Trailer for The Hudsucker Proxy
Following the suicide of Waring Hudsucker (Charles Durning - Tough Guys), the board of Hudsucker Industries fear that they will lose control of the company as by law Waring's stock must be publicly traded. So Sidney Mussburger (Paul Newman - Mr. & Mrs. Bridge) comes up with an idea to find a schmuck to become head of the company and drive the value of the stock down so when Waring's shares are traded they can by them on the cheap. And Sidney has the perfect schmuck for the role of the new CEO, Norville Barnes (Tim Robbins - Bull Durham) a naive young college graduate who is working in their mailroom. But when reporter Amy Archer (Jennifer Jason Leigh - Single White Female) becomes suspicious of why such a naive young man is now heading the company she goes under cover to dig the dirt and find the truth. ... Read Review
