The Hudsucker Proxy

The Hudsucker Proxy
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Joel Coen
Written by	Ethan Coen Joel Coen Sam Raimi
Produced by	Ethan Coen
Starring	Tim Robbins Jennifer Jason Leigh Paul Newman
Cinematography	Roger Deakins
Edited by	Thom Noble
Music by	Carter Burwell
Production companies	Silver Pictures Working Title Films PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Distributed by	Warner Bros. (United States) Rank Film Distributors (United Kingdom)[1]
Release date	January 27, 1994 (1994-01-27) (Sundance)
Running time	111 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom United States[2]
Language	English
Budget	$25 million[3]
Box office	$11 million[4]

The Hudsucker Proxy is a 1994 screwball comedy film co-written, produced, and directed by the Coen brothers. Sam Raimi co-wrote the script and served as second unit director. The film stars Tim Robbins as a naïve but ambitious business school graduate who is installed as president of a manufacturing company, Jennifer Jason Leigh as a newspaper reporter, and Paul Newman as a company director who hires the graduate as part of a stock scam.

The script was finished in 1985, but production did not start until 1991, when Joel Silver acquired the script for Silver Pictures. Warner Bros. subsequently agreed to distribute the film, with further financing from PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films. Filming at Carolco Studios in Wilmington, North Carolina, lasted from November 1992 to March 1993. The New York City scale model set was designed by Michael J. McAlister and Mark Stetson, with further effects provided by The Computer Film Company.

Upon its release in March 1994, The Hudsucker Proxy received mixed reviews from critics and bombed at the box office, but has since gained a cult following.^{[citation needed]}