The Absent-Minded Professor

Flubber is a 1997 remake of the 1961 film The Absent-Minded Professor. The film was produced by Disney starring Robin Williams and Marcia Gay Harden. While poorly reviewed, the film did well at the box office. Professor Phillip Brainard,...

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...your body". He did not see a film until he was eighteen years old, and was able to sneak away from home; in an interview he stated that The Absent-Minded Professor was the first film he saw, and according to Peter Biskind's Easy Riders, Raging...

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...(1953) and ''Battle Cry (1955). Olson's career stalled, though she did make several memorable appearances in films for the Walt Disney studio. The Absent-Minded Professor and Son of Flubber paired her with Fred MacMurray and were popular with...

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...New Steve Allen Show (1961-65). She was a regular on The Hathaways (1961), starring Peggy Cass. Montrose's movie credits include The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) and Son of Flubber (1963). At the age of 77, Montrose died of a heart...

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...in the Disney Legends Plaza at the Company's Burbank headquarters. The first Disney Legend, actor Fred MacMurray (The Shaggy Dog, The Absent-Minded Professor, The Happiest Millionaire), was named in 1987. Including this year's honorees,...

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...actor Forrest Lewis was born in Knightstown. He is best known for the recurring role of "Officer Kelly" in "The Shaggy Dog", "The Absent Minded Professor" and "Son of Flubber". The gym that served as the home court for the Hickory...

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...3, Pietrus plans to go with an entirely new approach. He'll be wearing the original flubber shoes Fred MacMurray made famous in "The Absent-Minded Professor." Jewel of a find Several cubic zirconium, plus one three-quarter carat diamond,...

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...he's arguably best remembered for, particularly among younger film fans. The most critically successful of these movies, 1961's The Absent-Minded Professor, casts MacMurray in the title role as Ned Brainard, the accidental inventor of an...

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...of technology and science that resonate even 80 years later. C.A. Rotwang is one of the most memorable scientists in movie history. 'The Absent-Minded Professor' (1961) Medfield chemistry Professor Ned Brainard (Fred MacMurray) has the...

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...flying fish, and of course, a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Fraser is very likable in this. He reminds me of Fred MacMurray in Disney's "The Absent Minded Professor" or "Son of Flubber"...movies from the early sixties. He plays the flawed hero...

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