The Absent Minded Professor
1961
| Buena Vista Distribution Company | Release Date: March 16, 1961 |
Starring:
Belle Montrose, David Lewis, Edward Andrews, Elliott Reid, Fred MacMurray, Jack Mullaney, Keenan Wynn, Leon Ames, Nancy Olson, Tommy Kirk
Summary:
A college professor invents an anti-gravity substance which a corrupt businessman wants for himself.
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On the surface, Walt Disney's The Absent Minded Professor is a comedy-fantasy of infectious absurdity, a natural follow-up to the studio's Shaggy Dog. But deeply rooted within the screenplay [from a story by Samuel W. Taylor] is a subtle protest against the detached, impersonal machinery of modern progress.
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The Absent-Minded Professor, from 1961, starred the late Fred MacMurray in one of his best-remembered comic roles, as a scientist named Brainerd who discovers a substance he dubs "flubber" (for "flying rubber," since it enables people and objects to fly). [08 Jan 1993]
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