Hudsucker Proxy, The

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(comedy, drama, fantasy, romance)

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..

actors:

Tim Robbins	as Norville Barnes
Jennifer Jason Leigh	as Amy Archer
Paul Newman	as Sidney J. Mussburger
Charles Durning	as Waring Hudsucker
John Mahoney	as Chief Editor Manhattan Argus
Jim True-Frost	as Buzz the Elevator Operator
Bill Cobbs	as Moses the Clock Man
Bruce Campbell	as Argus Reporter Smitty
Harry Bugin	as Mussburger's Spy Aloysius
John Seitz	as Bennie the Cabbie
Joe Grifasi	as Lou the Cabbie
Roy Brocksmith	as Board Member
John Wylie	as Board Member
I.M. Hobson	as Board Member
Gary Allen	as Board Member

directors:
Joel Coen
Ethan Coen
rating:7.40

See also: Comedy: Matador, The

See also: Tim Robbins in Mystic River