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Play Time: 96 mins
Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
The Absent-Minded Professor

Overview:
Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly. Unfortunately, no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk, a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself.

Status: Released (1961-03-16)
Awards:Nominated for 3 Oscars. 1 win & 8 nominations total
Screen:Bill Walsh, Samuel W. Taylor
Productions: Walt Disney Productions
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
The Absent-Minded Professor
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John Chard

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Substance X, we dub thee - Flubber! The Absent-Minded Professor is directed by Robert Stevenson and adapted to screenplay by Bill Walsh from a story by Samuel W. Taylor. It stars Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olsen, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk, Leon Ames and Elliott Reid. Music is by George ....

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An amusing film regarding Professor Brainard, a character I've always associated with Robin Williams having seen the 1997 remake first back when I was younger. Fred MacMurray plays the aforementioned in this, the original. He is pleasing here, giving a more than satisfying perform ....

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