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About
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.
Theatrical
Aug 12, 1988
Box Office
$19.7M
Budget
$23.0M
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0.9x
DVD / Blu-ray
Oct 24, 2000
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Lucasfilm Ltd., American Zoetrope
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Cast
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Jeff Bridges
Preston Tucker
Joan Allen
Vera
M
Martin Landau
Abe
F
Frederic Forrest
Eddie
M
Mako
Jimmy
D
Dean Stockwell
Howard Hughes
C
Christian Slater
Junior
N
Nina Siemaszko
Marilyn Lee
M
Marshall Bell
Frank
P
Peter Donat
Kerner
E
Elias Koteas
Alex
J
Jay O. Sanders
Kirby
C
Corin Nemec
Noble
D
Don Novello
Stan
J
John X. Heart
Ferguson's Agent
P
Patti Austin
Millie
S
Sandy Bull
Stan's Assistant
J
Joe Miksak
Judge
S
Scott Beach
Floyd Cerf
J
Joe Flood
Dutch
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Quotes
See all →The Importance of Dreams in Innovation
Abe Karatz
They love the cars, the people! Drives me crazy, that the motor company's dead... They'll never be made!
[after the trial]
Preston Tucker
We made em.
Abe Karatz
Fifty cars...
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
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.
Preston Tucker
Or you could go into the kitchen and make some
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
