The Hudsucker Proxy - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[melinda]

Both products made by Norville Barnes (the Hula-Hoop and the Frisbee) are products of the Wham-O company.

[tom]

Sam Raimi: in the Hula Hoop manufacturing sequence as one of the Hudsucker brainstormers. We don't see his face, only his silhouette and we hear his voice.

[oscar]

The movie reunites Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Peter Gallagher who all previously appeared in Short Cuts (1993).

[jeffrey]

This is one of the few Coen brothers movies to not be edited by the brothers themselves (under the pseudonym Roderick Jaynes) along with Tricia Cooke. Thom Noble was the editor here.

[alyssa]

In the final season of popular Korean War comedy series MAS*H (1972), an episode entitled "Who Knew?" employs a secondary plot line that closely mirrors that of this film: in the episode, Sgt. Klinger attempts to convince Maj. Winchester to invest in commercially producing first hula hoops, then frisbees. The credit for inventing both in the episode goes to bored Korean children on the streets of Soeul.

[liam]

The secretary of the Hudsucker brainstormers (uncredited Mary Beth Peil) is reading throughout the Hula Hoop manufacturing sequence the novels "War & Peace" and "Anna Karenina" by Lev Tolstoy. The idea is to show that the brainstormers are really taking their time to determine the name of the product since the novels have, respectively, 1225 and 864 pages and are commonly known for being books you would spend a lot of time reading. In her case, if you'd consider 4 minutes per page, 8 hours a day, both books would've taken 18 days to read.

[jim]

Paul Newman had been approached about the project in 1984 but turned it down due to not having done much comedy work before although he liked the film and encouraged the Coens to go ahead without him. The Coens instead waited ten years until he agreed to do it.

[bryan]

Paul Newman and Jennifer Jason Leigh would later appear in Road to Perdition (2002).

[sandra]

The familiar, quick-tempo song heard when the children are making a mad dash to the toy store to buy the Hula-Hoops is called "Sabre Dance". It was written by Aram Khachaturyan and is featured in his ballet, "Gayane". The song is often associated with juggling acts and such.

[camila]

The death of Waring Hudsucker was inspired by a real-life incident. On February 3, 1975, Eli Black, the CEO of the United Fruit Company, smashed an office window with his briefcase and jumped to his death from the 44th floor of the Pan Am Building in New York City.

[wesley]

Jack Nicholson was considered for the role of Sidney J. Mussburger.

[clayton]

Joel Silver wanted Tom Cruise to star as Norville Barnes, but the Coens insisted on Tim Robbins.

[jesus]

Paul Newman and Jennifer Jason Leigh also co-starred in Road to Perdition (2002).