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The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

 -  Comedy | Drama | Fantasy  -  11 March 1994 (USA)
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A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.

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Storyline

When Waring Hudsucker, head of hugely successful Hudsucker Industries, commits suicide, his board of directors, led by Sidney Mussberger, comes up with a brilliant plan to make a lot of money: appoint a moron to run the company. When the stock falls low enough, Sidney and friends can buy it up for pennies on the dollar, take over the company, and restore its fortunes. They choose idealistic Norville Barnes, who just started in the mail room. Norville is whacky enough to drive any company to ruin, but soon, tough reporter Amy Archer smells a rat and begins an undercover investigation of Hudsucker Industries. Written by Reid Gagle

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stock | industry | suicide | mail | reporter | See more »

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They took him for a fall guy... but he threw them for a hoop. See more »

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Comedy | Drama | Fantasy

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild language and thematic elements | See all certifications »

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Release Date:

11 March 1994 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

El gran salto  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$2,869,369 (USA)
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Trivia

The secretary of the Hudsucker brainstormers (uncredited 'Mary Beth Peil') is reading throughout the Hulla Hoop manufacturing sequence the novels "War & Peace" and "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy. The idea is to show that the brainstormers are really taking their time to determine the name of the product since the novels have, respectively, 1,225 and 864 pages and are commonly known for being books you would spend a lot of time reading. In her case, if you'd consider 4 minutes per page, 8 hours a day, both books would've taken 18 days to read. See more »

Goofs

When Waring Hudsucker jumps from the conference room they say he "drops 44 floors...", "45.", "Counting the mezzanine.", we see from all the outside shots that this is the first floor under the clock. When Norville Barnes enters the elevator to take the blue card to Sidney J. Mussburger's office he asks to go to the 44th floor but since Sidney J. Mussburger's office has the "3" from the clock visible it must be 2 floors above the conference room floor, per the above mentioned outside shots, which would be the 46th floor assuming the conference room is on the 44th. And then at the end of the movie Moses says "Norville Barnes climbed waaay up to the forty-fourth floor of the Hudsucker Buildling... there was a man who jumped from the 45th floor", his office was on the 46th floor and assuming he meant the sign painter, he actually "jumped" from the upper level of the two story high 46th floor and would have landed on the conference room ceiling. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Moses the Clock Man: That's right. New York. Nineteen fifty eight.
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Crazy Credits

The foregoing was a fictional account of the development of the HULA HOOP® and the characters bear no resemblance to any real person or business concern. The HULA HOOP® was actually developed by the founders of the toy company WHAM-O®, a true American success story. WHAM-O® was subsequently responsible for the development of the FRISBEE® and numerous other toy products. See more »

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References Cool Hand Luke (1967) See more »

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"Carmen"
By Georges Bizet
Performed by Grace Bumbry
Courtesy of EMI Classics
Under license from CEMA Special Markets
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This film gets better with each subsequent viewing
22 February 1999 | by (Toronto, Canada) – See all my reviews

The first time I saw this film, I enjoyed it. No doubt about it.

I wondered why some people didn't like it. What's not to like?

I saw it again, and paid more attention to some of the finer details, realizing what a rich, full textured film it was.

And yet again I saw it. Still more revelations.

In fact, every time I see it, and I'm sure to see it again, I enjoy it more and more with each subsequent viewing.

This film's narrative is nearly as perfect as the Hula Hoop itself, despite the albeit fictional account of the invention of said "dingus".

But it strikes me as odd and unfortunate when I encounter someone who's seen this and not enjoyed it.

All I can say is, have you tried it more than once? It isn't exactly what I'd call an acquired taste, but when you see how rich in detail and humour it is, you may begin to appreciate it for what it truly is; a great film that deserves a second chance. K.


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