History tells us that would-be automobile mogul Preston Tucker was a silver-tongued con man, who misappropriated his investors” money and played fast and loose with ethics and legalities in the pursuit of his dream. Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola isn”t buying this: to hear Coppola tell it, Tucker was “Mr. Smith Goes to Detroit,” a sincere visionary who tried and failed to buck the Big Three auto manufacturers. Moreover, he was a staunch defender of family values, as witness his inseparable relationship with his loyal wife (Joan Allen) and adoring children. It was for his family”s sake, rather than any dreams of financial gain, that Tucker created the oddball three-headlight vehicle which he envisioned as the “car of the future.” Naturally, the corporate fat cats of 1947 can”t abide competition from a rugged individualist; thus, with several politicos in their pockets, they crush the Tucker and the man who built it. We”d have been more inclined to believe the story had Coppola adopted a straightforward Capraesque approach and not utilized all sorts of complicated camera trickery. Somehow, by presenting Tucker in so showoffy a directorial manner, the character comes off more as a sleight-of-hand artist than a bastion of sincerity. Even so, Jeff Bridges does a nice job as Tucker, as does Martin Landau as Tucker”s incongruous business partner. Jeff”s dad, Lloyd Bridges, appears in an uncredited role as a “bought” senator.
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Special Features
Audio commentary by Francis Ford CoppolaFrancis Ford Coppola introductionDeleted scene (with optional commentary by Francis Ford Coppola)Under the Hood: making Tucker”Tucker: The Man and the Car” 1948 promo film (with optional commentary by Francis Ford Coppola)
Performance Credits
Jeff Bridges | Preston Tucker |
Joan Allen | Vera Tucker |
Martin Landau | Abe Karatz |
Frederic Forrest | Eddie Dean |
Dean Stockwell | Howard Hughes |
Lloyd Bridges | Senator Homer Ferguson |
Mako | Jimmy Sakuyama |
Elias Koteas | Alex Tremulis |
Nina Siemaszko | Marilyn Lee Tucker |
Christian Slater | Junior |
Corin Nemec | Noble Tucker |
Anders Johnson | Johnny Tucker |
Marshall Bell | Frank |
Don Novello | Stan |
Jay O. Sanders | Kirby, Defense Attorney |
Peter Donat | Otto Kerner, Prosecutor |
Dean Goodman | Drew Pearson,Bennington |
Patti Austin | Millie |
Aleta Helena Chappelle | Actor |
Janet Hirshenson | Actor |
Jane Jenkins | Actor |
John X. Heart | Ferguson”s Agent |
Sandy Bull | Stan”s Assistant |
Joseph Miksak | Judge |
Scott Beach | Floyd Cerf |
Roland Scrivner | Oscar Beasley |
Bob Safford | Narrator |
Larry Menkin | Doc |
Ron Close | Fritz |
Joe Flood | Dutch |
Leonard Gardner | Gas Station Owner |
Bill Bonham | Garage Owner |
Abigail van Alyn | Ferguson”s Secretary |
Taylor Gilbert | Ferguson”s Secretary |
David Booth | Man in Hall |
Jessie Nelson | Woman on Steps |
Al Hart | Newscaster |
Cab Covay | Security Guard |
James Cranna | Man in Audience |
Bill Reddick | Board Member |
Ed Loerke | Mayor |
Jay Jacobus | Head Engineer |
Anne Lawder | Bennington”s Secretary |
Jeanette Lana Sartain | Singing Girl |
Mary Buffett | Singing Girl |
Annie Stocking | Singing Girl |
Michael McShane | Recording Engineer |
Hope Alexander-Willis | Tucker”s Secretary |
Taylor Young | Tucker”s Secretary |
Jim Giovanni | Police Sergeant |
Joe Lerer | Reporter at Trial |
Morgan Upton | Ingram |
Mark Anger | Blue |
Al Nalbandian | Jury Foreman |
Ken Grantham | SEC Agent |
Technical Credits
Francis Ford Coppola | Director |
Ernest R. Ball | Songwriter |
Richard Beggs | Sound/Sound Designer |
J.K. Brennan | Songwriter |
Ian Bryce | Production Designer |
Milena Canonero | Costumes/Costume Designer |
Harry de Costa | Songwriter |
Richard Dean | Makeup |
Edwin B. Edwards | Songwriter |
Michael Evje | Sound/Sound Designer |
Edward Farley | Songwriter |
Fred Fuchs | Co-producer,Producer |
Armin Ganz | Set Decoration/Design |
Robert C. Goldstein | Set Decoration/Design |
Janet Hirshenson | Casting |
Buddy Joe Hooker | Stunts |
Joe Jackson | Songwriter |
Jamie Anderson | Camera Operator |
Jane Jenkins | Casting |
Joe Jackson | Score Composer |
D. James LaRocca | Songwriter |
George Lucas | Executive Producer |
Judianna Makovsky | Costumes/Costume Designer |
Mills Brothers | Songwriter |
Priscilla Nedd | Editor |
David Pier | Special Effects |
Jim Pohl | Set Decoration/Design |
Mike Riley | Songwriter |
Fred Roos | Co-producer,Producer |
Anthony Sbarbaro | Songwriter |
Arnold Schulman | Screenwriter |
David Seidler | Screenwriter |
Paula Smuin | Choreography |
Tom Sparks | Consultant/advisor |
Vittorio Storaro | Cinematographer |
Alex Tavoularis | Art Director |
Dean Tavoularis | Production Designer |