Some of the football field scenes in son of flubber were filmed at burbank high school, as evidenced by a banner bearing the. The absentminded professor is a stock character of popular fiction, usually portrayed as a talented academic whose academic brilliance is accompanied by belowpar functioning in other areas, leading to forgetfulness and mistakes. Calculus is, in fact, the quintessential absentminded professor. With harry anderson, david paymer, james noble, bibi osterwald. Professor brainard creates flubber to put more bounce in the basketball team, fly a model t and save the college from financial ruin. Its in black and white, but many of the movies made in. Shortly after its release, the 15 feb 1963 dv deemed son of flubber another boxoffice success, and predicted that it would surpass the absentminded professor in domestic earnings. The absentminded professor is a stock character often depicted in fictional works, usually as a talented academic whose focus on academic matters leads them to ignore or forget their surroundings. The plot of the films center around an absentminded college professor with differing names and played by various actors depending on the. The absentminded professor has been remade as a 1997 theatrical film titled, flubber, with robin williams as the renamed prof. The movie is much more inspired, likable and familyfriendly not to mention funnier and more. Fred macmurray stars in this walt disney comedy hit concerning absentminded professor ned brainard macmurray, a science teacher at a smalltown college, who is so scatterbrained that he has forgotten to show up at his own wedding.
Neither the anderson films nor the 1997 remake was as highly regarded as the original, but the robin williams version was still a considerable success. Fred macmurray in the absent minded professor 1961 the absent minded. Unfortunately, no one is interested in the material except. Many of the cast members from the absentminded professor also appear in the film, including elliott reid and tommy kirk. Missing his wedding ceremony twice, he is determined not to do it again. He is an absentminded professor, mixed with manchild to the point of lampshading it in honey, we shrunk ourselves, and hes even more so in the tv series starring peter scolari. The modern animated series futurama has professor hubert farnsworth, a typical absentminded but geniuslevel professor. He scored an enormous success in the shaggy dog and disney films together with his my three sons tv series established macmurray as the quintessential. The absent minded professor 1961fred macmurray, nancy. Frederick martin macmurray was born in kankakee, illinois, to maleta martin and frederick macmurray. The absentminded professor is a 1961 american comic science fiction family film produced by walt disney productions based on the short story a situation of. Also in tintin, the album cigars of the pharaoh has the very absentminded dr.
Get great deals on the absent minded professor dvd. Download or stream the absentminded professor 1961 with fred macmurray, nancy olson, keenan wynn for free on hoopla. The film costars nancy olson and keenan wynn, and was directed by robert stevenson. The film was shot in black and white, but a colorized version was released on vhs in 1997. True, his earliest work is mostly dismissed as pedestrian, but no other actor working in the 1940s and 50s was able to score so supremely whenever cast against type. I watched the absent minded professor at the cinema way back in 1961, at the age of, and loved it. I remembered it as being thoroughly entertaining and with some very funny sequences. The medfield college scenes in both the absentminded professor and son of flubber were filmed on the campus of pomona college in claremont, california. Playing as a part of our kidfest summer camp and movie series. Visit medfield college and delight in the fun when professor brainard uses flubber to put more bounce in the basketball team, fly a model t jalopy over washington, d. Fullscreen presentations of this film have cut off some of the sides of the picture compared to this widescreen presentation, making this not simply a matting of what we have already seen. The absentminded professor wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Walt disney was allegedly inspired to make the film after witnessing an. Professor brainard fred macmurray, the eponymous absentminded professor, forgets his wedding, not for the first time, but nonetheless succeeds in inventing a substance, flubber, which has mysterious properties including the ability to add kinetic energy with every bounce and flight.
This clue belongs to newsday crossword march 26 2020 answers. Walt disneys the absent minded professor is a comedyfantasy of infectious. The professor wants to make scientific history, while working to save the school at which he works, the medfield college. Achetez the absentminded professorson of flubber a petit prix. One explanation of this is that highly talented individuals often have unevenly distributed capabilities, being brilliant in their field of choice but below average on other measures of ability. Philip brainard, with marcia gay harden as his love interest, dr. He has a girlfriend, but she is getting frustrated at his repeatedly missing their dates and spending. Fred macmurray stars in this walt disney comedy hit concerning absentminded professor ned brainard macmurray, a science teacher at a smalltown college, who is so scatterbrained that he has. Henry crawford is the titular absentminded professor busy at work in his laboratory. The absent minded professor 1961 film 1982 laserdisc opening walt disney home entertainment. Disney the absentminded professor 55th anniversary bluray. The absentminded professor contains two essential elements for laughter fred macmurray and flubber, his gravitydefying formula.
Medfield college, the fictitious school featured in the absentminded professor, was the backdrop for several other disney films including. Fred macmurray and several other actors from the original film reprised their roles. Visit medfield college and delight in the fun when professor brainard uses flubber to put more bounce in the basketball team. Flemish comic book series suske en wiske has professor barabas. He goes as a banker that initially seeks to demolish the failing medfield college to put up a new series of apartment complexes, especially after his son biff is taken off the basketball team for bad grades. Scrappy, pluckylooking kentuckyborn tommy kirk, who was born on december 10, 1941, became synonymous with everything clean and fun that disney entertainment prescribed to in the late 1950s and very early 1960s. The magical world of disney the absentminded professor.
The absent minded professor 1961 comedy, family, scifi,robert stevenson,fred macmurray, nancy olson, keenan wynn. Sequel to the absentminded professor crossword clue answers, solutions for the popular game newsday crossword. Fred macmurray was likely the most underrated actor of his generation. Vladimir nabokov, author and professor of english at cornell, frequently used professors as the protagonists in his novels.
The absent minded professor dvd for sale in stock ebay. Absentminded professor, the on dvd 786936225259 from disney buena vista. He probably predates most of the examples listed on this page. He has a girlfriend, but she is getting frustrated at his repeatedly missing their dates and spending more time with his experiments than with her. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The hustler 1961 took home the first two honors, and while the disney film should have been a shoein for the best special effects prize, that honor went instead to the only other nominee, the guns. The flubber franchise consists of american science fictioncomedy films, with three theatrical releases, and two madefortelevision films. The same college was featured again in a series of movies with kurt russell. Sequel to the absentminded professor crossword clue. The absent minded professor classic family from from walt disney that stars fred macmurray in the title role as a rather forgetful and absent minded professor who invents a strange putty substance that drives him and his close contacts bonkers.
Trivia most of the cars in the film are ford or their subsidiary mercury automobiles. This stereotypical view can be traced back as far as the philosopher thales, who it is said, walked at night with his eyes focused on the heavens and, as a. The flying model t is done rather well considering the movie was made in 1961. This movie is a walt disney classic about an absentminded professor played by. The overall story, is based on the short story, a situation of gravity, written by samuel w. In case something is wrong or missing you are kindly requested to leave a message below and one of our staff members will be more than happy to help you out. The movie is much more inspired, likable and familyfriendly not to mention funnier and more charming than the remake starring robin williams, which was written by john hughes long after his career had fallen downwards. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified modelt to fly. Staring keenan wynn, leon ames, nancy olson and elliott reid. One of four sons born to a mechanic and legal secretary, the kirk family, in search of better job prospects, moved from louisville to. The absentminded professor is a black and white 1961 live action disney movie. Best cinematography blackandwhite, best art direction, and best special effects. A bumbling professor accidently invents flying rubber, or flubber, an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface.
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