The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Country: US
Technical: col 111m
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: Tim Robbins, Paul Newman, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Synopsis:
The board of a manufacturing company appoints a mailroom loser as MD as part of a stock scam, but gets more than it bargains for when he comes up with a new product that starts a craze: the hula hoop.
Review:
The Coen brothers' homage to Thirties screwball, complete with hard-bitten female reporter, is most closely modelled on the Frank Capra format, but they are always less at ease with pure comedy, and aside from the expected visual flourishes this offers much less than Miller's Crossing.
Country: US
Technical: col 111m
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: Tim Robbins, Paul Newman, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Synopsis:
The board of a manufacturing company appoints a mailroom loser as MD as part of a stock scam, but gets more than it bargains for when he comes up with a new product that starts a craze: the hula hoop.
Review:
The Coen brothers' homage to Thirties screwball, complete with hard-bitten female reporter, is most closely modelled on the Frank Capra format, but they are always less at ease with pure comedy, and aside from the expected visual flourishes this offers much less than Miller's Crossing.
Country: US
Technical: col 111m
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: Tim Robbins, Paul Newman, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Synopsis:
The board of a manufacturing company appoints a mailroom loser as MD as part of a stock scam, but gets more than it bargains for when he comes up with a new product that starts a craze: the hula hoop.
Review:
The Coen brothers' homage to Thirties screwball, complete with hard-bitten female reporter, is most closely modelled on the Frank Capra format, but they are always less at ease with pure comedy, and aside from the expected visual flourishes this offers much less than Miller's Crossing.