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Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
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Release Date:
12 August 1988 (USA)
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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
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Preston Tucker
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Factory
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Dream
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Lawyer
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Radio Show
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another 6 wins
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2 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
‘The King’s Speech’ Gets a Great Cast
(From Atomic Popcorn. 16 November 2009, 6:53 AM, PST)
The Weinstein Company Acquires The King's Speech
(From Comingsoon.net. 2 September 2009)
(From Atomic Popcorn. 16 November 2009, 6:53 AM, PST)
The Weinstein Company Acquires The King's Speech
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Excellent But Frustrating Story
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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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110 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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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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Trivia:
Jeff Bridges wears cufflinks formerly owned by the real Preston Tucker.
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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.
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Quotes:
Preston Tucker:
[revealing his graphics] The car of tomorrow... today.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "At the Movies: (2008-11-19)" (2008)
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Soundtrack:
The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round
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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