The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

Directed by

Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, comedy film, screwball comedy film, comedy drama, Christmas film

Country

Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 1,202 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A naive business graduate is made the president of a company as part of a scheme to drive down stock prices. A reporter investigates the story while the graduate tries to prove himself.

whimsicalfast-pacedquirkyscrewballoptimisticsatiricalenergeticstylized

What happens

The Hudsucker Proxy is a 1994 screwball comedy film co-written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Sam Raimi co-wrote the script and served as second unit director. The film stars Tim Robbins as a naïve but ambitious business school graduate who is installed as president of a manufacturing company, Jennifer Jason Leigh as a newspaper reporter, and Paul Newman as a company director who hires the graduate as part of a stock scam. The script was finished in 1985, but production did not start until 1991, when Joel Silver acquired the script for Silver Pictures. Warner Bros. Pictures subsequently agreed to distribute the film, with further financing from PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films. Filming at Carolco Studios in Wilmington, North Carolina, lasted from November 1992 to March 1993. The New York City scale model set was designed by Michael J. McAlister and Mark Stetson, with further effects provided by The Computer Film Company. Upon its release in March 1994, The Hudsucker Proxy received mixed reviews from critics and bombed at the box office, but has since gained a cult following. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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