list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Tucker: The Man and His Dream on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Tucker_The_Man_and_His_Dream/36044/default.aspx Title: Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Year: 1988
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Plot: History tells us that would-be automobile mogul Preston Tucker was a silver-tongued con man, who misappropriated his investors' money and played fast and loose with ethics and legalities in the pursuit of his dream. Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola isn't buying this: to hear Coppola tell it, Tucker was "Mr. Smith Goes to Detroit," a sincere visionary who tried and failed to buck the Big Three auto manufacturers. Moreover, he was a staunch defender of family values, as witness his inseparable relationship with his loyal wife (Joan Allen) and adoring children. It was for his family's sake, rather than any dreams of financial gain, that Tucker created the oddball three-headlight vehicle which he envisioned as the "car of the future". Naturally, the corporate fat cats of 1947 can't abide competition from a rugged individualist; thus, with several politicos in their pockets, they crush the Tucker and the man who built it. We'd have been more inclined to believe the story had Coppola adopted a straightforward Capraesque approach and not utilized all sorts of complicated camera trickery. Somehow, by presenting Tucker in so showoffy a directorial manner, the character comes off more as a sleight-of-hand artist than a bastion of sincerity. Even so, Jeff Bridges does a nice job as Tucker, as does Martin Landau as Tucker's incongruous business partner. Jeff's dad, Lloyd Bridges, appears in an uncredited role as a "bought" senator. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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]]>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:23:53 GMTTucker: The Man and His Dream1988Francis Ford CoppolaHistory tells us that would-be automobile mogul Preston Tucker was a silver-tongued con man, who misappropriated his investors' money and played fast and loose with ethics and legalities in the pursuit of his dream. Filmmaker <a href="/players/P____85868/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Francis Ford Coppola</a> isn't buying this: to hear Coppola tell it, Tucker was "Mr. Smith Goes to Detroit," a sincere visionary who tried and failed to buck the Big Three auto manufacturers. Moreover, he was a staunch defender of family values, as witness his inseparable relationship with his loyal wife (<a href="/players/P_____1026/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Joan Allen</a>) and adoring children. It was for his family's sake, rather than any dreams of financial gain, that Tucker created the oddball three-headlight vehicle which he envisioned as the "car of the future". Naturally, the corporate fat cats of 1947 can't abide competition from a rugged individualist; thus, with several politicos in their pockets, they crush the Tucker and the man who built it. We'd have been more inclined to believe the story had Coppola adopted a straightforward Capraesque approach and not utilized all sorts of complicated camera trickery. Somehow, by presenting Tucker in so showoffy a directorial manner, the character comes off more as a sleight-of-hand artist than a bastion of sincerity. Even so, <a href="/players/P_____3197/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jeff Bridges</a> does a nice job as Tucker, as does <a href="/players/P____40247/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Martin Landau</a> as Tucker's incongruous business partner. Jeff's dad, <a href="/players/P_____3198/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Lloyd Bridges</a>, appears in an uncredited role as a "bought" senator. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide3Slightly Tagged (1-5)83http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t082863m4ws.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Tucker_The_Man_and_His_Dream/36044/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/competition/MemberTagFilms.aspxcompetition
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