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DVD : Tucker - The Man and His DreamIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau, Frederic Forrest, Mako directed by: Francis Ford Coppola  List Price: $9.98 Amazon.com's Price: $8.99 You Save: $0.99 (10%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: Paramount EAN: 9780792160892 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0792160894 Label: Paramount Manufacturer: Paramount Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Publisher: Paramount Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 24, 2000 Running Time: 110 minutes Studio: Paramount Theatrical Release Date: August 12, 1988 Sales Rank: 5972 MPN: PARD321444D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: The story of preston tucker the maverick car designer and his ill fated challenge to the auto industry with his revolutionary car concept. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/23/2006 Starring: Joan Allen Jeff Bridges Run time: 110 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Francis Ford Coppola Amazon.com essential video: Director Francis Ford Coppola and executive producer George Lucas shared a strong desire to film the story of Preston Tucker, the man who revolutionized car design in the late 1940s, only to have his innovation squelched by the "big three" automakers in a legal battle between Tucker and powerful political lobbies. Coppola surely related to and sympathized with Tucker as a visionary underdog, and so this stylish, energetic film envisions "the man and his dream" in idealistic terms--an unabashed optimist (played by Jeff Bridges) who realizes his vision through blind faith and tenacity. Martin Landau gives a superb, heartbreaking performance as an associate who desperately wants to share Tucker's enthusiasm, but knows that corporate wolves are knocking at the door and will soon burst in with fangs bared. Joan Allen is equally good as Tucker's supportive wife, and the film's combination of dazzling costumes, production design, and the fabulous Tucker itself (of which only 50 models were made) creates an infectious atmosphere of postwar optimism. In the end, however, this fascinating film is much like Coppola himself: possessed of genius, blinded by ambition, and prone to create works of erratic brilliance. Don't take that as criticism, however; this is a sharp, underrated film about a dreamer whose dream was a worthy one, even if it only briefly came true. --Jeff Shannon Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Bright and Shiny OptimismDetroit native Francis Ford Coppola's bright, shiny and optimistic film, dedicated to his late son, Gio,who loved cars, and honoring a revolutionary auto maker, captures the spirit of postwar America. In the 20 years since I, and many others were introduced to Preston Thomas Tucker, so blithely and enthusiatically played by Jeff Bridges, he has become a public figure I've come to admire simply because the vindication of his judgement about the future of the auto industry, the technological ... Read More Rating: - Jeff Bridges at his bestThis movie is about the life of Preston Tucker, an entrepreneur, a dreamer and a visionary who wanted to manufacture a safe car for the American people. He introduced a design that was innovative, taking some features from aircrafts, with a style that was aerodynamic and with specifications that called for a rear engine, disc brakes and fuel injections. To finance his dream, Tucker sells dealerships before the auto is even in production and the major car manufacturers don't want a new ... Read More Rating: - Excellent movie for a car lover'sIt's a biography of one of the best car's builders, with excellent vision of the car of the future. Rating:  - Personal InterestI went to see this movie when it first came out.. why? because my late father invested $5,000 in Tucker and he and a friend were going to have a dealership! I wanted to get a bit more of the story than I ever heard about. My mother had nothing good to say about Preston Tucker. While I am sure the movie whitewashed certain aspects of the story, I did come away with a different outlook. Mom gave to me the stock, and other priceless ( to me anyway)items associated with the dealership my father and his ... Read More Rating: - Great MovieGreat movie and very informative. I like the real footage option that is in the DVD. Browse for similar items by category:
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