The film was a huge success at the box office, and two years later became the first disney film to have a sequel, 1963s son of flubber. Perfect for a young audience, my son is 5 and loved it. Flubber trailer 1997 video detective movie trailers. Details include the date it was added to netflix in the usa, any known expiry dates and new episodesseasons, the ratings and cast etc. I especially like this one much more then the old flubber movie, and i think its modern twist is eccesntric enough to keep kids of all ages interested in it. He brings his comic genius to flubber in a way that only he can. 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. Taylor originally published in the may 22, 1943 issue of liberty magazine. Flubber is a 1997 american science fiction comedy film directed by les mayfield who had previously directed another john hughes scripted remake, miracle on 34th street and written by hughes and bill walsh. Barely drop some, and it rebounds crazily off the walls. A remake of the absentminded professor 1961, the film was produced by walt disney pictures and great oaks productions and stars robin williams, marcia gay harden, christopher mcdonald. And it has these cool little dancing phaseshifting quasiplasmoids in it.
However,he does from time to time make bad choices,and flubber was indeed a bad one,at least scriptwise. This is what horror movie actors look like in real life. For instance, the sof copied the amp with a sports contest. Flubber is a 1997 american science fiction comedy film directed by les mayfield and written by. How absentminded do you have to be before they call in the doctors to begin clinical testing. But then, flubber is accidentally swallowed by wilson, making him suffer from inside his body to the outside, making him dancing, being ticklish, laughing, and moving around. Basketball scene recut and rated r by mike frenden. Overall its a kids film dont expect anything more than that. Youd be hard pushed not to crack a smile with this film. Son of flubber is the 1963 sequel to the 1961 live action disney movie, so i was bound to end up watching it eventually. Professor phillip brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant weebo, trying to create a substance thats a new source of energy and that will save medfield college where his sweetheart sara is the president. Flubber is a substance that somehow magnifies energy, allowing objects to bounce faster and higher than they should. The creator of the home alone series and other infamous punch fests, hughes has cowritten this attempt to bring robin williams into the role of professor brainarda man who saves his job, marriage, and career with a substance he calls flubber. From a movie named flubber i expected something more from the green slimy stuff.
This is the time where i believe disney began losing its magic in the movie industry. His quick,improvisational humor make him the most unique entertainer of our time. This film is based on the 1961 disney classic, the absentminded professor. The latter answer was given by a member with a numerical id. Phillip and his flying cyber sidekick, weebo, soon discover that flubber, applied to anything, enables it to bounce super high and fast. Phil and sara jump into his flubber powered flying car and undertake a frantic flubber recovery plan. When professor brainard experiments further on flubber derivatives, he gets in trouble and only his students can help. Brilliant but befuddled professor phillip brainard is on the brink of inventing a revolutionary energy source and missing his wedding to fiancee dr.
The indian in the cupboard on his birthday, omri hal scardino is given several simple gifts, including an old wooden cupboard and a small plastic figurine of a native american man. An absentminded professor discovers flubber, a rubberlike superbouncy. Brainard and sara get the flubber back in a battle. Philip soon discovers that flubber, applied to anything, enables it to bounce super high and fast. Chaos ensues when his arch nemesis steals it for his own financial gain. The movie should have been called flubbed it again.
Robin williams 19512014 this feature is not available right now. The film was a huge success at the boxoffice, and two years later. The intentions here are good,but the movie just fell flat in all. 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.
Son of flubber 1963 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Professor philip brainard williams, an absentminded professortype searching for an. As with most sequels, i was expecting this one to be downhill from the original, and i think it is just slightly, but its definitely still better than the 1997 movie. Brainards awesome scientific faculties come at a price, for brainard robin williams is so incredibly absentminded that while working on his latest invention he inadvertently misses his wedding again. A g rated movie that is cleancut, no hidden sexual insinuations, and funny this type of movie tops our lists in a society where a decent movie is hard to come by.
Flubber here is all the information you need about flubber on american netflix. The absentminded professor dvd, 2003 for sale online ebay. The two movies follow the same basic formula, in which a professor comes up with a revolutionary invention that not only bails his college out of its financial problems, but also helps its lame duck team score a win. Professor philip brainard robin williams is experimenting with new kinds of energy, and he thinks this project will save struggling medfield college, where his girlfriend, sara marcia gay harden, is president. While somewhat meandering, son of flubber offers plenty of fun for kids and some entertaining diversion for adults. Though each film was a financial success, not all were critical successes. Son of flubber is the first big screen sequel attempted by walt disney productions. But when he discovers a lively, rubberlike substance dubbed flubber, he gets so excited, he absentmindedly misses his own wedding. Antics follow when inventor henry crawford harry anderson creates a gloppy substance called flubber that makes things bounce. Sep 20, 20 night of the comet widescreen full movie 1984 jen dobbins. A distracted professor invents an antigravity goo called flubber that makes anything its applied to lighterthanair, including the family flivver and the balls at the schools basketball game. Brainards mighty flighty mind creates intelligent robots and flying rubber. Triple kids movie dvd set flubber flubber an absentminded professor discovers flubber, a rubberlike superbouncy substance.
