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The Baker is a killer comedy about how you can’t escape your past, especially when you’re an ex-hitman...
Starring Damian Lewis (Band of Brothers), Michael Gambon (Harry Potter, Cranford, Layer Cake) and Kate Ashfield (Shaun of the Dead), The Baker is written and directed by Gareth Lewis.
Milo (Damian Lewis) is a professional hit man living on the edge. When failing to fulfil a contract for the first time, Milo escapes the city to avoid the wrath of his employers. Hiding out in a remote rural village, the locals mistake him for the new baker.
He adopts this role as his new cover and sets about baking bread and cakes for the village. When sparks fly with the local vet Rhiannon (Kate Ashfield) he decides to start a new life as the village baker, but his past is about to catch up with him. In a small village where everyone knows your deepest darkest secrets and no one is as innocent as they seem Milo discovers that you can’t always have your cake and eat it.
DVD Extras
Director and Damian Lewis Commentary, behind the scenes and interviews
A Look Behind The Baker Featurette
On The Set (A BBC Film Network Report)
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2.4 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Behind the scenes, Commentary, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: A hit man flees his overlords when he can't go through with a whack. He then hides out in a remote Welsh village and works as a baker, falling in love with a local vet--but cannot escape his past. ...The Baker
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By izzy
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This film is scripted and filmed with a huge sense of fun and gives Damian Lewis the opportunity to demonstrate his genius as a comic actor, on a smaller scale but not unlike his role in the NBC series Life. Kate Ashfield as the local vet is the perfect foil for him, a terrifically comic partnership with sharp dialogue. The sex scene between them where they end up on the floor, sexy and gorgeous, covered in eggs and jam, must be the funniest pair of naked bodies ever filmed. It's worth buying the DVD for that alone. All the other characters are just as brilliantly cast creating a series of comic gems, the locations are beautiful and though the plot requires a suspension of disbelief as it gets more and more fantastic, ending with two professional gunmen fighting each other with swords and sticks, a nod to Shakespeare whose bust is prominently displayed in the pub, the humour is quite subtle and the whole has great sincerity.
A real bonus on the DVD is the commentary between the brothers Damian and Gareth, so laid back and low key it is in itself a spoof on the self-promoting earnestness of most producers talking about their own work. And don't miss the explanation of how they filmed the exploding ram.
A real bonus on the DVD is the commentary between the brothers Damian and Gareth, so laid back and low key it is in itself a spoof on the self-promoting earnestness of most producers talking about their own work. And don't miss the explanation of how they filmed the exploding ram.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By J. Fennick
Format:DVD
I had the privledge of seeing "The Baker" on dvd recently and I have to say it's one of the funniest films I've seen in recent years. It's an off-beat comedy rather than a broad one filled with unique, oddball characters and silly situations. Damian Lewis shines as Milo, the jaded hitman who wants to get out of the business, but the rest of the cast is stellar, including "New Amsterdam"'s Nicolaj Coster-Waldau as a rival hitman and Michael Gambon as Milo's boss. There's a lovely romance between Milo and the town's veterinarian which culminates in one of the funniest/sexiest love scenes on film. Highly recommended.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By dlfan123
Format:DVD
The Baker is a novel and enjoyable film with an engaging and entertaining story and a great cast. Damian Lewis is perfect as "the hitman experiencing a mid-life crisis" but the charming Welsh village that he selects as a hide-out is anything but idyllic or even "normal" (although it is beautiful!) The film made me laugh and warmed my heart. It is inventive, intelligent and wickedly funny and I strongly recommend it to anyone wants to laugh and be suprised by a clever and hilarious movie.
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quirky funny
We loved this, saw it at flicks in the sticks showing and wanted a copy so we could watch it over, and over. Great performances, very "real" humour and black humour. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Big Bando
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Great Film!!
I just loved this film,laughter and love starring the scrumptious Damien. What more could a fan of this oh so sexy man want?
Published 3 months ago by Forever Amber
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Typical Welsh Humor
Fantastic laugh great story, the funreal wake was one of the best scenes in the film. Neede to watch it a few times,each time was a great laugh.
Published 3 months ago by angel
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Excellent
I enjoyed the light black humour. Recomend to anyone who enjoyed LIFE. I enjoyed the light black humour, I did.
Published 3 months ago by A. M. Cumming
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Very funny
A familiar scenario, played for laughs with curious undertones. Damian widening his skills of dry humour with a surprise ending.
Published 5 months ago by Bob Pipperex
3.0 out of 5 stars
Damian Lewis Bakes a Flan
I was looking forward to a Damian Lewis master piece to rival Grosse Point Blank for twists and turns as the hitman masks himself in the small village as The Baker. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Mr. William Oxley
4.0 out of 5 stars
Dark comedy with lots of favourites!
Directed by Gareth Lewis, brother of Damian the lead actor in this little gem. Damian stars as Milo who wants to escape from his hitman role when he gives his last 'hit' the... Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2011
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Great film
This film is exactly what it says on the tin. It is a great comedy, but the storyline is a tad predictable. Read more
Published on 14 Feb 2011 by HumbleStudent
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So very very!!
This film is such a jewel, in my opinion. The sheer weirdness of the whole situation, happeninig in a tiny village almost off the map, in Wales no less, is almost too much. Read more
Published on 25 Aug 2010 by autumnleaf
4.0 out of 5 stars
Just a bit of good old Bitish humour
Damian Lewis plays the character of a sensitive assassin who decides to turn his back on a life of crime. He escapes to a little Welsh village and becomes their new baker. Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2010 by JMYC
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