Tucker: The Man And His Dream - BLURAY, Digital

This movie chronicles the true story of corrupt people and a determined inventor. This film was released in 1988 and you can’t help drawing parallels to today’s Tesla cars. It’s stunning that in the background of a couple of scenes there is a poster of Mr. Tesla. Maybe this movie was some inspiration for Elon and company or maybe the director (FFC) was just that good of a genius to put the Tesla reference in. A spectacular performance by Martin Landau who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor (and should have won btw though Kevin Kline was good in A Fish Called Wanda, I just think Landau was phenomenal). The music score is a little overbearing and a little carnivalesque and I think that detracts from the technical and personal aspects of the story. There’s a serious side to the story and it’s hard to let it sink in with all the P. T. Barnum themed scenes. Still, it’s a good movie and worth having in the collection. I’ve seen a Tucker automobile in person and they are impressive. To bad they didn’t have enough time to get everything sorted out before they were shafted.

If there is still any question about how GM and Chrysler wound up on the rocks in 2008, the story of Preston Tucker and his dream car offers a very good answer. It gives me great satisfaction, not only that history has given the Big Three its final kick in the pants but also that it seems to have spared a good number of these gorgeous cars. Too bad the auto bosses who brought him down didn't live to see the end of the story. Nobody I know has ever heard of this film, and that's too bad. Preston Tucker is an important figure in the history of American entrepreneurship, and his story is certainly timely, even if this film were only marginally accurate. The pedestrian title may turn off potential viewers who think it's one of those educational documentaries shown in high school classrooms. Re-release it under a jazzier title, such as "The Car of the Century", and it might make a comeback. It's relevant for anyone who drives or rides in a car. Folks, this is why the Japanese automakers got the drop on us, and it serves us right!

Wonderful movie I highly recommend this movie. It has adventure, hardworking, hardships & how they pull through. I didn’t realize until the movie that this was a real life based movie. Its definitely a 5 star ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️!

