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- 1988
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 50 m
- 1988
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 50 m
Summary In the late 1940s, Preston Tucker had a dream to build the best cars ever made. Pressure from Detroit and government dooms his dream.
Directed By: Francis Ford Coppola
Written By: Arnold Schulman, David Seidler
- 1988
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 50 m
- 1988
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 50 m
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
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Summary In the late 1940s, Preston Tucker had a dream to build the best cars ever made. Pressure from Detroit and government dooms his dream.
Directed By: Francis Ford Coppola
Written By: Arnold Schulman, David Seidler
Where to Watch
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Generally Favorable
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86% Positive
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14% Mixed
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Mr. Coppola has done things this fancily before, but never with so clear and moving a sense of purpose.
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This happy daydream contains Coppola's most assured work since "Apocalypse Now;" save for its modesty, it is in no way inferior to his masterpiece, "The Godfather" Saga. [12 Aug 1988]
Francis Coppola's stylish and heartfelt tribute to the innovative automobile designer Preston Thomas Tucker turns out to be one of his most personal and successful movies.
What could be a needed and satisfying commercial breakthrough for Coppola.
Coppola's new film is not so much about the car as about the man, and it is with the man that he fails to deliver.
Tucker came up with a classic, but poor Coppola has turned a great American tragedy into a gas-guzzling human comedy
Production Company
American Zoetrope,
Lucasfilm,
Zoetrope Studios
Release Date Aug 12, 1988
Duration 1 h 50 m
Rating PG
Tagline 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.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 3 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
