Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Name: Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Genre: Drama
Released: 1988-08-12
Duration: 1 h 51 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau, Frederic Forrest, Mako

When they tried to buy him, he refused. When they tried to bully him, he resisted. When they tried to break him, he became an American legend. The true story of Preston Tucker.

Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)

Timing: 1:51 (111 min)

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Release date

1988-08-12

Country

United States

Production

Lucasfilm Ltd., American Zoetrope

Genre

Drama

Budget

$23 000 000

Box office

$19 652 638

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Director

Francis Ford Coppola

Actors

Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau, Frederic Forrest, Mako, Dean Stockwell, Christian Slater, Nina Siemaszko, Marshall Bell, Peter Donat
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Scenario

Producer

Fred Roos, Fred Fuchs, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas

Camera operator

Vittorio Storaro

Composer

Joe Jackson

Artist

Dean Tavoularis

Audition

Janet Hirshenson, Jane Jenkins

Editing

Priscilla Nedd-Friendly
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Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

Out of the 51 Tucker cars ever produced, two belong to George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola.
In one episode, a bottle of Rubicon wine appears in the frame, which is produced by the winery owned by the film's director, Francis Ford Coppola.
Jeff Bridges wears gold cufflinks in the film that once belonged to the prototype of his character – Preston Tucker.