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The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)

Movie"The most amazing discovery since laughter!"
Audience Score
64
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G 1 hr 36 minMar 16th, 1961Family, Science Fiction, ComedyFlubber Collection PosterPart of Flubber Collection
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.
StarringFred MacMurrayNancy OlsonKeenan Wynn
DirectorRobert Stevenson

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:March 16th, 1961
On DVD & Blu-ray:January 14th, 2003 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$2,000,000
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Walt Disney Productions
Movie Tags:
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The Absent-Minded Professor is a 1961 American film distributed by Walt Disney Productions based on the short story A Situation of Gravity, by Samuel W. Taylor. The title character was based in part on Hubert Alyea, a professor emeritus of chemistry at Princeton University, who was known as "Dr. Boom" for his explosive demonstrations. The film was a huge success at the box-office, and two years later became the first Disney film to have a sequel, 1963's Son of Flubber.