Tucker: The Man and His Dream

"The true story of Preston Tucker."

Aug 12 1988 PG 1h 50m
Biography, Drama

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.

Plot

Based on a true story. Shortly after World War II, Preston Tucker is a grandiose schemer with a new dream, to produce the best cars ever made. With the assistance of Abe Karatz and some impressive salesmanship on his own part, he obtains funding and begins to build his factory. The whole movie also has many parallels with director Coppola's own efforts to build a new movie studio of his own.

Written by

Arnold Schulman, David Seidler

Directed by

Francis Ford Coppola

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

American Zoetrope, Lucasfilm

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 3 Oscars. 8 wins & 9 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
22,854
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
76
Popularity
NA