“The Hudsucker Proxy” quotes
(1994)
Title The Hudsucker Proxy
Year 1994
Directors Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Genre Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Year 1994
Directors Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Genre Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Plot – Norville Barnes is a reckless young graduate from Muncie. He's hired as office boy in the big toys firm 'Hudsucker'. As the owner commits suicide, Norville is promoted President by Sidney Mussburger, who wants Barnes to cause the collapse of the actions so that he can repurchase the firm. A journalist, Amy Archer, manages to get hired at Hudsucker's and soon she realizes Norville is not the idiot he seems. He creates the hula hoop which is very successful in fact and the success itself excites Barnes, who becomes a selfish man. Buzz, the elevator operator, shows Norville his invention - the bendable straw - but the manager fires him. In revenge, Buzz claims he himself has invented the hula hoop and Mussburger fires Barnes for unworthiness.
All actors – Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul Newman, Charles Durning, John Mahoney, Jim True-Frost, Bill Cobbs, Bruce Campbell, Harry Bugin, John Seitz, Joe Grifasi, Roy Brocksmith, John Wylie, I.M. Hobson, Gary Allen, John Scanlan, Richard Woods, Jerome Dempsey, Peter McPherson, David Byrd, Christopher Darga, Patrick Cranshaw, Robert Weil, Mary Lou Rosato, Ernest Sarracino, Eleanor Glockner, Kathleen Perkins, Joseph Marcus, Peter Gallagher, Noble Willingham, Barbara Ann Grimes, Thom Noble, Steve Buscemi, William Duff-Griffin, Anna Nicole Smith, Pamela Everett, Arthur Bridgers, Sam Raimi, John Cameron, Skipper Duke, Jay Kapner, Jon Polito, Richard Whiting, Linda McCoy, Stan Adams, John Goodman, Joanne Pankow, Mario Todisco, Colin Fickes, Dick Sasso, Jesse Brewer, Philip Loch, Stan Lichtenstein, Todd Alcott, Ace O'Connell, Richard Schiff, Frank Jeffreys, Lou Criscuolo, Michael Earl Reid, Mike Starr, David Hagar, Willie Reale, Harvey Meyer, Tom Toner, David Fawcett, Jeff Still, David Gould, Gil Pearson, Marc Garber, David Massie, Mark Jeffrey Miller, Peter Siragusa, Nelson George, Mike Houlihan, Ed Lillard, Wantland Sandel, James Deuter, Roderick Peeples, Cynthia Baker, Catherine Bayley, Bryan Keith DeBose, Steve Head, Jack Rooney, Keith Schrader
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“This is a face only a mother could love. On pay day.”
“You told me you were going to bring a smile to the hips of everyone in America.”
“- Norville Barnes: I just got hired today.
- Ancient Sorter: Hmm-mmm.
- Norville Barnes: You know, entry level.
- Ancient Sorter: Tell me about it.
- Norville Barnes: But I got big ideas.”“When you're dead, you stay dead. Don't believe me, ask Waring Hudsucker.”
“Sit down, son. Go ahead. Try it on. Put your feet up. Go ahead. Let's get to know one another, shall we? Let's chat man to man. Now then, you're from the basement aren't you, and not blessed with much education?”
“Finally there would be a thingamajig that would bring everyone together, even if it kept them apart spatially.”
“If a frog had wings, it wouldn't bump it's ass a-hoppin'.”
“I used to think you were a swell guy. Well, to be honest, I thought you were an imbecile. But then I figured out you were a swell guy... A little slow, maybe, but a swell guy. Well, maybe you're not so slow, But you're not so swell either. And it looks like you're an imbecile after all!”
“- Norville Barnes: What do you do if the envelope is too big for the slot?
- Ancient Sorter: Well, if you fold 'em, they fire you. I usually throw 'em out.”“Only a numbskull thinks he knows things about things he knows nothing about.”
“- Ancient Puzzler: What's a six letter word for a condition of the hypothalamus?
- Amy Archer: Goiter.”“It's fun, it's healthy, it's good exercise. The kids will just love it. And we put a little sand inside to make the experience more pleasant.”
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