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Flubber is a 1997 American science-fiction comedy film directed by Les Mayfield (who had previously directed the John Hughes scripted remake, Miracle on 34th Street) and written by Hughes and Bill Walsh.
Professor Philip Brainard (Robin Williams) is experimenting with new kinds of energy, and he thinks this project will save struggling Medfield College, where his girlfriend, Sara (Marcia Gay...
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- Les Mayfield
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- Robin Williams
The Flubber (also known as The Absent-Minded Professor) franchise consists of American science-fiction-comedy films, with three theatrical releases, and two made-for-television films. The overall story is based on the short story, A Situation of Gravity , written by Samuel W. Taylor in 1943.
Summaries. An absent-minded professor discovers "flubber," a rubber-like super-bouncy substance. Having already missed his wedding to his beautiful sweetheart, Sara, twice, the happy, absent-minded professor, Dr. Phillip Brainard, is struggling to come up with a brilliant invention to save Medfield College from closure.
DETAILS. Flubber. Brilliant but befuddled Professor Phillip Brainard (Robin Williams) is on the brink of inventing a revolutionary energy source...and missing his wedding to Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds (Marcia Gay Harden), president of financially challenged Medfield College, for the third time.
In this remake of the 1961 hit, Robin Williams plays the absent-minded professor who accidentally invents flubber (“Flying rubber! Flubber!”) and saves his college, his career and his romance. Flubber is a substance that somehow magnifies energy, allowing objects to bounce faster and higher than they should.
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Flubber is a 1997 remake of the 1961 film The Absent-Minded Professor. It was produced by Disney starring Robin Williams and Marcia Gay Harden. While poorly reviewed, it performed well at the box office. Professor Philip Brainard (Robin Williams), an absent minded professor, works with his robot...
