Upon his release from prison, kind-hearted conman Wendell Baker (Luke Wilson) gets a job at a retirement hotel near the Texas-Mexico border. With his longtime girlfriend Doreen (Eva Mendes) and good friend Reyes (Jacob Vargas) still giving him the cold shoulder after his last scam, Wendell bonds with three residents of the hotel (Seymour Cassel, Kris Kristofferson and Harry Dean Stanton). When it becomes apparent that the head nurse (Owen Wilson) is running a scam of his own, Wendell helps his new friends organize a rebellion, while they help him win back his love. Directed by Andrew Wilson and Luke Wilson. With Eddie Griffin. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2005.
Luke Wilson and Eva Mendes in The Wendell Baker Story
Luke Wilson in The Wendell Baker Story
Eva Mendes in The Wendell Baker Story
Owen Wilson in The Wendell Baker Story
Jacob Vargas in The Wendell Baker Story
Seymour Cassel and Harry Dean Stanton in The Wendell Baker Story
Luke Wilson in The Wendell Baker Story
Luke Wilson in The Wendell Baker Story
Luke Wilson and Eva Mendes in The Wendell Baker Story
Eddie Griffin in The Wendell Baker Story
Luke Wilson in The Wendell Baker Story
Harry Dean Stanton in The Wendell Baker Story
Eva Mendes in The Wendell Baker Story
Will Ferrell in The Wendell Baker Story
Kris Kristofferson in The Wendell Baker Story
Owen Wilson and Eddie Griffin in The Wendell Baker Story
Seymour Cassel in The Wendell Baker Story
Luke Wilson also appeared in Legally Blonde, Rushmore, Around the World in 80 Days, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, The Royal Tenenbaums, Bottle Rocket, The Family Stone, Scream 2, Idiocracy, Jackass Number Two, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Vacancy, You Kill Me, Old School, Blades of Glory, Charlie's Angels, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Henry Poole Is Here, and Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde.
Seymour Cassel also appeared in Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Tenants, Indecent Proposal, and Stuck on You.
Eddie Griffin also appeared in Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, Norbit, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, and The New Guy.
Kris Kristofferson also appeared in Silver City, Blade: Trinity, Blade II, Blade, Fast Food Nation, Planet of the Apes, He's Just Not That Into You, The Jacket, and Payback.
Eva Mendes also appeared in Hitch, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Ghost Rider, We Own the Night, The Spirit, The Women, Stuck on You, Cleaner, and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.
Harry Dean Stanton also appeared in Alien.
Owen Wilson also appeared in Rushmore, Wedding Crashers, Around the World in 80 Days, Armageddon, Zoolander, The Royal Tenenbaums, Bottle Rocket, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Permanent Midnight, Meet the Parents, You, Me and Dupree, Meet the Fockers, Drillbit Taylor, The Darjeeling Limited, Shanghai Knights, Marley & Me, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Night at the Museum, Shanghai Noon, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and The Big Bounce.
Andrew Wilson also appeared in Bottle Rocket.
Jacob Vargas also appeared in Traffic, Death Race, and Sleep Dealer.
Will Ferrell also appeared in Bewitched, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Zoolander, The Producers, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Stranger Than Fiction, Kicking & Screaming, Old School, Blades of Glory, Semi-Pro, Step Brothers, Dick, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Land of the Lost, Elf, and The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard.