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* CaliforniaDoubling: San Francisco’s City Hall fills in as the exterior of the courtroom where the climactic trial takes place. The courtyard with black and gold gates is Memorial Court on Franklin Street.
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* TheRedStapler: The film produced a spike in prices of Tucker Sedans, as well as a renewed appreciation for Tucker and his automobiles.
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* RealitySubtext: It is hard not to see the film, a story about a plucky upstart who wants to revolutionize an American industry by doing things differently, but ending up failing as the system he attempts to fight just proves too strong in the end, as not also being Coppola's commentary on his own ambitious film venture with his Zeotrope company and its eventual failure.
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* ToughActToFollow: Like most of Creator/FrancisFordCoppola's non-''Film/TheGodfather'' movies, ''Tucker: The Man and His Dream'' suffers from this.
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* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: Creator/FrancisFordCoppola envisioned it in 1973 as a musical starring Creator/MarlonBrando before American Zeotrope collapsed.
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* DevelopmentHell: Creator/FrancisFordCoppola's father owned a Tucker, which inspired him to make a film about it as early as 1973, only being made in 1986 when GeorgeLucas, whose father also owned a Tucker, became involved. See WhatCouldHaveBeen below.
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* InMemoriam: The film is dedicated to Creator/FrancisFordCoppola's eldest son Gino, who was killed in a boating accident before filming began.
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