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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   5,745 votes
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Writers:
Arnold Schulman (writer)
David Seidler (writer)
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Release Date:
12 August 1988 (USA) more
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Tagline:
When they tried to buy him, he refused. When they tried to bully him, he resisted. When they tried to break him, he became an American legend. The true story of Preston Tucker.
Plot:
The story of Preston Tucker, the maverick car designer and his ill fated challenge to the auto industry with his revolutionary car concept. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
User Comments:
Excellent But Frustrating Story more (41 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jeff Bridges ... Preston Tucker

Joan Allen ... Vera

Martin Landau ... Abe

Frederic Forrest ... Eddie

Mako ... Jimmy

Elias Koteas ... Alex

Christian Slater ... Junior

Nina Siemaszko ... Marilyn Lee
Anders Johnson ... Johnny

Corin Nemec ... Noble (as Corky Nemec)

Marshall Bell ... Frank

Jay O. Sanders ... Kirby
Peter Donat ... Kerner
Dean Goodman ... Bennington / Drew Pearson's Voice
John X. Heart ... Ferguson's Agent
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Additional Details

Runtime:
110 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints)
Certification:
Canada:F (Ontario) | Canada:G (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Netherlands:AL | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #29156)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Jeff Bridges wears cufflinks formerly owned by the real Preston Tucker. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Widescreen images dependent upon lenses not available until 1953 even for theatrical films are used in internal documentaries and the public relation footage in a movie set in 1947 or 1948. more
Quotes:
Preston Tucker: [revealing his graphics] The car of tomorrow... today. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "At the Movies: (2008-11-19)" (2008) more
Soundtrack:
The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round more

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20 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
Excellent But Frustrating Story, 20 January 2007
8/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

Boy, what a frustrating film to watch....even though it is very good and has been a part of my collection for a number of years now. Still, it's hard to see the good guy, the little guy, beaten up by the big guys. Here's one story where Goliath beats David.

Anyway, this was an interesting supposedly- true-life story of how Preston Tucker got a raw deal form the Big Three car-makers of the day, and by the government after he built a much better automobile in 1948. The film details how the big boys made sure Tucker's company never sold any of those cars.

As mentioned, it's maddening to watch at times, to hear lies and false charges brought against a man who had the right ideas about car safety and engineering and was way ahead of his time.

The 1940s atmosphere in this film is very good and the old music is fun to hear, too. The cinematography is great, too, with some tinted vintage-type color at times. It looks wonderful on DVD.

The car is super to look at and admire. Jeff Bridges does a solid job of portraying Tucker, an upbeat, positive-thinking inventor. It also was refreshing to see a nice, supportive family, too. I enjoyed all the main actors in this film: Bridges, Joan Alen, Martin Landau, Frederic Forest, Elias Koteas and Christian Slater

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