Following the struggles of Preston Tucker, an ambitious and intelligent inventor, who from his childhood is obsessed with cars and dreams of setting up his own cars design and shop. By hard working, he manages to achieve his dream, but he faces many terrible by the false accusation of fraud he faces that brings terrible for him.
Francis Coppola's stylish and heartfelt tribute to the innovative automobile designer Preston Thomas Tucker turns out to be one of his most personal and successful movies.
DVDLaser
June 15, 2007
a movie for people who love World's Fairs
Common Sense Media
December 18, 2010
Smoke-filled, rousing dramedy about corruption.
TIME Magazine
December 12, 2007
The result is a film consistent narratively, confident stylistically and abounce with the quaint quality that animated both the hero and his times, something we used to call pep.
The true story of a great American visionary who was thwarted, if not destroyed, by the established order, Tucker represents the sunniest imaginable telling of an at least partly tragic episode in recent history.
