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
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Synopsis
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.
- Directed by
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Written by
- Arnold Schulman, David Seidler
Cast
Jeff Bridges
Preston Tucker
Joan Allen
Vera
Martin Landau
Abe
Frederic Forrest
Eddie
Mako
Jimmy
Dean Stockwell
Howard Hughes
Christian Slater
Junior
Nina Siemaszko
Marilyn Lee
Marshall Bell
Frank
Peter Donat
Kerner
Elias Koteas
Alex
Jay O. Sanders
Kirby
Corin Nemec
Noble
Don Novello
Stan
Anders Johnson
Johnny
Dean Goodman
Bennington
Details
- Released
- August 12, 1988
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Budget
- $23,000,000
- Box office
- $19,652,638
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