Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Name: Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Genre: Drama
Released: 1988-08-12
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau, Frederic Forrest, Mako

Aug 12, 1988

111 min

Drama

6.8/ 10

407 votes

Overview

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.

Ratings & Reviews

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TMDB

6.8/10

407 votes

IMDB

6.9/10

22,702 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

82%

Tomatometer

Metacritic

76/100

Metascore

Media

Trailers, videos, posters and backdrops

Performance & Recognition

Financial performance and accolades

Box Office & Budget

Budget$23,000,000Production cost

Box Office$19,652,638Worldwide gross

Profit-$3,347,362Loss

ROI

-14.6%Return on investment

US Box Office$19,656,113Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

Nominated for 3 Oscars. 8 wins & 9 nominations total

Details

Production information

"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."