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The Wendell Baker Story   2005         PG-13, 99 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance Director: Andrew Wilson, Luke Wilson   Cast: Luke Wilson, Seymour Cassel, Eddie Griffin, Kris Kristofferson, Eva Mendes, Harry Dean Stanton, Owen Wilson, Jacob Vargas, Will Ferrell, Buck Taylor, Jo Harvey Allen, Heather Kafka, Billy Joe Shaver, Angela Alvarado   As a result of selling fake IDs to illegal Mexican immigrants, Wendell Baker (Luke Wilson) is arrested and jailed. His girlfriend Doreen (Eva Mendes) leaves him, and Wendell now has time to figure out what he wants to do with the rest of his life. As a condition of his parole, Wendell takes a job at the Shady Grove retirement home, which is run by Neil King (Owen Wilson) and McTeague (Eddie Griffin) who run a scam that involves stealing residents' medications and selling them on the black market. A reformed Wendell enlists the aid of the residents—including Boyd (Seymour Cassel), Skip (Harry Dean Stanton), and L.R. Nasher (Kris Kristofferson)—in a plan to end the scam and, maybe, get Doreen back in the process. As they join forces in Wendell's cause, the residents learn that they still have a lot more living to do. Cast Luke Wilson Wendell Baker Seymour Cassel Boyd Eddie Griffin McTeague Kris Kristofferson L.R. Nasher Eva Mendes Doreen Harry Dean Stanton Skip Owen Wilson Neil King Jacob Vargas Reyes Will Ferrell Dave Buck Taylor Bob Draper Jo Harvey Allen Wanda King Heather Kafka Marianne Billy Joe Shaver Reverend Shackleton Angela Alvarado Irma