The Hudsucker Proxy / Hudsucker - Der große Sprung [DVD9] (1994)

Storyline: When Waring Hudsucker, head of hugely successful Hudsucker Industries, commits suicide, his board of directors, led by Sidney Mussberger, comes up with a brilliant plan to make a lot of money: appoint a moron to run the company. When the stock falls low enough, Sidney and friends can buy it up for pennies on the dollar, take over the company, and restore its fortunes. They choose idealistic Norville Barnes, who just started in the mail room. Norville is whacky enough to drive any company to ruin, but soon, tough reporter Amy Archer smells a rat and begins an undercover investigation of Hudsucker Industries.

Beschreibung: Nachdem sich Firmengründer Waring Hudsucker aus dem 44. Stock des Hudsucker- Gebäudes gestürzt hat, will Vize Mussburger die Aktien sinken lassen, um sie schließlich selbst aufkaufen zu können: Er setzt den völlig unbedarften Poststellenarbeiter Norville Barnes an die Spitze von Hudsucker Industries. Doch Barnes erfindet kurzerhand den Hula-Hoop-Reifen und rettet Hudsucker. Da greift Mussburger zu vollends unlauteren Methoden und der alte Waring selbst muß als Engel eingreifen.

IMDB: 7/10 (35,986 votes)

Country: UK, Germany, USA
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Release Date: 11 March 1994 (USA)
Time: 111 min
Languages: English, German, Hungarian, Czech, Spanish, Russian, Polish
Subtitle: German and English for the hearing impaired, Hungarian, Czech, Spanish, Greek, Hebrew, Portuguese, Polish, Croatian
Director: Joel Coen
Cast:

Tim Robbins … Norville Barnes
Jennifer Jason Leigh … Amy Archer
Paul Newman … Sidney J. Mussburger
Charles Durning … Waring Hudsucker
John Mahoney … Chief
Jim True-Frost … Buzz (as Jim True)
Bill Cobbs … Moses
Bruce Campbell … Smitty
Harry Bugin … Aloysius
John Seitz … Benny
Joe Grifasi … Lou
Roy Brocksmith … Board Member
John Wylie … Board Member
I.M. Hobson … Board Member
Gary Allen … Board Member