waxwork, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Bugsy

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Awesome Artists We’ve Found Around The Net: Leke Fonge

Posted 4 years ago

For years, Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net has been about two things only – awesome art and the artists that create it. With that in mind, we thought why not take the first week of the month to...

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James Bond Revisited: Top 10 James Bond Villains

Posted 5 years ago

Even though we’re pretty much all caught up with the 007 movies here on James Bond Revisited, we figured we’d keep things going with a couple of James Bond TOP 10’s, and here’s our first list – THE TOP 10...

Confess, Fletch: Long in development comedy adds trio to cast

Posted 5 years ago

Fletch Lives! While a third entry in the Chevy Chase series has been rumored for years, another chapter is finally beginning production this Monday with Jon Hamm taking over in the title role. Confess, Fletch, based on the second book in...

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Tomorrow Never Dies: Pierce Brosnan James Bond Revisited

Posted 5 years ago

After Goldeneye turned out to be a smash hit in the fall of 1995, EON Productions and United Artists worked overtime to make sure another James Bond 007 movie was out within two years, resulting in the rushed but action-packed...

Goldeneye: Pierce Brosnan – James Bond Revisited

Posted 5 years ago

When Licence to Kill came out in the summer of 1989, it, unfortunately, marked the end of Timothy Dalton's tenure as James Bond. A significant delay involving behind-the-scenes wheeling and dealing meant a proposed third Dalton film, The Property of...

The Living Daylights (Timothy Dalton): James Bond Revisited

Posted 5 years ago

After Roger Moore officially retired as James Bond 007 following the release of A View to a Kill, EON productions had to find themselves a new 007. There were many contenders, including Sam Neill, and Pierce Brosnan was even hired...

Jon Hamm cast in Fletch movie reboot

Posted 6 years ago

Now this is what I call perfect casting! Hollywood has long sought to reboot the Gregory McDonald mysteries series, "Fletch", about an investigative journalist, which was turned into two films starring Chevy Chase in the eighties, the hit FLETCH and its...

Quentin Tarantino pitched Pierce Brosnan an awesome Bond idea while drunk

Posted 6 years ago

What would you say if I told you that a once "fairly smokered" Quentin Tarantino pitched a potential 007 collaboration to Bond actor Pierce Brosnan? My guess is that you'd sit bolt upright in whatever chair you're occupying and demand more...

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Cape Fear, The Godfather, Waterboy

Posted 7 years ago

Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...

David Harbour says Fletch was an inspiration for Stranger Things season 3

Posted 8 years ago

E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL, THE GOONIES or any other 80’s movie featuring mostly unsupervised gaggles of children may stand as a model for the Netflix series STRANGER THINGS, then sprinkle in some Stephen King for the horror elements and you got...

Awfully Good: Congo

Posted 9 years ago

Jason Sure, you can take a trip to SKULL ISLAND this week, but for some real monkey business you need to go to… Congo (1995) Director: Frank Marshall Stars: Laura Linney, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson Some dumb humans and a...

Awfully Good: Leonard Part 6 + The Flintstones (video)

Posted 10 years ago

Jason Sacha Baron Cohen may be an embarrassment as a spy in BROTHERS GRIMSBY, but he doesn't hold a candle to… Leonard Part 6 (1987) Director: Paul Weiland Stars: Bill Cosby, Tom Courtenay, Joe Don Baker Super...

Fletch reboot moves from WB to Relativity with Jason Sudeikis in lead role

Posted 11 years ago

It has been a year since we heard Warner Bros was looking to cast Jason Sudeikis in the reboot of FLETCH. Now, the news still has the HORRIBLE BOSSES star taking over the Chevy Chase role but now at a...

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