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The Absent-Minded Professor

United States of America, 1961
film

Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or “Flubber”, an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

Flubber

United States, 1997
Similarity: 85%

The Furious flycycle

United States, 1980
Similarity: 71%

Look who's laughing

United States, 1941
Similarity: 69%

The Flying man

United Kingdom, 1962
Similarity: 68%

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

United Kingdom, 1968
Similarity: 68%

Professor Finger builds a bridge

United States, 1965
Similarity: 67%

The Little airplane that grew

United States, 1968
Similarity: 67%

Gossamer Albatross: flight of imagination

United States, 1979
Similarity: 67%

High flyers [Silent]

United States, 1941
Similarity: 67%

The Man that gravity forgot

United States, 1979
Similarity: 67%

Inventors of thingumajigs

Canada, 1976
Similarity: 67%

The Blue yonder

United States, 1985
Similarity: 66%

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

United Kingdom, 1968
Similarity: 66%

The Balgonie birdman

Canada, 1991
Similarity: 66%

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Captioned)

United Kingdom, 1968
Similarity: 66%

Mr Koumal flies like a bird

Czechoslovakia, 1963
Similarity: 66%

Unidentified flying oddball

United States, 1979
Similarity: 66%

The Nutty professor

United States, 1963
Similarity: 65%
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