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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.
- $178 million
- John Hughes, Ricardo Mestres
- $80 million
- Danny Elfman
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
- PG
- 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.
- $225,488,045, (total of 3 films)
- A Situation of Gravity by Samuel W. Taylor
- $84,000,000, (total of 3 films)
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
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Nov 26, 1997 · 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.
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.
