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The Hudsucker Proxy is a 1994 screwball comedy film co-written, produced, and directed by the Coen brothers. Sam Raimi co-wrote the script and served as second unit director.
Mar 11, 1994 · A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this Coen Brothers film.
- (85K)
- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
- 1994-03-11
Greedy executive Sidney J. Mussburger (Paul Newman) hopes to take control of the company he works for by purchasing a majority share -- but he must first devalue the stock.
- (52)
- Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
- PG
- Comedy
Mar 25, 1994 · A debate between an angel and a devil over the merits of the 1994 comedy film "The Hudsucker Proxy", directed by the Coen Brothers and starring Tim Robbins and Paul Newman. The angel praises the film's style and art direction, while the devil criticizes its lack of substance and originality.
A comedy film about a naive business graduate who is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam. He falls in love with a reporter who exposes the plot, and saves the company with his invention of the hula-hoop.
Feb 1, 2024 · The big difference is The Hudsucker Proxy, unlike The Ladykillers, shouldn’t be considered a bridge to better offerings; it should be counted among them. But it isn’t.
Dec 16, 2017 · Roger Ebert praises the Coen brothers' 1994 comedy-fantasy as a spiritually attuned critique of capitalism and a pastiche of filmmakers they admire. He argues that the movie is misunderstood and misinterpreted as cynical and mean-spirited.
