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Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)

PG08/12/1988Drama1h 51m
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The true story of Preston Tucker.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Jeff Bridges

    Preston Tucker

  2. Cast 1

    Joan Allen

    Vera

  3. Cast 1

    Martin Landau

    Abe

  4. Cast 1

    Frederic Forrest

    Eddie

  5. Cast 1

    Mako

    Jimmy

  6. Cast 1

    Dean Stockwell

    Howard Hughes

  7. Cast 1

    Christian Slater

    Junior

  8. Cast 1

    Nina Siemaszko

    Marilyn Lee

  9. Cast 1

    Marshall Bell

    Frank

***Fascinating story of a genius; done with kinetic and amusing style*** Based on the real-life story of Preston Tucker from the late 1930s-1950, the genius inventor (Jeff Bridges) designs the Tucker 48 sedan, aka the “Tucker Torpedo,” an automobile way ahead of its time with aerodynamic style, padded dash, seat belts, pop-out windows, fuel injection and disc brakes. He rounds up a team, develops the prototype and starts producing cars in his Chicago factor. But this didn’t sit well with the Big Three automakers in Detroit and the politicians & sharks (lawyers) in their pockets; so they try...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$23,000,000.00

Revenue $19,652,638.00

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