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* AuthorAvatar: Tucker is obviously one for Coppola, in the manner with which how he has his family involved in his work, prides himself as an independent-thinking idealist opposed to larger forces and his lament at the end that large businesses will drive away visionaries.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: How Tucker's critics see his designs. Tucker proves otherwise and shows that his cars and vehicles are functional and operational. During the war, the military rejected the "Tucker Tiger", an armoured Jeep/Tank hybrid on the grounds that the car went faster than specified.
* BecomingTheBoast: The "Tucker Torpedo" was only an idea and specification which Tucker jobbed around before he actually got around to building a prototype, the prototype itself is barely finished in time for opening day at the plant, yet after months of work and tests following on the good-will generated by Tucker excitement, Tucker proudly notes that he built 51 cars that do exactly what he promised at first.
* BecomingTheBoast: The "Tucker Torpedo" was only an idea and specification which Tucker jobbed around before he actually got around to building a prototype, the prototype itself is barely finished in time for opening day at the plant, yet after months of work and tests following on the good-will generated by Tucker excitement, Tucker proudly notes that he built 51 cars that do exactly what he promised at first.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Tucker is an incredibly hammy showman and salesman, but he's also a brilliant inventor, engineer, car driver and highly charismatic and intelligent.
* BoringButPractical: The military rejected the "Tucker Tiger" but they kept the gun turret on top (the "Tucker Turret") because its design was incredibly ergonomic, effective and convenient. As the opening newsreel noted, it saved the lives of many soldiers during the war.
* BoringButPractical: The military rejected the "Tucker Tiger" but they kept the gun turret on top (the "Tucker Turret") because its design was incredibly ergonomic, effective and convenient. As the opening newsreel noted, it saved the lives of many soldiers during the war.
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* DoomedMoralVictor: Tucker won his case and vindicated himself yet his business failed and his product never became a success. Despite this, all his innovations were adopted in later decades and vitally changed the automobile business.
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** The senate hearing and presentation by Tucker where he shows grisly images of car accidents and the unsafety of many automobiles was obviously a reference to the crisis in Big Auto in the late 60s and early 70s around the time of Ralph Nader's ''Unsafe at Any Speed''. Tucker proposes that [[CassandraTruth his cars have measures that will improve passenger safety]] and convenience. It would be much later when the other cars followed suit.
** Tucker's final speech at the Court has him noting that the ability of large corporations to crush independent inventors and entrepreneurs will hold back American ingenuity and knowhow and that eventually Japan and Germany will surpass them in consumer electronics and cars. By the time Coppola made this film in the 80s, this became increasingly true, and its especially prescient in the 21st Century.
* GenreThrowback: To 50s advertising and industrial films, as well Creator/FrankCapra's movies. Ironically, Capra who Coppola and Lucas had approached to be involved in the film, since they considered it a {{Homage}} rejected the film because he saw Tucker as a [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint "loser" and didn't see him as "little guy against the system"]].
* HappilyMarried: Preston and Vera Tucker.
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** The senate hearing and presentation by Tucker where he shows grisly images of car accidents and the unsafety of many automobiles was obviously a reference to the crisis in Big Auto in the late 60s and early 70s around the time of Ralph Nader's ''Unsafe at Any Speed''. Tucker proposes that [[CassandraTruth his cars have measures that will improve passenger safety]] and convenience. It would be much later when the other cars followed suit.
** Tucker's final speech at the Court has him noting that the ability of large corporations to crush independent inventors and entrepreneurs will hold back American ingenuity and knowhow and that eventually Japan and Germany will surpass them in consumer electronics and cars. By the time Coppola made this film in the 80s, this became increasingly true, and its especially prescient in the 21st Century.
* GenreThrowback: To 50s advertising and industrial films, as well Creator/FrankCapra's movies. Ironically, Capra who Coppola and Lucas had approached to be involved in the film, since they considered it a {{Homage}} rejected the film because he saw Tucker as a [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint "loser" and didn't see him as "little guy against the system"]].
* HappilyMarried: Preston and Vera Tucker.
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''Tucker'' is a 1988 [[BioPic Biopic]] directed by Creator/FrancisFordCoppola and starring Creator/JeffBridges as 1940s automaker Preston Tucker.
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The film is about Preston Tucker as he tries to launch his car company and produce the Tucker Torpedo, and gets investigated by the SEC for stock fraud and questionable fundraising.
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** The Big Three are hinted as being threatened by Tucker, when in actuality they couldn't care less about a startup independant car company. They decided to reduce competition by cutting prices in 1953, which ultimately put Studebaker-Packard and Kaiser-Jeep out of business.
