Jeff Bridges
Preston Thomas Tucker
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Aug 12, 1988 · 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.
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- Biography, Comedy, Drama
- Francis Ford Coppola
- 1988-08-12
Tucker: The Man and His Dream is a 1988 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Jeff Bridges as inventor Preston Tucker.
With those achievements under his belt, Tucker is determined to create a futuristic car for the masses: the Tucker Torpedo. However, his dreams are challenged by Detroit's auto manufacturers...
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- Francis Ford Coppola
- PG
- Jeff Bridges
Tucker: The Man and His Dream. 1988 · 1 hr 51 min. PG. Drama. An inventor and lifelong car enthusiast strives to design a revolutionary vehicle for the masses, but faces fierce opposition from the auto industry. Subtitles: English. Starring: Jeff Bridges Joan Allen Martin Landau Frederic Forrest Mako Elias Koteas Christian Slater Nina Siemaszko.
- Francis Ford Coppola
- January 1, 1988
- 110 min
Tucker: The Man and His Dream. Preston Tucker, a dynamic automotive visionary, is determined to create the car of the future. Against all odds, Tucker builds the Tucker Torpedo, and the...
- 110 min
- 139.9K
- YouTube Movies
“Tucker: The Man and His Dream” paints us a Preston Tucker who is a genial, incurably optimistic dreamer, a man who gathers a small band around him and inspires them to build a great car, and yet all the time he lacks an ounce of common sense or any notion of the real odds against him.
A semi-fictionalized account of engineer Preston Tucker's quest to manufacture his revolutionary car of the future is told. The present in this case is WWII, his want being to supply what he will see being the pent up demand of the American consumer in the post-war era.
