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The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Twitter Facebook Google+Family | Comedy | Science Fiction
Most recently watched by JohnPeel
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.
Rated G | Length 96 minutes
Actors
Fred MacMurray | Nancy Olson | Keenan Wynn | Tommy Kirk | Leon Ames | Elliott Reid | Edward Andrews | David Lewis | Jack Mullaney | Belle Montrose | Wally Brown | Wally Boag | Don Ross | Forrest Lewis | James Westerfield | Alan Carney | Charlie Briggs | Gage Clarke | Alan Hewitt | Raymond Bailey | Wendell Holmes | Ed Wynn | Bess Flowers | Paul Frees | Hank Patterson | Colin Kenny | Arthur Tovey | Ralph Clanton | Charles Fogel
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/18/2014 | TV | DVD | Library | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
For my Childhood Movie Project. Oddly and unsurprisingly not as great as my memory of the movie. It’s been at least 30 years since I’ve seen this and never in widescreen (to my best knowledge). The marriage / failed wedding subplot was completely lost on me as a child. I didn’t recall it at all. The basketball game is really the most memorable thing for me.
Still giving this a favorable rating b/c it is a nice film about redemption and believing in others. I really have a problem w/Brainard and his selfish behavior. He becomes a better person by the end. Good message. Why it doesn’t hold up is the suspension of belief that everyone in this movie has to have to accept that everything is normal in that basketball game. It’s just too ridiculous.
Keenan Wynn is my favorite thing in this movie and he’s a bad guy, as usual.
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