The Hudsucker Proxy [1994 film]
by Joel Coen (Director/Screenwriter), Ethan Coen (Director/Screenwriter), Sam Raimi (Screenwriter)
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When Waring Hudsucker, head of a successful company commits suicide, the board of directors has a plan to make a lot of money, so they decide to appoint a moron to run the company. Mailroom clerk Norville Barnes is exactly what Hudsucker is looking for to be president. They hope that as soon as the stock falls low enough, the director and his friends will buy them up cheaply, take over the company and they will be successful again. However, a tough reporter is suspicious and decides to show more investigate Hudsucker. show lessTags
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A company's board makes a doofus their president in order to lower stock prices.
2.5/4 (Okay).
There are a few great scenes (mostly involving the romantic comedy subplot), plus a lot of corny ideas, pasted together into a story that moves too slowly to get away with being Aggressively Quirky.
2.5/4 (Okay).
There are a few great scenes (mostly involving the romantic comedy subplot), plus a lot of corny ideas, pasted together into a story that moves too slowly to get away with being Aggressively Quirky.
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Joel Coen made eight critically acclaimed feature films. The recipient of numerous awards, he received an Academy Award for Best Screenplay in 1997 for Fargo. (Bowker Author Biography)
Ethan Coen made eight critically acclaimed feature films. The recipient of numerous awards, he received an Academy Award for Best Screenplay in 1997 for Fargo. (Bowker Author Biography) He lives in New York. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Canonical title
- The Hudsucker Proxy [1994 film]
- Original publication date
- 1994
- People/Characters
- Sidney Mussberger (Paul Newman); Norville Barnes (Tim Robbins); Amy Archer (Jennifer Jason Leigh)
- Related movies
- The Hudsucker Proxy (1994 | IMDb)
- Disambiguation notice
- This is the film version.
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