In this cinematic labor of love from "Godfather" and "Apocalypse Now" director Francis Ford Coppola, actor Martin Landau (who won a Golden Globe and earned an Oscar nomination for his excellent performance in this film) confesses to his costar Jeff Bridges that he only became his automotive business partner to make money--and then he adds, "But, Tucker, how could I have ever known that in the end I'd actually wind up CATCHING YOUR DREAM?!" And the real life businessman Landau was playing in this film, Abe Karatz, wasn't the only one who caught Preston Tucker's futuristic dream that year; investors from all over the country put down their hard earned money to purchase dealerships, while would-be customers put their names down on long waiting lists--all for a machine that didn't even exist yet. You see, all of them had caught Preston Tucker's wonderfully contagious dream too. The setting of this amazing true story is America in the late 1940s. World War II was finally over and the country was at last returning to normal. Surveys said that what Americans wanted most was a new car, and Preston Tucker's perfectly in-sync dream was to change the then opposed-to-innovation American car industry permanently for the better by offering people a dramatically superior automobile--something unlike anything they had ever seen before. Instead of delivering a car no different from those offered by Ford, Chrysler and GM that year, and the year before that--vehicles that were nothing but the same old cars wrapped up in new car bodies--Tucker dreamed of offering people something fundamentally different; he would give them the automobile of tomorrow, and he would give it to them then instead of all those decades into the future. Tucker dreamed of building affordable cars that were as safe as they were sleek, beautiful, futuristic, technologically advanced and reliable. He wanted to equip his cars of tomorrow with what were then cutting edge innovations the Detroit car industry didn't yet offer, many of which are now commonplace on the cars we drive today--and a few of which are still uncommon even after seven decades have passed. From it's rear engine to it's third headlight (which shined around corners during turns), his car would be nothing like the repackaged, ten years outdated 1930s technology Detroit was palming off on people as the newest and the greatest. The Tucker automobile would be many, many decades ahead of anything else that had ever existed before it--it would be the greatest car ever built! Preston Tucker went ahead and actually built one of his futuristic dream cars, too--and when it was shown to the world it was a truly beautiful thing to behold. People who saw it fell instantly in love with the Tucker while Preston Tucker himself was busily gearing up for mass-production of his incredible automobile. But, big-business Detroit didn't want to have to spend millions just to keep up with such highly advanced competition, so they decided instead that it would be much simpler to crush Tucker and his fledgling car business--and to do it before they grew too strong to be eliminated. They tried to destroy his reputation. They tried to drive the price he paid for steel sky high to bring up the cost of his cars so that few would be able to afford them. They tried to wrest control of his company away from him. When none of that worked they even enlisted the Washington politicians they had in their pockets and had him wrongly charged with fraud. But Preston Tucker didn't just roll over and admit defeat. He kept fighting for his dream tooth and nail. This is the incredible true story which tells why only 51 of these amazing Tucker vehicles ever made it out of the biggest automotive factory building in existence to see the light of day. And amazingly, most of those 51 Tuckers that made it to the outside world are still on the road today, still running strong, still serving as steel and glass testaments to their own superlative build-quality, durability and design. George Lucas owns one of these incredible automobiles. So does this film's director, Francis Ford Coppola (who's own father was one of those who'd purchased a dealership for these cars once upon a time). Even I'd like to own one of these fabulous machines after seeing this inspiring movie. I tell you, these beautiful cars really got under my skin. I fell utterly under their enticing spell. Just like the businessman Martin Landau portrays, Abe Karatz, and just like so many others who came before me; by the time this movie was over, I'd caught some of Preston Tucker's wonderful dream too. I know now that we really could have had one hell of a car all those decades before Detroit ever offered us anything even remotely like it. And I also know that, amazingly, even after almost 70 years have passed, some of the Tucker's clever and innovative features still haven't been offered to us again on any other car since it. This really was a fascinating story, and one which was very well told by an experienced and talented filmmaker. Mr. Coppola's heart was clearly in this movie one hundred percent of the way--that fact shows unmistakably throughout every aspect of this superlatively crafted production. From the cleverly applied recurring promotional-film motif, to the beautifully shot photography, to the costumes, the sets, and even to the wonderful period music, everything is absolutely top flight here. Jeff Bridges and Martin Landau both gave very memorable performances in this fine film--and were given a script that allowed them to really shine as actors (and Preston Tucker's self delivered closing argument to the jury when he was wrongly accused of fraud was amazingly prescient and is just as thought provoking today as it was back then). As always, that ever reliable actress Joan Allen also gave a very good performance in this movie--this time around playing the role of Tucker's gutsy wife. This film about the long standing American dream to build a "better mousetrap" (in this case, a radically better car) is a very good movie, and one which tells a fascinating true story more people really should know about. I heartily recommend this eye-opening and entertaining film to anyone who either loves cars or is even remotely interested in stories about the kind of entrepreneurial dreamers who try (and sometimes actually manage) to revolutionize whole industries. Tucker, attempting to be much like an automotive equivalent of Steve Jobs to his own era, was definitely one of these dreamers--and one who came within a hairs breadth of succeeding at it too. If only the Detroit car industry hadn't conspired to crush his dream, Preston Tucker would have changed the American automotive industry forever for the better, doing what Apple would one day do with the cell phone industry, advancing it technologically by literal decades practically overnight. The Tucker automobile really was one hell of an amazing car, and "Tucker: The Man and His Dream" is a movie I recommend very highly. Watch it and don't be surprised if you discover yourself unexpectedly falling under the very enticing spell of Tucker's wonderful dream too. I certainly fell under it big time--and I'm so very glad that I did. Do yourself a favor and do not miss a chance to see this very good movie about a fascinating true story and a little known far-seeing dreamer. You won't be disappointed.