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** The Big Three are hinted as being threatened by Tucker, when in actuality they couldn't care less about a startup independant car company. They decided to reduce competition by cutting prices in 1953, which ultimately put Studebaker-Packard and Kaiser-Jeep out of business. In reality, Tucker was targeted by an overzealous SEC (see MisplacedRetribution below) rather than rival auto companies.
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* ShownTheirWork: JeffBridges was allowed by the Tucker family to wear Preston Tucker's rings, and were very involved in the making.
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* BittersweetEnding: Tucker is acquitted of all charges, but the lawsuits drained his personal fortune and his company goes into bankruptcy. The 51 Torpedoes he produced are the only ones that will ever exist.
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''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096316/ Tucker: The Man and his Dream]]'' is the 1988 BioPic [[BioPic Biopic]] starring JeffBridges as Preston Tucker.
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* DevelopmentHell: Creator/FrancisFordCoppola's father owned a Tucker, which inspired him to make a film about it as early as 1973, only being made in 1986 when GeorgeLucas, whose father also owned a Tucker, became involved. See WhatCouldHaveBeen below.
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* FontAnachronism: Type is used quite well and true here. One hiccup is the Machine and Tool sign, featuring Helvetica, which wouldn't have been used in such a manner in the 1940s. That, and Helvetica itself was created in 1957.
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** An article on the film's authenticity was written by the [[http://www.tuckerclub.org/html/movieinfo.html Official Tucker Club of America]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Coppola envisioned it in 1973 as a musical starring MarlonBrando before American Zeotrope collapsed.
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** An article on the film's authenticity was written by the [[http://www.tuckerclub.org/html/movieinfo.html Official Tucker Club of America]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Coppola envisioned it in 1973 as a musical starring MarlonBrando before American Zeotrope collapsed.America]].
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* DevelopmentHell: FrancisFordCoppola's Creator/FrancisFordCoppola's father owned a Tucker, which inspired him to make a film about it as early as 1973, only being made in 1986 when GeorgeLucas, whose father also owned a Tucker, became involved. See WhatCouldHaveBeen below.
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His biggest innovation, selling accessories for the car before it entered production (which guarenteed them a spot on the waiting list) and selling cars to dealerships before it was produced (for $7,500 to $30,000 each, in a total of 2,000 dealerships), is probably what drew the SEC's attention. It is also probably why the War Assets Administration, who leased him the Chicago Dodge Plant [[hottip:*: Which built the massive Wright R-3350 Cyclone engine for the B-29 Superfortress]], denied his bids for two steel mills to supply the steel needed for the cars.
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His biggest innovation, selling accessories for the car before it entered production (which guarenteed them a spot on the waiting list) and selling cars to dealerships before it was produced (for $7,500 to $30,000 each, in a total of 2,000 dealerships), is probably what drew the SEC's attention. It is also probably why the War Assets Administration, who leased him the Chicago Dodge Plant [[hottip:*: [[note]] Which built the massive Wright R-3350 Cyclone engine for the B-29 Superfortress]], Superfortress[[/note]], denied his bids for two steel mills to supply the steel needed for the cars.
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* AuthorAppeal: Both FrancisFordCoppola and GeorgeLucas's father fathers owned Tuckers.
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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: In Anahid Nazarian's word, "[T]the president of the Tucker Company was a good guy really, but we needed a villain, so we made him a villain."
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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: In Anahid Nazarian's word, own words, "[T]the president of the Tucker Company was a good guy really, but we needed a villain, so we made him a villain."
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** The Big Three are hinted as being threatened by Tucker, when they couldn't care less about a startup independant car company. They decided to reduce competition by cutting prices in 1953, which ultimately put Studebaker-Packard and Kaiser-Jeep out of business.
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* CoolCar: The Tucker Torpedo. It even has a very interestin [[http://blog.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads//2012/02/Tucker1034_04_1000.jpg gearshift]].
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* CoolCar: The Tucker Torpedo. It even has a very interestin interesting [[http://blog.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads//2012/02/Tucker1034_04_1000.jpg gearshift]].
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* MisplacedRetribution: The SEC was embittered over Kaiser-Frazer receiving millions in grants and squandering almost all of it, so they punished all startup businesses by putting them under intense scrutinization, even Tucker, who didn't take ''any'' government money.\\
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His biggest innovation, selling accessories for the car before it entered production (which guarenteed them a spot on the waiting list) and selling cars to dealerships before it was produced (for $7,500 to $30,000 each, in a total of 2,000 dealerships), is probably what drew the SEC's attention. It is also probably why the War Assets Administration, who leased him the Chicago Dodge Plant [[hottip:*: Which built the massive Wright R-3350 Cyclone engine for the B-29 Superfortress]], denied his bids for two steel mills to supply the steel needed for the cars.
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** The Big Three are hinted as being threatened by Tucker, when they couldn't care less about a startup independant car company. They decided to reduce competition by cutting prices in 1953, which ultimately put Studebaker-Packard and Kaiser-Jeep out of business.
