Plot
When Waring Hudsucker, head of hugely successful Hudsucker Industries, commits suicide, his board of directors, led by Sidney Mussberger, comes up with a brilliant plan to make a lot of money: appoint a moron to run the company. When the stock falls low enough, Sidney and friends can buy it up for pennies on the dollar, take over the company, and restore its fortunes. They choose idealistic Norville Barnes, who just started in the mail room. Norville is whacky enough to drive any company to ruin, but soon, tough reporter Amy Archer smells a rat and begins an undercover investigation of Hudsucker Industries.
Written by
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Sam Raimi
Directed by
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Crew
Production Countries
United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany
Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures, PolyGram Filmproduktion, Working Title Films, Silver Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Languages
English
Awards
3 wins & 4 nominations