The Absent-Minded Professor (Widescreen Edition)
by Robert Stevenson
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Actor: Fred MacMurray, Keenan Wynn, Leon Ames, Nancy Olson, Tommy KirkDirector: Robert Stevenson
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-09-02
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Walt Disney Home Video
Movie Reviews of The Absent-Minded Professor (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: Very funny, and a great time for all! (B/W version)
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw "The Absentminded Professor" while at camp Matollionequay as little girl years ago and fell on the floor laughing. When I saw it was available on DVD, I quickly purchased it to have it for my family so my 5 ? year old daughter, husband and I could enjoy it together. The movie is simply infectious and has humor for all ages.
The story is chock-full and has many veins and sub-plots, which add to the fun. Basically, the story revolves around the main character, the "Absentminded Professor" himself, Dr. Brainard following the time around his wedding (the third time staged, as he "forgot" to go to the first two...I wonder what the outlook is for the third time?), and his unexpected discovery of a metastable compound he dubs, "flying rubber", or "Flubber".
Throughout the movie, we see several stories playing out - the missed wedding, the discovery of Flubber's properties, Dr. Brainard's attempt to win back his love, and the effort to keep Medfield College afloat financially. Add to that, the run-ins with the police, and the way Dr. Brainard helps Medfield College win an important basketball game, and you've got yourself a winning ticket.
Overall, this is film is great fun with really timeless humor. You can watch it again and again. There's no cursing or crude humor, so you don't have to be embarrassed to watch it with your kids or even your grandparents. I think this film would be ideal for kids today, from about age 4-15 or so, but it's good for adults, as well.
Summary of The Absent-Minded Professor (Widescreen Edition)
The original, 1961 version of The Absent-Minded Professor is bound to be a hundred times funnier than the bland remake, Flubber. Fred MacMurray is charming as the eccentric college professor who discovers a gooey substance with sustainable energy. Everything about this movie clicks in a way Flubber didn't, particularly the effort by director Robert Stevenson (a Disney favorite who made Mary Poppins, That Darn Cat, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and many other hits for the studio) to create comic tension between MacMurray's gentlemanly performance and the slapstick set pieces. The famous basketball scene (in which some of the players don't realize they have flubber on the soles of their shoes) is perfectly choreographed and exceptionally funny for kids. --Tom KeoghHailed as one of Walt Disney's most hilarious comedies, THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR contains two essential elements for laughter -- Fred MacMurray and Flubber, his gravity-defying formula for flying rubber! You'll visit Medfield College and delight in the fun when Professor Brainard (Fred MacMurray) uses Flubber to put more bounce in the basketball team, fly a Model "T" Jalopy over Washington, D.C., and save Medfield College from financial ruin! Join a brilliant cast full of your favorite Disney stars: Ed Wynn as Medfield's bumbling Fire Chief, Keenan Wynn as the evil-minded Alonzo Hawk, and Nancy Olson as the college secretary who the Professor has absent-mindedly left at the altar ... three times! It's high-flying fun for the entire family!
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