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Tucker: The Man and His Dream
UNITED STATES · 1988

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Francis Ford Coppola
innovation vs. establishment entrepreneurship and ambition corporate sabotage automotive engineering American dream
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Synopsis

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.

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