The Wendell Baker Story (2005)
Why not call him a hero?
Luke Wilson plays a good-hearted ex-con who gets a job in a retirement hotel. Three elderly residents help him win back his girlfriend as he lends them a hand in fighting hotel corruption.
- Date of release
- 2005-08-03
- TMDB
- 5.1 / 10 (80)
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Director
- Luke Wilson, Andrew Wilson
Casting
- Luke Wilson — Wendell Baker
- Eva Mendes — Doreen
- Jacob Vargas — Reyes Morales
- Owen Wilson — Neil King
- Harry Dean Stanton — Skip Summers
- Kris Kristofferson — L.R. Nasher
- Seymour Cassel — Boyd Fullbright
- Eddie Griffin — McTeague
- Will Ferrell — Dave
- Angela Alvarado — Irma
- Jo Harvey Allen — Wanda King
- Buck Taylor — Bob Draper
Interesting facts
The Wendell Baker Story is a 2005 American comedy film directed by Luke Wilson and Andrew Wilson and starring Luke Wilson, Eva Mendes, Owen Wilson, Eddie Griffin, Kris Kristofferson, Harry Dean Stanton, Seymour Cassel, and Will Ferrell. It premiered at the 2005 South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas, in March 2005. It is the final film produced by Franchise Pictures.
Production notes
The film was developed through Mobius Entertainment and produced by Mark Johnson of CBS. It was filmed in Austin, Texas and was released on DVD for rental in a number of European countries, and was distributed theatrically by ThinkFilm starting on May 18, 2007. It was released on DVD in the United States on October 30, 2007.
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