Tucker: The Man and His Dream
19881h 51mPG · MPAA
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · Starring Jeff Bridges & Joan Allen
82%Rotten Tomatoes6.9IMDb76Metacritic
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.
Drama
— Critical consensus, summarised
Coppola's affectionate, undersung biography of Preston Tucker — the postwar American who tried to upend Detroit with a radical 1948 sedan. Jeff Bridges in full-throated charm mode; Joe Jackson's score and Vittorio Storaro's cinematography give it a gleaming period-Americana finish. Critics widely praised it; among the most beloved entries in Coppola's late-'80s rebuilding period.
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