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Beware of Mr. Baker

  • 20122012
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  • 1h 40m
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Beware of Mr. Baker (2012)
Ginger Baker looks back on his musical career with Cream and Blind Faith; his introduction to Fela Kuti; his self-destructive patterns and losses of fortune; and his current life inside a fortified South African compound.
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Ginger Baker looks back on his musical career with Cream and Blind Faith; his introduction to Fela Kuti; his self-destructive patterns and losses of fortune; and his current life inside a fo... Read allGinger Baker looks back on his musical career with Cream and Blind Faith; his introduction to Fela Kuti; his self-destructive patterns and losses of fortune; and his current life inside a fortified South African compound.Ginger Baker looks back on his musical career with Cream and Blind Faith; his introduction to Fela Kuti; his self-destructive patterns and losses of fortune; and his current life inside a fortified South African compound.
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
3.5K
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  • Director
    • Jay Bulger
  • Writer
    • Jay Bulger
  • Stars
    • Ginger Baker
    • Femi Kuti
    • Eric Clapton
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  • Director
    • Jay Bulger
  • Writer
    • Jay Bulger
  • Stars
    • Ginger Baker
    • Femi Kuti
    • Eric Clapton
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    • 25User reviews
    • 56Critic reviews
    • 78Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 3 nominations

    Videos1

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    Trailer 2:52
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    Photos6

    Ginger Baker in Beware of Mr. Baker (2012)
    Ginger Baker in Beware of Mr. Baker (2012)
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    Ginger Baker
    Ginger Baker
    • Selfas Self
    Femi Kuti
    • Selfas Self
    Eric Clapton
    Eric Clapton
    • Selfas Self
    Stewart Copeland
    Stewart Copeland
    • Selfas Self
    Bob Adcock
    • Selfas Self
    Tony Allen
    • Selfas Self
    Carmine Appice
    Carmine Appice
    • Selfas Self
    Ginette Baker
    • Selfas Self
    Kofi Baker
    • Selfas Self
    Leda Baker
    • Selfas Self
    Art Blakey
    Art Blakey
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    John Bonham
    John Bonham
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    Bonnie Bramlett
    Bonnie Bramlett
    • Selfas Self
    Pete Brown
    • Selfas Self
    Jack Bruce
    Jack Bruce
    • Selfas Self
    Jay Bulger
    Jay Bulger
    • Selfas Self
    Malcolm Cecil
    • Selfas Self
    Fito De la Parra
    • Selfas Self
    • Director
      • Jay Bulger
    • Writer
      • Jay Bulger
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    Did you know

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    • Connections
      Featured in Imagine: Beware of Mr. Baker (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Toad
      Written by Ginger Baker (as Peter Edward Baker)

      Performed by Cream

    User reviews25

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Insight into Ginger Baker
    Well executed film. While the physical history of Mr Baker is presented, in the end it is his artistic history we learn. The film highlights Baker's many desertions in life. And indeed, eyewitness accounts describe the pain this man has engendered to family, and fellow musicians. Some of the major musicians of our time have one or two line observations, edited around a long, many day, interview with Ginger Baker at his ranch in South Africa. And of course the music. Seven years his junior, I witnessed much of his rock music as it happened. However, had I read that this review must have a minimum of ten lines, l would not have started it. One of the "insights" is Baker's life-long, always changing, relationship to rhythm and drums. Insightful too, is the volatile relationships in many of his bands.
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    • Feb 27, 2015

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 17, 2013 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Cuidado con Mr. Baker
    • Production companies
      • Insurgent Media
      • Pugilist at Rest Productions
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $116,476
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $12,195
      • Dec 2, 2012
    • Gross worldwide
      • $210,123
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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