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Tucker: The Man and His Dream video

Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1/9) Movie CLIP - The Car of Tomorrow Today (1988) HD

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7 years ago on 21 August 2016 18:13

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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Preston (Jeff Bridges) unveils the prototype for "the car of the tomorrow."

FILM DESCRIPTION:
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.

CREDITS:
TM & ยฉ Paramount (1988)
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Frederic Forrest, Mako, Christian Slater, Joan Allen
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Producers: Fred Fuchs, Teri Fettis-D'Ovidio, Fred Roos, George Lucas
Screenwriters: Arnold Schulman, David Seidler

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