Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)

"When they tried to buy him, he refused. When they tried to bully him, he resisted. When they tried to break him, he became an American legend. The true story of Preston Tucker."Movie
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Tucker: The Man and His Dream
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StarringJeff BridgesJoan AllenMartin Landau
DirectorFrancis Ford Coppola
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PG 1 hr 51 minAug 12th, 1988Drama
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Plot
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.

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:August 12th, 1988
On DVD & Blu-ray:October 24th, 2000 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$23,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$19,652,638 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:George Lucas
Production Companies:Lucasfilm Ltd., American Zoetrope
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Tucker: The Man and His Dream Quotes

The Importance of Dreams in Innovation

Abe Karatz: [after the trial] They love the cars, the people! Drives me crazy, that the motor company's dead... They'll never be made!
Preston Tucker: We made em.
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Conversations about Life in Isolation

Preston Tucker: Abe. Gee I appreciate you stopping by. How long you got between trains?
Abe Karatz: You like this? living in the middle of nowhere? Cupa coffee, 2, 3 in the morning, you could die first.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

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