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5.7Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his wedding twice, and on the afternoon of his third wedding, Professor Brainard creates flubber, which allows objects to fly through the air.
Cast
- Robin Williams as Professor Philip Brainard
- Marcia Gay Harden as Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds
- Christopher McDonald as Wilson Croft
- Raymond J. Barry as Chester Hoenicker
- Clancy Brown as Smith
- Nancy Olson as Secretary at Ford Motor Company
Themes
- wedding vows
- inventor
- slime
- flight
- mad scientist
- remake
- wedding
- secret formula
- flubber
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Ratings
IMDb
5.3/10
99,482 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
24%
Metacritic
38/100
- Year
- 1997
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 3 wins & 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Les Mayfield
- Screenplay by
- John Hughes Bill Walsh
- Based on
- "A Situation of Gravity", by Samuel W. Taylor
- Produced by
- John Hughes Ricardo Mestres
- Starring
- Robin Williams Marcia Gay Harden Christopher McDonald Raymond J. Barry Clancy Brown Ted Levine
- Cinematography
- Dean Cundey
- Edited by
- Harvey Rosenstock Michael A. Stevenson
- Music by
- Danny Elfman
- Production company
- Walt Disney Pictures
- Distributed by
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- Release dates
- November 16, 1997 ( 1997-11-16 ) ( Pennsylvania ) November 26, 1997 ( 1997-11-26 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 94 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $50-80 million
- Box office
- $178 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 90
- FilmAffinity ID
- 588293
- Official website
- movies.disney.com/flubber
Show 4 more facts
- publication date
- 1998-03-20
- title
- Flubber
- Commons category
- Flubber (film)
- review score
- 38/100
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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. A remake of The Absent-Minded Professor (1961), the film was produced by Walt Disney Pictures and stars Robin Williams, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher McDonald, Ted Levine, Raymond J. Barry, Wil Wheaton and Clancy Brown, with Jodi Benson providing a voice. The film received negative reviews from critics, with criticism for its slapstick humor, special effects, story, script and comparisons to the original, though Williams’ performance was praised. Despite this, it was a commercial success, grossing $178 million worldwide.
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