1988: Christian & Jeff Bridges try to start up an independent automaker
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Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Tucker - The Man and His Dream  This 1988 movie, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by George Lucas, has ... Smaller supporting roles were also handled well by Christian Slater, Jay O. .... And His Dream" is the story of auto maker/inventor/visionary Preston Tucker, ... Jeff Bridges plays the title role with such energy and enthusiasm that you...
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Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) - IMDb  Biography ... With Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau, Frederic Forrest. ... Find out everything you need to stay up to date with the upcoming season in our Fall TV ... Jeff Bridges in Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) Martin Landau in ... the chance to teach the soldiers about his experiences, he settles for trying to...
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Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Tucker: The Man and His Dream  This 1988 movie, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by George Lucas, has ... Smaller supporting roles were also handled well by Christian Slater, Jay O. .... Jeff Bridges' performance is fantastic and his supporting cast is great as well. ... like the big three automakers, can use political clout to push out someone...
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TunePlay - TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM (1988) Joe ...  Aug 13, 2012 - 14 min - Uploaded by Bear MannTunePlay - TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM (1988) Joe Jackson ... Please  try again ...
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Tucker: The Man and His Dream - Wikipedia  Tucker: The Man and His Dream is a 1988 American biographical ... The film recounts the story of Preston Tucker and his attempt to produce and ... Detroit engineer Preston Tucker (Jeff Bridges) has been interested in building cars since childhood. ... Abe hires Robert Bennington (Dean Goodman) to run the new Tucker...
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Hertz-Dollar Thrifty Deal One More Spin of Car-Rental ... - US News  Aug 28, 2012 ... Car-rental agencies have long been playthings for dealmakers--and apparently still are. ... kings in the 1980s, automakers seeking vertical integration in the 1990s, ... major brands and make it the nation's second-biggest car-rental firm, ... Bought by Cendant, the same company that owned Avis, then spun...
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How did the partnership between Steven Spielberg and George ...  Oct 8, 2015 ... The only filmmaking "partnership" between Lucas and Spielberg was when ... While the first Indiana Jones film, Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), is one of ... propel Harrison Ford to become on of the top movie stars of the 1980s and ... did change Hollywood a few years before their collaboration on Raiders.
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J! Archive - Show #4103, aired 2002-06-05  This automaker had tri-motor monoplanes going down his assembly line ... This Donald was known for his DC, not Duck, line of commercial planes...
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Citroen - 365 Days of Motoring  The model that came out that year had a retractable hard top, an innovation that would be .... The partnership with the American AMC company came in 1979. ..... Clear aerodynamic headlight covers were illegal in the U.S. until 1983, so a ..... The Levi's edition featured seats and door panels in blue spun nylon, with copper...
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Reality check: Wedding Crashers hits, misses on mediation - Taylor ...  Jan 31, 2014 ... ... its own bill after it was released. The movie starts off with funnymen Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn leading a round of divorce mediation.
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Tucker: The Man and His Dream - Wikipedia  Detroit engineer Preston Tucker (Jeff Bridges) has been interested in ... The "Tucker Torpedo" will feature revolutionary safety designs including disc brakes, seat ... The film ends with all 50 Tucker Sedans being driven down the streets of .... commentary by Coppola, the 1948 promotional film Tucker: The Man and the Car...
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Man takes great-grandfather's car from movie to ... - Associated Press  Sep 24, 2016 ... It would be built with aluminum, giving the car better mileage and speed. ... The car inspired the 1988 Francis Ford Coppola film "Tucker: The Man and His Dream," which ... deliver "the car of tomorrow," billing it as fast, safe and affordable. ... Tremulis and other stylists were brought on to finish the design,...
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Beau and Jeff Bridges: A Brotherly Bond at the Academy | Oscars ...  Aug 4, 2014 ... It's like we're on the same team. ... (1971), Starman (1984), The Big Lebowski (1998) and Crazy Heart (2009), for which Jeff won his first Oscar.
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When South Carolina Met BMW  Last April, the Spartanburg BMW plant rolled out 23,059 ... VW opened the first European car assembly plant in the United States in 1978 to build the. Rabbit. The effort was plagued by mechanical problems and ... international airport, Interstate 85, and direct rail trans- ... Although BMW would be the state's first automaker,.
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The iEconomy: Nissan's Move to US Offers Lessons for Tech Industry  Aug 4, 2012 ... Executives have long said America can't compete in building electronic devices. ... In Pursuit of Nissan, a Jobs Lesson for the Tech Industry? ... Workers assemble cars on the trim line at the Nissan manufacturing plant in Smyrna, .... Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Marvin Runyon of Nissan in 1984.
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Movie Review - - Review/Film; Brotherly Love, of Sorts - NYTimes.com  Published: December 16, 1988. LEAD: When Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise), a fast-talking automobile ... The disappointment turns to fury when Charlie learns that his father's $3 million fortune has been left to Raymond (Dustin Hoffman), Charlie's autistic older brother of whose existence he has been completely ignorant.
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Saturn: A Different Kind of Car Company, Indeed - The New York ...  Sep 5, 2007 ... A worker on the assembly line at the Saturn plant in Spring Hill, Tenn., in 1998. ... Saturn, the automobile manufacturer, R.I.P. .... You can't create a different kind of car with the same old GM mentality. ..... Sad that GM (General Morons) killed the Saturn home grown effort, but not sad to have Opels in the US.
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Marketing the C6 [Archive] - Corvette Action Center  Dec 21, 2003 ... The kind that people talk about around the watercooler or ... "The Heartbeat of America, Today's Chevrolet" (1986) ... s Chevrolet division launches a new TV advertising campaign on New ... Chevrolet accounts for 56 percent of GM's car and truck sales, and the automaker wants the division eventually to...
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Jeff Bridges - Wikipedia  Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an American actor, singer and producer. He comes from a prominent acting family, and appeared on the television series Sea Hunt (195860), with his father, Lloyd Bridges and brother, Beau Bridges.
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American National Biography Online: Ford, Glenn  Ford spent his early years in the towns of Sainte-Christine and Pontneuf, Quebec ... Ford was discovered in 1939 by a talent scout from the film studio Twentieth ... a Barbed Wire Fence, then joined Columbia Pictures as a contract player. ... Returning to Hollywood after the war ended in 1945, Ford resumed his acting career.
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Editorial: The Truth About Saturn - The Truth About Cars  Jan 6, 2009 ... Dick Danjin, who did two stints as UAW rep in charge at Spring Hill, tells me the ... sufficient financing to successfully launch a new car company. ... Twelve years later, five Saturn models, the Aura, Ion, and Sky ...... Allegations about its handling (which, BTW, only pertained to the 1960-63 models) were...