Tucker: the Man and His Dream
- Original title
- Tucker: the Man and His Dream
- Year
- 1988
- Running time
- 130 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Jeff Bridges
- Joan Allen
- Martin Landau
- Frederic Forrest
- Mako
- Christian Slater
- Lloyd Bridges
- Elias Koteas
- Nina Siemaszko
- Jay O. Sanders
- Dean Stockwell
- Sofia Coppola
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Biography. Car Movies. 1940s
- Synopsis
- Based on a true story. Shortly after World War II, Preston Tucker is a grandiose schemer with a new dream, to produce the best cars ever made. With the assistance of Abe Karatz and some impressive salesmanship on his own part, he obtains funding and begins to build his factory. The whole movie also has many parallels with director Coppola's own efforts to build a new movie studio of his own.
- Awards
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1988: 3 Nominations for Oscar: Supporting Actor (Landau), Art Direction, Costume Design1988: Golden Globes: Nominated Best Supp. Actor (Martin Landau)1988: BAFTA Awards: Best Production Design1988: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Actor (Stockwell). 2 Nominations1988: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Nominated for Best Supp. Actor (Landau)1988: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Martin Landau)
- Critics' reviews
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"Tucker is the best Capra movie since Capra quit making them himself."
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"Francis Coppola's stylish and heartfelt tribute to the innovative automobile designer Preston Thomas Tucker turns out to be one of his most personal and successful movies"
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"Tucker represents the sunniest imaginable telling of an at least partly tragic episode in recent history"
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