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The Absent-Minded Professor is a 1961 American science fiction comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Walt Disney Productions. It is based on the 1943 short story "A Situation of Gravity" (May 22, 1943 Liberty) by Samuel W. Taylor.
The Absent Minded Professor: Directed by Robert Stevenson. With Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk. A college professor invents an anti-gravity substance which a corrupt businessman wants for himself.
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- Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
- Robert Stevenson
- 1961-03-16
Oct 24, 2020 · The Absent-Minded Professor is a 1961 American comic science fiction family film produced by Walt Disney Productions based on the short story "A Situation of Gravity" by Samuel W. Taylor originally published in the May 22, 1943 issue of Liberty magazine.
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Classics, Comedy, Family, Science Fiction. Visit Medfield College and delight in the fun when Professor Brainard uses Flubber to put more bounce in the basketball team, fly a Model "T" Jalopy over Washington, D.C., and save Medfield College from financial ruin!
- Robert Stevenson
- Kurt Russell
The Absent Minded Professor. G 1961 1h 37m Kids & Family Comedy. List. 83% Tomatometer 23 Reviews. 62% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings. Disney comedy about a professor who invents a...
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- Robert Stevenson
- G
- Fred Macmurray
Professor Brainard (Fred MacMurray) is an absent-minded professor of physical chemistry at Medfield College who invents a green substance that gains energy when it strikes a hard surface.
The absent-minded professor is a stock character of popular fiction, usually portrayed as a talented academic whose academic brilliance is accompanied by below-par functioning in other areas, leading to forgetfulness and mistakes.
