The Absent-Minded Professor

United States of America, 1961

Film

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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.

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Credits

director

Robert Stevenson

editor

Cotton Warburton

producer

Walt Disney

production company

Walt Disney Productions

screenplay

Bill Walsh

story

Samuel W. Taylor

Duration

01:36:00

Production places
United States of America
Production dates
1961

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-17984

Language

English

Subject categories

Comedy

Family

Science Fiction

TMDB-Movie

17984

Wikidata

Q1198611

Collected

18 times

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