This Stylish and Incredibly Beautiful Cinematic design. Preston Tucker SHOCKED Detroit with NEW Ideas. This Holds up years later. I made a Quest and Found the Tucker Home. I wore out the VHS And Now the Blu Ray will keep my Passion Alive

This is a great movie. I had seen it before, but wanted to have it for my collection. I showed it to my wife and 14- year old ward and they loved it. It is as much a story of how the American Auto Industry conspired to eliminate competition as it is a story of Tucker's dream of building the car of the future. The movie is shown in many MBA and other business graduate programs. That is very appropriate, as it contains many lessons for our country. But for the individual who is not interested in lessons, the move is entertaining, the acting great, and the suspense captivating. I can not envision someone not enjoying this movie.

This movie is about the life of Preston Tucker, an entrepreneur, a dreamer and a visionary who wanted to manufacture a safe car for the American people. He introduced a design that was innovative, taking some features from aircrafts, with a style that was aerodynamic and with specifications that called for a rear engine, disc brakes and fuel injections. To finance his dream, Tucker sells dealerships before the auto is even in production and the major car manufacturers don't want a new player making trouble, so they set out to make life difficult for him. Tucker is accused of fraud and attempting to sell stock on a venture that has yet to bear fruit. So, the Securities and Exchange Commission files suit against Tucker, and finally... the process puts an end to his venture. The acting is superb; Jeff Bridges plays the optimist Tucker with great style. Martin Landau is excellent as the man who joins to make money in a business deal and ends up sharing the dreams of a visionary. It was wonderful to see Joan Allen playing the role of the supportive wife, who puts up with much because she believes and shares her husband's dreams. The clothing designs are beautiful and stylish. While brief, the performance of father and son, Lloyd and Jeff Bridges are a welcome bonus. The movie is enjoyable and teaches how corporate greed and power hungry executives can eliminate competition and destroy the dreams of an entrepreneur, but in time... many of the design features Tucker wanted to offer in an automobile were adopted by the big auto makers and safety became not only a dream, but a mandate for manufacturers. Highly suggest seeing this film.

My boyfriend wanted this movie to take to work (a nursing home) the folks there loved it!!

Don't worry about it being the Spanish release as this works perfectly, you just have to selct the correct English version to enjoy what is, in my mind, and excellent film about a often forgotten period of automotive history. Yes, i know its a story of a man and his dream car but the story has much more depth than that. It's more about a small man being bullied by the big guys who don't want their comfortable lives upset. Watch it, you'll get angry, but for all the right reasons!

Story about a car manufacturer that made cars too good at that time and how they were eased out from the big three.

Me encanta esta pelicula. Preston Tucker la historia de este hombre y el sueño americano

Ce film est vraiment excellent !! L'histoire de Tucker, ce fabricant de voitures visionnaire torpillé par l'industrie automobile de Détroit, soutenue par des politiciens véreux et corrompus jusqu'à la moelle mérite d'être connue !

何故？日本ではDVD 化されないのか？私も同じ疑問を感じます。ただ、日本で発売された「日本語字幕版」VHFと何故か編集が違っていた感じ？もともと、内容のある部分はフィクションで（映画化されるのだから当然ですが）ビッグ3の圧力は少し誇張気味なのは仕方がないのですが、「敗戦国から自動車を輸入することになるだろう」と言う皮肉が・・・。しかし、今どきこんなこと気にする人もいないだろうし、単純に映画としてとても面白いから是非日本でも発売してもらいたいものです。因みに、私はリージョン1のNTSCを購入しました。画質は流石にアナログをそのままデジタルに変換しただけ。リマスター処理はされていませんでした。それでも、VHFの4：3がDVDの16：9で鑑賞できるので良いかも！勿論、日本語字幕はありません。 内容は知っているので、英語字幕を表示させればなんとなく理解できるかな・・？蛇足ですがフランス語の字幕もありました。さて、デジタル化ですがおそらくリマスターのコストが高くつという単純な理由だと思います。そんなこんなで、普通に鑑賞するのは難しいですが（それなりの映像再生環境が必要）、この映画を好きな人は輸入盤でも十分楽しめると思います。最後に、流石輸入盤というか・・・昔のアナログレコードの輸入盤を購入した気分でした。