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Flubber (1997)
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Synopsis: Forgetful Professor Phillip Brainard inadvertently creates "flying rubber" in his lab, misses his wedding date repeatedly, and is menaced by bungling goons hired by a jealous rival out to steal his lady and his invention. Producer and co-screenwriter John Hughes renders the Disney... Forgetful Professor Phillip Brainard inadvertently creates "flying rubber" in his lab, misses his wedding date repeatedly, and is menaced by bungling goons hired by a jealous rival out to steal his lady and his invention. Producer and co-screenwriter John Hughes renders the Disney classic, "The Absent-Minded Professor" for the digital-effects crowd, dusting it with the slapstick hyperbole of his "Home Alone" films and "modern" touches like Brainard's sassy floating personal robot, Weebo. Meanwhile, the flubber itself takes on a life of its own, executing a musical production number. [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Robin Williams, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher McDonald, Raymond J. Barry, Clancy Brown
Story: Samuel W. Taylor
Screenwriter: John Hughes, Bill Walsh
Composer: Danny Elfman
DVD Info
Release:
Oct 4, 1999
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Single Side - Single Layer
- Letterboxed - 1.85:1
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Dolby Surround - French
- Dolby Surround - Spanish
Additional Release Material:
- Original Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
- Scene Access
- Interactive Menus
Reviews
One of Robin Williams's unspeaklably bad filler movies, and maybe one of his worst...and that's saying a lot.
Almost everyone in the cast seems to realize they're here purely to kill time between special-effects sequences and the tiresome slapsticky antics served up by screenwriter John Hughes.


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