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Chicago, Illinois | Biography
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | 1989 | Martin
Best Production Design | 1989 | Dean
Best Supporting Actor | 1988 | Martin
Best Supporting Actor | 1989 | Martin
Best Actor in a Supporting Role | 1989 | Martin
Best Costume Design | 1989
Best Art DirectionSet Decoration | 1989
Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television | 1989 | Joe
Best Costume Design Migliori Costumi | 1989 | Milena
Best Casting for Feature Film Drama | 1989
Best Cinematography | 1989 | Vittorio
Best Supporting Actor | 1988 | Martin
Best Supporting Actor | 1988 | Martin
Budget 23,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 19,652,638 USD
Of the 51 Tuckers ever made, George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola each own two.
Jeff Bridges wears cuff-links formerly owned by the real Preston Tucker.
Much of the information about Preston Tucker was gathered by Francis Ford Coppola and came from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. It took Coppola several years, using the Freedom of Information Act, to finally obtain access to the SEC's detailed files about Tucker.
Four Tucker replicas on 1974 Ford chassis were constructed for the film. One of these, in Tucker-trademark Waltz Blue, has been donated to the Ypsilanti (MI) Automotive History Collection by relatives of Preston Tucker.
The former Dodge plant in Chicago was as big as stated (now Ford City Shopping Center).
"Preston Tucker: [making his closing arguments to the jury] ... When I was a boy, I used to, uh... I used to read all about Edison, and the Wright brothers... Mr. Ford, they were, they were my heroes... 'rags to riches' that's not just the name of a book; that's, what this country was all about!... We invented the free enterprise system, where anybody, no matter who he was, where he came from, what class he belonged to... If he came up with a better idea, about ANYTHING, there's no limit to how far he could go... I grew up a generation too late I guess because now the way the system works... The loner; the dreamer; the CRACKPOT, who, comes up with some CRAZY IDEA that everybody LAUGHS at, that LATER, turns out to REVOLUTIONIZE THE WORLD... HE'S SQUASHED, FROM ABOVE, BEFORE HE EVEN GETS HIS HEAD OUT OF THE WATER, BECAUSE THE BUREAUCRATS, THEY'D RATHER KILL A NEW IDEA THAN LET IT ROCK THE BOAT!... IF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WERE ALIVE TODAY, HE'D BE THROWN IN JAIL FOR SAILING A KITE WITHOUT A LICENSE! [jury laughs] Preston Tucker: ... It's true!... We're all puffed up with ourselves now because we invented *the bomb*... Dropped the... Beat the daylights out of the Japanese; the Nazis... But if 'big business' closes the door on THE LITTLE GUY WITH A NEW IDEA, WE'RE NOT ONLY CLOSING THE DOOR ON PROGRESS, BUT WE'RE SABOTAGING EVERYTHING THAT WE FOUGHT FOR!... EVERYTHING THAT THE COUNTRY STANDS FOR! And one day, we're gonna find ourselves at the bottom of the heap, instead of king of the hill, having no idea how we got there; buying our radios and our cars from our former enemies!... I don't believe that's gonna happen; I *can't* believe it, cuz... if I ever, stop believing in plain old common horse-sense of the American people... there's no way I could get out of bed in the morning... Thank you."
"Abe: [to Tucker] ... When I was a little kid, maybe five years old, in the old country, my mother used to say to me; she'd warn me, she'd say, 'Don't get too close to people. You'll catch their dreams... '... Years later, I realized I misunderstood her... 'Germs', she said, not 'dreams', 'You'll catch their *germs*'... [they both laugh] Abe: I want you to know something, Tucker. I went into business with you for one reason - to make money. That's all... How was I to know... [chokes up, head down] Abe: ... if I got too close, I'd catch your dreams..."
