Beware Of Mr. Baker

Beware of Mr. Baker at Film Forum, NYC

MT — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:55:48 +0000

http://www.filmforum.org/movies/more/beware_of_mr._baker

Wednesday, November 28 – Tuesday, December 11

1:00 2:50 4:40 6:30 8:20 10:10

At home with rock ‘n’ roll monster Ginger Baker, Cream’s legendary scarlet-maned, hell-raising drummer. This no-holds-barred, sad, and hilarious portrait of the man referred to as rock’s first great drummer (and perhaps still its best) lets him tell his own story, intercut with footage of his continent-hopping life, from London to L.A., Nigeria, Italy, South Africa, and (way) beyond. Baker may have broken the mold musically, but his violent, dyspeptic mood swings, fueled by a multi-decade heroin addiction, went a long way to making him persona non grata even among the music greats who still revere his work. Eric Clapton, Johnny Rotten, Charlie Watts, and Lars Ulrich, Baker’s 4 wives, and 3 grown children all have something to say about him: “He’s a force of nature,” “he’s the greatest drummer any of us had ever heard,” “he’s mad,” and “he’s fairly consistently horrible” are just a few of them.

London Film Festival Tickets

MT — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:29:34 +0000

Get your tickets for the London Film Festival!

http://bit.ly/S7Am4w

Oct 13, 2012 9:00 PM

BFI Southbank, NFT1

Oct 15, 2012 1:00 PM

BFI Southbank, NFT2

SilverDocs Tickets available now!

MT — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:42:19 +0000

Tickets available now for Beware of Mr. Baker at SilverDocs in DC!

SilverDocs Official Beware of Mr. Baker Page

Tuesday, June 19th 9:00pm

AFI Silver Theater 1

Saturday, June 23rd 1:15pm

Round House Theater

Seattle International Film Festival Tickets now on sale!

MT — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:31:10 +0000

Buy your tickets now for Beware of Mr. Baker in Seattle!

http://www.siff.net/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=45510&FID=254

Beware of Mr. Baker and Jay Bulger on Carson Daly

MT — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:38:05 +0000

Beware of Mr. Baker and Jay Bulger will be on “Last Call with Carson Daly” discussing the film on Thursday, April 12 at 1:35am (early Fri. am).

NBC Episode Guide

Tickets now available for Boston and Hot Docs!

MT — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:25:14 +0000

Beware of Mr. Baker tickets at IFF Boston and Hot Docs available below:

IFF Boston Tickets

Hot Docs Tickets

PBS POV Article

MT — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:07:47 +0000

Beware Of Mr. Baker received the Grand Jury prize for best documentary at SXSW’s 2012 Film Festival last month. It’s an entertaining bio doc about Ginger Baker, perhaps best known as the jazz-rock drummer of the 60′s rock supergroups Cream and Blind Faith.

Beware of Mr. Baker Variety Review!

MT — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:59:57 +0000

When a documentary begins with its subject using his crutch to deliver a vicious blow to the director’s nose, it’s reasonably safe to expect less-than-smooth sailing ahead. And sure enough, the teasing possibility that other outbursts may disrupt the uneasy alliance between legendary drummer Ginger Baker and filmmaker Jay Bulger provides an underlying tension to the aptly titled “Beware of Mr. Baker.” Winner of the docu jury award at SXSW, this fascinating portrait of the aging rock god as an angry old coot could attract ticketbuyers as well as homevid renters and buyers after fest exposure.

New Articles and Reviews

MT — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:31:08 +0000

Reviews:

Smells Like Screen Spirit

http://smellslikescreenspirit.com/2012/03/beware-of-mr-baker-review

Paste Magazine

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2012/03/sxsw-report-the-rest-of-the-documentaries.html

The American Prospect

http://prospect.org/article/life-without-compromise

Mentions:

TimeOut London

http://www.timeout.com/london/feature/2418/sxsw-2012

Interviews and IFF Boston

MT — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:52:25 +0000

A new screening in Boston!