The Hudsucker Proxy | Hitchens Virtual Theatre

Mailroom clerk Norville Barnes is a rube, a schmoe, a grade-A ding-dong - just what Hudsucker Industries wants in a president! With him at the top, the stock will hit bottom... and the fat cats on the board can take over. But Norville (Tim Robbins) has his own spiffy little plan. And if a snoopy reporter (Jennifer Jason Leigh) doesn't put the kibosh on the Hudsucker flimflam and finagling big cheese Sidney J. Mussburger (Paul Newman) doesn't squash him, Norville's idea will put a smile on the hips of all America!

Synopsis: One of the Coens' most lavish productions (if not their most successful), this screwball comedy set in the 1940s follows a scheming executive appointing a dimwit as his corporation's new CEO. Who knew hula hoops would be so big?

Production Year:

1994

Released:

Tue, 05/18/1999

Run Time Minutes:

111

Rating:

Genres:

Comedy

Genres:

Romance

Genres:

Fantasy

Trailer:

Format Aspect Ratio:

1.85-Wide Screen

Resolution:

480x720 LowRez

More Information:

HD-1

Audio Language:

English

Audio Format:

Dolby Digital

Audio Channels:

Dolby Surround

Actors:

Tim Robbins - Norville Barnes

Actors:

Jennifer Jason Leigh - Amy Archer

Actors:

Paul Newman - Sidney J. Mussburger

Actors:

Charles Durning - Waring Hudsucker

Actors:

John Mahoney - Chief

Actors:

Jim True - Buzz

Actors:

Bill Cobbs - Moses

Actors:

Bruce Campbell - Smitty

Actors:

Harry Bugin - Aloysius

Actors:

John Seitz - Bennie

Actors:

Joe Grifasi - Lou

Actors:

Roy Brocksmith - Board Member

Actors:

John Wylie - Board Member

Actors:

I. M. Hobson - Board Member

Actors:

Gary Allen - Board Member

Actors:

John Scanlan - Board Member

Actors:

Richard Woods - Board Member

Actors:

Jerome Dempsy - Board Member

Actors:

Peter McPherson - Board Member

Actors:

David Byrd - Dr. Hugo Bronfenbrenner

Actors:

Christopher Darga - Mail Room Orienter

Actors:

Pat Cranshaw - Ancient Sorter

Actors:

Robert Weil - Mail Room Boss

Actors:

Mary Lou Rosato - Mussburger's Secretary

Actors:

Ernie Sarracino - Luigi the Tailor

Actors:

Eleanor Glockner - Mrs. Mussburger

Actors:

Kathleen Perkins - Mrs. Braithwaite

Actors:

Joseph Marcus - Sears Braithwaite of Bullard

Actors:

Peter Gallagher - Vic Tenetta

Actors:

Noble Willingham - Zebulon Cardozo

Actors:

Barbara Ann Grimes - Mrs. Cardozo

Actors:

Thom Noble - Thorstenson Finlandson

Actors:

Steve Buscemi - Beatnik Barman

Actors:

William Duff-Griffin - Newsreel Scientist

Actors:

Anna Nicole Smith - Za-Za

Actors:

Pamela Everett - Dream Dancer

Actors:

Arthur Bridges - The Hula-Hoop Kid

Actors:

Sam Raimi - Hudsucker Brainstormer

Actors:

John Cameron - Hudsucker Brainstormer

Actors:

Skipper Duke - Mr. Grier

Actors:

Jay Kapner - Mr. Levin

Actors:

Jon Polito - Mr. Bumstead

Actors:

Richard Whiting - Ancient Puzzler

Actors:

Linda McCoy - Coffee Shop Waitress

Actors:

Stan Adams - Emcee

Actors:

Karl Mundt - Newsreel Announcer

Actors:

Joanne Pankow - Newsreel Secretary

Actors:

Mario Todisco - Norville's Goon

Actors:

Colin Fickes - Newsboy

Actors:

Dick Sasso - Drunk in Alley

Actors:

Jesse Brewer - Mailroom Screamer

Actors:

Phil Loch - Mailroom Screamer

Actors:

Stan Lichtenstein - Mailroom Screamer

Actors:

Todd Alcott - Mailroom Screamer

Actors:

Ace O'Connell - Mailroom Screamer

Actors:

Richard Schiff - Mailroom Screamer

Actors:

Frank Jeffries - Mailroom Screamer

Actors:

Lou Criscuolo - Mailroom Screamer

Actors:

Michael Earl Reid - Mailroom Screamer

Actors:

Mike Starr - Newsroom Reporter

Actors:

Dave Hagar - Newsroom Reporter

Actors:

Willie Reale - Newsroom Reporter

Actors:

Harvey Meyer - Newsroom Reporter

Actors:

Tom Toner - Newsroom Reporter

Actors:

David Fawcett - Newsroom Reporter

Actors:

Jeff Still - Newsreel Reporter

Actors:

David Gould - Newsreel Reporter

Actors:

Gil Pearson - Newsreel Reporter

Actors:

Marc Garber - Newsreel Reporter

Actors:

David Massie - Newsreel Reporter

Actors:

Mark Miller - Newsreel Reporter

Actors:

Peter Siragusa - Newsreel Reporter

Actors:

Nelson George - Newsreel Reporter

Actors:

Michael Houlihan - Newsreel Reporter

Actors:

Ed Lillard - Newsreel Reporter

Actors:

Wantland Sandel - New Year's Mob

Actors:

James Deuter - New Year's Mob

Actors:

Rick Peeples - New Year's Mob

Actors:

Cynthia Baker - New Year's Mob

Actors:

Jack Rooney - Man at Merchandise Mart

Actors:

Keith Schrader - Businessman