Fred macmurrays fantastic invention flubber, and by the time son of flubber came out, it had worn a bit thin. The voice of flubber, performed by scott martin gershin, was processed to raise the pitch in order to sound small and squeaky. Flubber the movie seems to be made out of anti flubber. The special effects of the flubber were fun, especially the bit with the golf ball and basketball but. Children will enjoy the special effects and the mayhem that results when flubber flies out of control, although they may get bored at the beginning of the movie. Macmurray couldnt be better in patented disney fare.
The absent minded professor was mainly a onejoke affair. When phillip experiments with a miraculous elastic goo, flubber emerges, leaving him ecstatic, but unmarried. Loveable but forgetful scientist who creates flubber by accident. At last, flubber is finally free, by being used as a silly weapon to defeat wilsons henchmen. Rent flubber 1997 starring robin williams and marcia gay harden on dvd and bluray. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. Critics called the remake a total dud, while others noted that the studios attempt at relaunching the franchise resulted in a cute, wellmeaning, but ultimately disappointing movie. Movie was good years ago and is still a genuine classic. Having robin williams headline a movie sells it for me before i even know what it is about. The original 1961 film was one of the first disney films to be colorized for the 1986 video release, and, along with 1959s the shaggy dog and 1963s son of flubber, it is one of disneys few blackandwhite.
This was a great movie,its good for kids of all ages up teens. I know a number of people do not like it as it is a remake of the 1961 movie the absent minded professor with fred macmurray, but hey. Rent flubber 1997 on dvd and bluray rent movies and. Flubber the movie seems to be made out of antiflubber. This movie s problem is not from bad performances,but from terrible writing,and that often makes the performers look bad. Younger kids will enjoy all of the crazy, bouncy action theres a good dog in it, too, while aspiring athletes will love the flubber.
Somers created the sound of flubber by using a rubber balloon filled with water, metamucil, and air. Another great movie that came out during that time was the film flubber, which is actually a remake of a movie that was called the absent minded professor, which was released in the early 1960s. Flubber 1997 basketball scene recut and rated r by mike frenden. Younger kids will enjoy all of the crazy, bouncy action theres a good dog in it, too, while aspiring athletes will love the flubber enhanced basketball game. When phillip experiments with his own big bang theory, a miraculous elastic good flubber emerges, leaving him ecstatic, but unmarried. Flubber is a 1997 american science fiction comedy film directed by les mayfield who had previously directed another john hughes scripted remake, miracle on 34th street and written by hughes, based on an earlier screenplay by bill walsh. The absentminded professor 2005, dvd is a classic that has survived the computergenerated era of movie making. The absentminded professor is a 1961 blackandwhite walt disney productions film based on the short story a situation of gravity by samuel w. Its a remake of the 1961 film, the absentminded professor. Night of the comet widescreen full movie 1984 youtube. A wacky professor invents the superbouncy substance called flubber. Williams, an enormously busy actor these days, seems tired hereand so does a lot of the slapstick.
Flubber definition of flubber by the free dictionary. Is flubber available to watch on netflix in america. Flubber 1997 full movie robin williams by plmedxcgtyhbnjuikmaqwesxbm. Disney movies before always had the magical feeling and good stories. This decade was full of fun kids movies that are already considered classics these days. It however doesnt play a that significant role in the movie and the things that are done with the flubber are far from original or interesting. Flubber was first released on vhs and laserdisc on april 21, 1998 with two special bonus features. Rated pg for slapstick action and mild language see all certifications. Flubber is better than ever thanks to 1990s movie making technology. The flubber is good best in one big musical number halfway through and i wonder if they could have had more imaginative scenes with it as a character rather than just a bouncy ball.
But then, flubber is accidentally swallowed by wilson, making him suffer from inside his body to the outside, making him. 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. Jan 23, 2012 brilliant but befuddled professor phillip brainard robin williams is on the brink of inventing a revolutionary energy source and missing his wedding to fiancee dr. We left the theater saying, why did disney have to stick in a nude scene in the middle of an otherwise bland movie. The son of flubber was a sequel to which of these movies. This is the sequel to the absent minded professor 1961. The title character was based in part on hubert alyea, a professor emeritus of chemistry at princeton university, who was known as dr. If you like flubber you are looking for humorous, feel good and not serious movies about with mad scientist, inventor, family, experiment gone awry, university, inventions and discoveries and goofy hero themes of comedy, family and scifi genre shot in usa. Nov 11, 2016 this feature is not available right now. The metamucil became gloopy and in the balloon, it helped make a rubbery, gurgly sound. Flubber is a 1997 movie starring robin williams, and a remake of 1961s the absentminded professor, written by john hughes and directed by les mayfield.
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