They took him for a fall guy… but he threw them for a hoop.|Mar. 11, 1994|United Kingdom | Germany | United States|111 Min.|PG
Genre: Comedy;Drama
Description: **The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) – Full Movie in English 1080p**
**Plot Summary:**
In December 1958, Norville Barnes, a recent business college graduate from Muncie, Indiana, arrives in New York City in search of a job. Struggling due to his lack of experience, he lands a position as a mailroom clerk at Hudsucker Industries, a major corporation. Shortly after starting, the company’s founder and president, Waring Hudsucker, unexpectedly takes his own life by jumping out of a top-floor window during a business meeting.
Following Hudsucker’s death, Sidney J. Mussburger, a cunning member of the board of directors, devises a plan. Aware that the company’s bylaws require Hudsucker’s shares to be sold to the public, Mussburger aims to buy the controlling interest by temporarily lowering the stock price. To achieve this, he decides to appoint an incompetent president to lead the company.
Norville, working in the mailroom, is tasked with delivering a confidential “Blue Letter” to Mussburger. Instead of delivering it, he pitches his own invention, which he describes with a simple drawing of a circle and the phrase, “you know: for kids.” Convinced that Norville is a fool, Mussburger chooses him as the proxy for Hudsucker.
Meanwhile, Amy Archer, a bold Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the Manhattan Argus, is assigned to investigate Norville and uncover the truth about him. She secures a job as his personal secretary, posing as another desperate graduate from his alma mater. During her investigation, Amy meets Moses, the operator of the building’s giant clock, who reveals Mussburger’s scheme. However, her editor dismisses the story as unbelievable.
The executives at Hudsucker Industries decide to produce Norville’s invention, hoping it will fail and further depress the stock. Unexpectedly, the invention—a hula hoop—initially struggles but eventually becomes a massive success. As a result, Norville’s ego grows, and he transforms into an indifferent tycoon. Amy, who had been drawn to his earlier innocence, becomes disillusioned with his new arrogance and leaves him.
Cast director: Joel Coen
Cast actor: Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul Newman, Charles Durning, John Mahoney, Jim True-Frost, Bill Cobbs, Bruce Campbell, Harry Bugin, John Seitz
Original name: The Hudsucker Proxy