The company founder and president of Hudsucker Industries, Waring Hudsucker (Charles Durning), commits suicide by jumping through a window on the forty-fourth (forty-five counting the mezzanine) floor during a board meeting. Following Hudsucker's demise, Sidney J. Mussburger (Paul Newman), a ruthless member of the board of directors, mounts a scheme to buy up the controlling interest in the company's stock before Hudsucker's shares are made available to buy for the public. Hoping to temporarily depress the stock price, Mussburger wants to install "some jerk" as a proxy for the deceased president.
Norville (Tim Robbins) is picked to be sent up stairs to deliver a Blue Letter, an intra-company communication of the highest urgency, to Mr Mussburger (Paul Newman). Norville decides to first show...
Norville (Tim Robbins) is picked to be sent up stairs to deliver a Blue Letter, an intra-company communication of the highest urgency, to Mussburger (Paul Newman).
Self-created movie trailer for an introductory journalism class. The footage and sound was given to us and we were told to edit it into a trailer. Again, video quality not the best, but let me know...
Final project for my Sight & Sound: Studio class at NYU. A scene adapted from the 1994 Coen Brothers film "The Hudsucker Proxy." Set in the late 1950's, Norville Barnes (Peter Giser), a college...
This is a montage from 'The Hudsucker Proxy' Sam Raimi cameos as a silhouette in the "Creative Bullpen" (he's the shorter one standing). Raimi co-wrote this film with Joel & Ethan Coen.