The first thing I thought while viewing this pleasing little biopic: a blue collar version of The Aviator. I felt completely validated when Dean Stockwell showed up as Howard Hughes. The second thing I thought was that this is a film about Francis Ford Coppola. It’s about Tucker yes, but it’s just as much about Coppola’s frustrations as an artist in the film business. The failure of One from the Heart broke his heart, and Tucker’s fifty cars represent that.
I don’t mean to bore you with these college thesis style descriptions, all I’m trying to say is that 80s Coppola truly deserves to be considered underrated. Tucker: The Man and His Dream is a nostalgia fueled, patriotic blue collar film that’ll leave…