They took him for a fall guy... but he threw them for a hoop.
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
ComedyDramaFantasynew year's evenew york cityjournalistsuicideplancorruptionundercoverinventorbossinvestigationindustrymoney
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Character
Nostalgic, cool, comic and plot-driven.
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
Who loves it, who doesn't
40 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Ironists.
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Cast
- Tim RobbinsNorville Barnes
- Jennifer Jason LeighAmy Archer
- Paul NewmanSidney J. Mussburger
- Charles DurningWaring Hudsucker
- Jim True-FrostBuzz
- John MahoneyChief
- Bill CobbsMoses
- Bruce CampbellSmitty
- Harry BuginAloysius
- John SeitzBenny
Crew
- Joel CoenDirector
- Ethan CoenDirector
- Joel CoenWriter
- Ethan CoenWriter
- Sam RaimiWriter
- Roger DeakinsDirector of Photography
- Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer
- Thom NobleEditor
- Ethan CoenProducer
Where to watch
| Free | |
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| Buy |
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Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 200581% alikeBoth cool, nostalgic, comic.
Chicago 200278% alikeBoth cool, nostalgic.
Tom Jones 196377% alikeBoth comic, cool.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? 200076% alikeBoth comic.
Blazing Saddles 197473% alikeBoth comic, cool, nostalgic.
Bullets Over Broadway 199472% alikeBoth comic, nostalgic, cool.
Hot Fuzz 200772% alikeBoth comic, cool.
Our Man in Havana 196071% alikeBoth cool, comic.
Animaniacs 202070% alikeSeries · Both comic, cool, nostalgic.
Spitting Image 198465% alikeSeries · Both cool, comic.
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