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For director Francis Ford Coppola and executive producer George Lucas, Tucker: The Man and His Dream is a story after their own heart. The true-to-life tale of Preston Tucker and his daring venture to take on the big three automakers and manufacture a better car for the American driver had a special kinship for two of cinema’s greatest mavericks.
Jeff Bridges gives a dazzling performance as Preston Tucker, a dynamic automotive visionary determined to create the car of the future. Against all odds, Tucker builds the Tucker Torpedo, and the better, safer and more beautiful his car becomes the more opposition stiffens until his factory is shut down by Detroit’s Big Three auto manufacturers. Tucker must fight for his American Dream in ...
Director Francis Ford Coppola and executive producer George Lucas shared a strong desire to film the story of Preston Tucker, the man who revolutionized car design in the late 1940s, only to have his innovation squelched by the "big three" automakers in a legal battle between Tucker and powerful political lobbies.
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Against all odds, Tucker builds the Tucker Torpedo, but when his factory is shut down by Detroit’s Big Three auto manufacturers, Tucker must fight for his American Dream. Our take Directed with stylistic exuberance and a freewheeling spirit, Tucker was a longtime passion project for Francis Ford Coppola.
Preston Tucker, a dynamic automotive visionary, is determined to create the car of the future. Against all odds, Tucker builds the Tucker Torpedo, and the better, safer and more beautiful his car becomes the more opposition stiffens until his factory is shut down by Detroit's Big Three auto manufacturers. Now Tucker must fight for his American Dream.
Tucker: The Man and His Dream is a loving ode to the American build-it mentality that created immense prosperity post-WWII, but also created a wall to not let new competition enter the fold once prosperity had been consolidated to “enough companies.” Tucker (Jeff Bridges) designed cars that should have been allowed to compete with the Big Three (Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler) but ...
Aug 2, 2019 · Stream “Tucker: The Man and His Dream” on YouTube, Vudu, Amazon Prime, and Google Play. Richard Brody began writing for The New Yorker in 1999. He writes about movies in his blog, The Front Row.
