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Preston Tucker (1903 – 1956) was a car salesman and inventor. Anticipating WWII, he created a high speed armored car with a gun on a turret. The army thought that the car was too fast but loved the turret, confiscated the patents and used them during the war. Tucker was given contracts to build turrets for bombers and made his fortune.
Aug 12, 1988 · Preston Tucker, starting out as a man with boundless energy and an exhilarating new idea, became a casualty of the various corporate practices that interfered with his dream.
Feb 3, 2009 · To finance his dream, Tucker sells dealerships before the auto is even in production and the major car manufacturers don't want a new player making trouble, so they set out to make life difficult for him. Tucker is accused of fraud and attempting to sell stock on a venture that has yet to bear fruit.
Recently viewed. Tucker: The Man and His Dream: Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. With Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau, Frederic Forrest. The story of Preston Tucker, the maverick car designer and his ill-fated challenge to the auto industry with his revolutionary car concept.
Aug 2, 2019 · Stream “Tucker: The Man and His Dream” on YouTube, Vudu, Amazon Prime, and Google Play. Richard Brody began writing for The New Yorker in 1999. He writes about movies in his blog, The Front Row.
1/7. From director Francis Ford Coppola and executive producer George Lucas, Tucker: the Man and His Dream is a true-to-life tale of Preston Tucker and his daring venture to take on the big three automakers and manufacture a better car for the American driver had a special kinship for two of cinema’s greatest mavericks.
Aug 12, 1988 · 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 ...
