Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13896 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-03-03
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 94 minutes

DVD Description
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)

Synopsis
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. However, Milo soon discovers that you can’t always have your cake and eat it.


Starring the cream of British talent, including Damien Lewis (Band of Brothers), Michael Gambon (Harry Potter) and Kate Ashfield (Shaun of the Dead), The Baker is a killer comedy not to be missed…

Customer Reviews

sweet and funny
Absolutely a surprise! We did not know what to expect at all and it was no dissapointment. It is really funny and surprising. You can almost see it happening for real. I won't tell you, just watch the film and be happy! You might end up "baking" afterwards.

Shakespeare's Cakes
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.

Madness, pure madness!
I only got this dvd to rent because i'm a big fan of damien lewis, but after a slow start, this film blossomed into an absoloute gem! Being welsh myself, i love the way we're portrayed in this film (as most valley people, excluding myself of course!). The funeral is a joy to watch as is the accompanying song! laugh out loud stuff most of the time! if you like twin town you love this film!