Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)

Name: Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Genre: Drama
Released: 1988-08-12
Duration: 1 h 51 min
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau, Frederic Forrest

Drama

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Cast: Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau, Frederic Forrest

Runtime111 min

RatingPG

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Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by his own unrealistic expectations and the Detroit automobile industry tycoons.

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Fans of director Francis Ford Coppola's unique visual style and character-driven dramas will find much to appreciate in Tucker: The Man and His Dream from 1988. The film features a standout performance from Jeff Bridges as the real-life visionary engineer Preston Tucker, whose innovative car design was sabotaged by industry tycoons, and explores the thematic depth of personal dreams colliding with corporate power.

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Tucker: The Man and His Dream is a 1988 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Jeff Bridges as inventor Preston Tucker. The film recounts Tucker's story and his attempt to produce and market the Tucker 48, which was met with scandal between the Big Three automobile manufacturers and accusations of stock fraud from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Joan Allen, Martin Landau, Elias Koteas, Frederic Forrest and Christian Slater appear in supporting roles. For his performance, Landau was nominated for the Academy Award and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.