Tucker: The Man and His Dream

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Tucker: The Man and His Dream is a 1988 biographical drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola that chronicles the visionary but ill-fated efforts of automobile designer Preston Tucker to revolutionize the American car industry in the 1940s.

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instanceOf film
awardReceived Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor
basedOn the life of Preston Tucker
cinematography Vittorio Storaro NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts Tucker Corporation NERFINISHED
innovation in automobile design
legal battles with the U.S. government
director Francis Ford Coppola NERFINISHED
distributedBy Paramount Pictures
editedBy Priscilla Nedd-Friendly NERFINISHED
filmingLocation California, United States
surface form: California
genre biographical film
drama film
hasCastMember Elias Koteas NERFINISHED
Frederic Forrest NERFINISHED
Jeff Bridges NERFINISHED
Joan Allen NERFINISHED
Mako NERFINISHED
Martin Landau NERFINISHED
hasTheme American Dream NERFINISHED
conflict between innovation and established industry
entrepreneurship
language English
mainSubject American automobile industry
Preston Tucker NERFINISHED
Tucker 48 NERFINISHED
musicBy Joe Jackson NERFINISHED
narrativeLocation United States NERFINISHED
producer Bill E. Todman Jr. NERFINISHED
Fred Fuchs NERFINISHED
Fred Roos NERFINISHED
productionCompany American Zoetrope NERFINISHED
Lucasfilm NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1988
releaseDate August 12, 1988
runtime approximately 110 minutes
screenwriter Arnold Schulman NERFINISHED
David Seidler NERFINISHED
setInTimePeriod 1940s
starring Elias Koteas NERFINISHED
Frederic Forrest NERFINISHED
Jeff Bridges NERFINISHED
Joan Allen NERFINISHED
Mako NERFINISHED
Martin Landau NERFINISHED

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Joan Allen notableWork Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Vittorio Storaro notableWork Tucker: The Man and His Dream