<description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our journey through some of the wackier Coen Brothers capers continues this week as we take on The Hudsucker Proxy, a star-studded, over-the-top affair that is equal parts His Girl Friday and Roadrunner cartoon, and is every bit as ungainly as that description makes it sound.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CHAPTERS:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 175: The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)&lt;br&gt;(00:00:20) - Intro.&lt;br&gt;(00:01:28) - Our movie this week: The Hudsucker Proxy!&lt;br&gt;(00:10:49) - How this movie got made, and discussion of its ill box office fortunes.&lt;br&gt;(00:25:03) - Break!&lt;br&gt;(00:25:26) - We're back, and it's time to tell the tale of Norville Barnes.&lt;br&gt;(00:35:04) - Everything's going great at Hudsucker Industries, until it isn't.&lt;br&gt;(00:40:04) - Let's hatch a stock scam.&lt;br&gt;(00:44:22) - Mailroom mayhem, and the introduction of the Blue Letter.&lt;br&gt;(00:57:17) - A perfect patsy is born, but one ace reporter smells a bunko scam.&lt;br&gt;(01:05:20) - A fabricated meet-cute at the diner, and Amy becomes a Muncie gal.&lt;br&gt;(01:10:20) - Taking a letter, and the fancy dress ball.&lt;br&gt;(01:21:02) - The dawn of the extruded plastic dingus.&lt;br&gt;(01:28:29) - The stock scam is in shambles, and Norville is tripping on his own dingus.&lt;br&gt;(01:32:20) - Norville's dancing dreams, and the downfall.&lt;br&gt;(01:42:25) - Long way down (one more thing).&lt;br&gt;(01:54:14) - The epilogue, and our final thoughts.&lt;br&gt;(02:02:13) - Our film for next week is a killer one: Raising Arizona!&lt;br&gt;(02:03:48) - Outro.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>

The Nextlander Watchcast

The Nextlander Watchcast

175: The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

APR 27, 2026124 MIN
The Nextlander Watchcast

175: The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

APR 27, 2026124 MIN

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<div> <p>Our journey through some of the wackier Coen Brothers capers continues this week as we take on The Hudsucker Proxy, a star-studded, over-the-top affair that is equal parts His Girl Friday and Roadrunner cartoon, and is every bit as ungainly as that description makes it sound.</p><p><strong>CHAPTERS:<br></strong><br>(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 175: The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)<br>(00:00:20) - Intro.<br>(00:01:28) - Our movie this week: The Hudsucker Proxy!<br>(00:10:49) - How this movie got made, and discussion of its ill box office fortunes.<br>(00:25:03) - Break!<br>(00:25:26) - We're back, and it's time to tell the tale of Norville Barnes.<br>(00:35:04) - Everything's going great at Hudsucker Industries, until it isn't.<br>(00:40:04) - Let's hatch a stock scam.<br>(00:44:22) - Mailroom mayhem, and the introduction of the Blue Letter.<br>(00:57:17) - A perfect patsy is born, but one ace reporter smells a bunko scam.<br>(01:05:20) - A fabricated meet-cute at the diner, and Amy becomes a Muncie gal.<br>(01:10:20) - Taking a letter, and the fancy dress ball.<br>(01:21:02) - The dawn of the extruded plastic dingus.<br>(01:28:29) - The stock scam is in shambles, and Norville is tripping on his own dingus.<br>(01:32:20) - Norville's dancing dreams, and the downfall.<br>(01:42:25) - Long way down (one more thing).<br>(01:54:14) - The epilogue, and our final thoughts.<br>(02:02:13) - Our film for next week is a killer one: Raising Arizona!<br>(02:03:48) - Outro.</p></div>