| Flubber (1997)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Robin Williams |
Professor Philip Brainard
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| Marcia Gay Harden |
Sara Jean Reynolds
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| Chris McDonald |
Wilson Croft
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| Raymond Barry |
Chester Hoenicker
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| Clancy Brown |
Smith
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| Ted Levine |
Wesson
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| Wil Wheaton |
Bennett Hoenicker
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| Edie McClurg |
Martha George
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| Jodi Benson |
Weebo [Voice]
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| Scott Martin Gershin |
Flubber [Voice]
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| Christopher McDonald |
Wilson Croft
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| Raymond J. Barry |
Chester Hoenicker (as Raymond Barry)
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| Leslie Stefanson |
Sylvia
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| Plot |
| Although "flub" is defined as "to make a mess of," the word "flubber" is a contraction from "flying rubber." In this remake of the 1961 comedy-fantasy The Absent Minded Professor, Robin Williams takes on the role created by Fred MacMurray and later executed by Harry Anderson on television, while the 1961 film's Flubber with anti-gravity properties has now been digitally reincarnated as a translucent green, pulsating, bouncing blob that loves to dance the mambo. Absent-minded college professor Philip Brainard (Williams), employed at a near-bankrupt university, creates the formula for Flubber, yet he can't remember to show up for his own wedding to university-President Sara Jean Reynolds ( Marcia Gay Harden ). His rival, Wilson Croft ( Christopher McDonald ), plots to steal Sara and the Flubber from Brainard. Rich, corrupt businessman Chester Hoenicker ( Raymond Barry ) tries to force Brainard to pass his failing son Bennett ( Wil Wheaton ), but he soon takes an interest in Flubber after hearing about it from his flunkies ( Clancy Brown , Ted Levine ). After using Flubber to fly over clouds in his 1963 T-Bird, Brainard realizes Flubber can also improve the performance of the school's pathetic basketball team. Jodi Benson is the voice of Weebo, Brainard's talking, flying household robot, with a video display of Disney clips at odd moments. Many gags are embellishments from the 1961 film, with John Hughes ' ( Home Alone ) rewriting of the original Bill Walsh screenplay (based on Samuel Taylor's short story, "A Situation of Gravity"). Filming began October 8,1996 in San Francisco. — Bhob Stewart |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Comedy; Family; Fantasy |
| Director |
Les Mayfield |
| Producer |
John Hughes; Ricardo Mestres; David Nicksay |
| Writer |
Samuel W. Taylor; John Hughes; Bill Walsh |
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| Studio |
Disney / Buena Vista |
| Country |
USA
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG |
| Running Time |
93 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
11/26/1997 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
26 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
1/1/2000 |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 1.85:1 |
| Layers |
Single Side, Single Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
717951000309 |
| Chapters |
18 |
| Release Date |
2003 |
| Subtitles |
English; Spanish; French |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned Widescreen |
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