The Hudsucker Proxy
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The Hudsucker Proxy

Director: Joel Coen
Writer: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Studio: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Release Date: 01/1994
Countries: Germany, UK, USA
Runtime: 111 min
Awards: 2 wins & 3 nominations
Also Known as: Hudsucker - Der große Sprung (Germany)

Description: The Coen brothers deliver a screwball comedy gem about mail clerk Norville Barnes, (Tim Robbins) who falls into good -- or bad? -- luck when he becomes the CEO of a successful business. The evil Sidney J. Mussberger (Paul Newman) chooses Barnes so he and the other board directors can make a fortune on the falling stock price. Meanwhile, reporter Amy Archer (Jennifer Jason Leigh) befriends Norville in hopes of landing a big scoop.

Actors

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