this movie i kick myself for have miss when it come out 20 year ago and and it be only last week on hbo that i actually get the tucker experience with both barrel . the two main idea for me of this all american horatio alger rag to riches story be represent 1 ) innovation in conflict with the stale old dead way of do thing ( out of collective ignorance and blind obedience to authority ) call it the pleasantville barrierand 2 ) man against the state and particularly the u state and it insidious method of coercion work in harmony with cartel business interestscall it the kleptocon barrier . without question and the ebullient and imaginative and brilliant and individualistic and hard work preston thomas tucker be more deserving of the quintessential american hero designation than anyone ayn rand ever imaginedfrom the iconoclastic or artistic ( humorless ) howard roark to the ethereal or scientific ( humorless ) john galt . or anyone else ever imagine for that matter . preston tucker have it all represent a joie de vivre that make everyone around him want to sing for joy and a similarly eccentric love family with heart as big a texas and the imagination of a precocious child and and the hard driving intelligence of a man who will himself to be the best . for my complete review of this movie and for other movie and book review and please visit my site thecoffeecoaster . com . brian wright copyright 2009 .