* LoopholeAbuse: Tucker only made 51 cars because it legally showed he had started mass production.
* LoopholeAbuse: Tucker only made 51 cars because it legally showed he had started mass production.
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** Anahid Nazarian's research consisted of several books, over 350 articles, interviews with the family, and hundreds of photographs, home movies and interviews with Tucker.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Anahid Nazarian, Coppola's librarian, mentions "Preston Tucker didn't really have an assembly line; there's one in the film. He actually had five kids; there are only four in the film. Our story takes place in one year; the real story took place over four years." Alex Tremulis, stylist of the Tucker, is shown as the chief designer, while Phillip Egan isn't shown.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Anahid Nazarian, Coppola's librarian, mentions "Preston Tucker didn't really have an assembly line; there's one in the film. He actually had five kids; there are only four in the film. Our story takes place in one year; the real story took place over four years." Alex Tremulis, stylist of the Tucker, is shown as the chief designer, while actual chief designer Phillip Egan isn't shown.
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''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096316/ Tucker: The Man and his Dream]]'' is the 1988 biopic BioPic starring JeffBridges as Preston Tucker.
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* CoolCar: The Tucker Torpedo.
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* CoolCar: The Tucker Torpedo. It even has a very interestin [[http://blog.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads//2012/02/Tucker1034_04_1000.jpg gearshift]].
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory
* AuthorAppeal: Both FrancisFordCoppola and GeorgeLucas's father owned Tuckers.
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* DevelopmentHell: FrancisFordCoppola's father owned a Tucker, which inspired him to make a film about it as early as 1973. See WhatCouldHaveBeen below.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Anahid Nazarian, Coppola's librarian, mentions "Preston Tucker didn't really have an assembly line; there's one in the film. He actually had five kids; there are only four in the film. Our story takes place in one year; the real story took place over four years."" Alex Tremulis, stylist of the Tucker, is shown as the chief designer, while Phillip Egan isn't shown.
** She also says they knew the facts, but took a number of ArtisticLicense in making the film to better tell a story.
** An article on the film's authenticity was written by the [[http://www.tuckerclub.org/html/movieinfo.html Official Tucker Club of America]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Coppola envisioned it in 1973 as a musical starring MarlonBrando before American Zeotrope collapsed.
** She also says they knew the facts, but took a number of ArtisticLicense in making the film to better tell a story.
** An article on the film's authenticity was written by the [[http://www.tuckerclub.org/html/movieinfo.html Official Tucker Club of America]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Coppola envisioned it in 1973 as a musical starring MarlonBrando before American Zeotrope collapsed.
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* DevelopmentalHell: FrancisFordCoppola's father owned a Tucker, which inspired him to make a film about it as early as 1973. See WhatCouldHaveBeen below.
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* CoolCar: The Tucker Torpedo.
* DevelopementHell: FrancisFordCoppola's father owned a Tucker, which inspired him to make a film about it as early as 1973. See WhatCouldHaveBeen below.
* HistoricalVillianUpgrade: In Anahid Nazarian's word, "[T]the president of the Tucker Company was a good guy really, but we needed a villain, so we made him a villain."
* ShownTheirWork: JeffBridges was allowed by the Tucker family to wear Preston Tucker's rings, and were very involved in the making.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Anahid Nazarian, Coppola's librarian, mentions "Preston Tucker didn't really have an assembly line; there's one in the film. He actually had five kids; there are only four in the film. Our story takes place in one year; the real story took place over four years."
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* CoolCar: The Tucker Torpedo.
* DevelopementHell: FrancisFordCoppola's father owned a Tucker, which inspired him to make a film about it as early as 1973. See WhatCouldHaveBeen below.
* HistoricalVillianUpgrade: In Anahid Nazarian's word, "[T]the president of the Tucker Company was a good guy really, but we needed a villain, so we made him a villain."
* ShownTheirWork: JeffBridges was allowed by the Tucker family to wear Preston Tucker's rings, and were very involved in the making.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Anahid Nazarian, Coppola's librarian, mentions "Preston Tucker didn't really have an assembly line; there's one in the film. He actually had five kids; there are only four in the film. Our story takes place in one year; the real story took place over four years."
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''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096316/ Tucker: The Man and his Dream]]'' is the 1988 biopic starring JeffBridges as Preston Tucker.
The film is about Preston Tucker as he tries to launch his car company and produce the Tucker Torpedo, and gets investigated by the SEC for stock fraud and questionable fundraising.
Though well received by critics, it was a notorious box office bomb.
The film is about Preston Tucker as he tries to launch his car company and produce the Tucker Torpedo, and gets investigated by the SEC for stock fraud and questionable fundraising.
Though well received by critics, it was a notorious box office bomb.
