Synopsis
They took him for a fall guy... but he threw them for a hoop.
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
The Hudsucker Proxy
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Tim Robbins Jennifer Jason Leigh Paul Newman Charles Durning John Mahoney Jim True-Frost Bill Cobbs Bruce Campbell Harry Bugin Joe Grifasi Steve Buscemi Anna Nicole Smith Joanne Pankow Thom Noble Stan Adams John Seitz Roy Brocksmith I.M. Hobson Jon Polito John Goodman Colin Fickes Todd Alcott Richard Schiff Roderick Peeples
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PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Silver Pictures Working Title Films PolyGram Filmproduktion Warner Bros. Pictures
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"The Hudsucker Proxy" is something I can only describe as.......I, honestly don't know. I'm joking. I've been having the hardest time trying to come up with what to say about this movie.
There's just something about it that keeps me from figuring out the perfect words to properly describe it. It's a dark screwball comedy with plenty of the typical things you'd expect from a Coen brother's production (Along with co writer Sam Raimi) but, I don't know what it was, I just, couldn't get enough of it.
There's this weird charm to it that lasts throughout a the entire run time that I never wanted it to end and even if I knew where most of the story beats…
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"I need unguent" - Steve G Does The Coens
I'd like a tickbox when I do Letterboxd reviews marked 'This review isn't really about this film at all and is of no use to you at all if you were looking for an opinion on this film'. I would probably end up ticking that a lot.
I would definitely have been in with a great chance of ticking that box with The Hudsucker Proxy - and I think I would have been considering doing it after just a couple of minutes of Jennifer Jason Leigh's performance. I would like to know at what point she is going to be recognised as the outstanding actor that she is…
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Between this and The Big Short, it inspired this list Ive put together:
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Better than Meet John Doe. The only way to do old hollywood. This was so much fun.
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"You know, for kids!"
Misunderstood period comedy from the Coen brothers which was panned on its release. While it's certainly not up to the standard set by the duo's other works, it's also much better than critics would have you believe. Great unity of visual composition (the shots of the Hudsucker board room and the mail room as well as the shot straight down the front of the building are all structurally identical), and Tim Robbins and Jennifer Jason Leigh are a delight.
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I wish I could watch this again for the first time without knowing anything about it
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A classic lucky & naive bastard story, wrapped in stylish cinematography & maybe a lot of symbols I failed to understand.
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Film #12 in my Christmas 2018 Viewings
Another Coen brothers movie. I liked it. Was kind of a throwback to 40's and 50's movies (It's a Wonderful Life, Meet John Doe, His Girl Friday even).
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Not much explicit christmas stuff unfortunately, though the film thematically is very much Capra-esque.1.5 Santas.
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A live-action cartoon. I love the wordplay, the pacing, the performances, the cinematography, and even the nigh-coherent cop-out of a third act.
I judge others by how they react to this movie.
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