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Flubber is a 1997 American film directed by Les Mayfield, based on a work by Samuel W. Taylor, with a screenplay by Bill Walsh, John Hughes and Taylor himself. John Hughes produced the film through Walt Disney Pictures, with Dean Cundey as director of photography, Danny Elfman as composer, and April Ferry as costume designer. Its cast includes Robin Williams, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher McDonald and Ted Levine, with Jodi Benson as a voice actor.
Set in Indiana, it belongs to the comedy, science fiction and fantasy genres. Made on a budget of $80,000,000, it earned $178,000,000 at the box office and was rated PG. It was distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Netflix and Disney+.
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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
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- fantasy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Les Mayfield
- Screenwriter
- Samuel W. Taylor
- Cast member
- Scott Michael Campbell
- Voice actor
- Jodi Benson
- Composer
- Danny Elfman
- Cinematographer
- Dean Cundey
- Narrative location
- Indiana
- Duration
- 90
- FilmAffinity ID
- 588293
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- movies.disney.com/flubber
Show 9 more facts
- publication date
- 1998-03-20
- title
- Flubber
- costume designer
- April Ferry
- distributed by
- Disney+
- after a work by
- Samuel W. Taylor
- Commons category
- Flubber (film)
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 38/100
- form of creative work
- feature film
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Plot
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Flubber” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.