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Young Einstein (1988)

PG  91 min  -  Comedy | History   -  4 August 1989 (USA)
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Albert Einstein is the son of a Tasmanian apple farmer, who discovers the secret of splitting the beer atom to put the bubbles back into beer... See full summary »

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Yahoo Serious
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Yahoo Serious Yahoo Serious ...
Odile Le Clezio Odile Le Clezio ...
John Howard ...
Preston Preston
Peewee Wilson Peewee Wilson ...
Mr. Einstein
Su Cruickshank Su Cruickshank ...
Lulu Pinkus Lulu Pinkus ...
The Blonde
Kaarin Fairfax Kaarin Fairfax ...
Michael Lake Michael Lake ...
Manager
Jonathan Coleman Jonathan Coleman ...
Wolfgang Bavarian
Johnny McCall Johnny McCall ...
Rudy Bavarian / Tasmanian Devil
Michael Blaxland Michael Blaxland ...
Desk Clerk
Ray Fogo Ray Fogo ...
Bright Clerk
Terry Pead Terry Pead ...
Inventor Couple
Alice Pead Alice Pead ...
Inventor Couple
Frank McDonald Frank McDonald ...
Nihilist
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Storyline

Albert Einstein is the son of a Tasmanian apple farmer, who discovers the secret of splitting the beer atom to put the bubbles back into beer. When Albert travels to Sydney to patent his invention he meets beautiful French scientist Marie Curie, as well as several unscrupulous types who try to take advantage of the naive genius and his invention. Written by Alexander Lum <aj_lum@postoffice.utas.edu.au>  

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Plot Keywords:

Beer | Patent | Marie Curie | Apple | Beer Brewery  | See more »

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In 1905 he discovered relativity... In 1906 he invented rock and roll. See more »

Genres:

Comedy | History

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Official Sites:

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Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

(USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Az ifjú Einstein See more »

Filming Locations:

Australia See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

AUD 725,529 (Australia) (17 December 1988)

Gross:

$11,536,599 (USA)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros. Pictures See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Constant references apples and props were a joke on the fact Tasmania is Australia's largest producer/supplier of apples, so much so that the official state slogan printed on Tasmanian car license plates is "Tasmania: The Apple Isle". See more »

Goofs

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Marie talks to Albert in the Lunatic Asylum's shower room, "If you won't do anything, who will?" is dubbed over "If you won't do anything, I will." See more »

Quotes

Albert Einstein: Dad, I want to be a physicist.
Mr. Einstein: What do they grow, son?
Albert Einstein: They don't grow anything.
Mr. Einstein: Well what's the use of them then?
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Crazy Credits

Young Einstein is dedicated to a genius, a rebel, a pacifist, an eccentric
with a clowning sense of humour who once remarked about his own theories
"...I never thought that others would take them so much more seriously than
I did...".
Albert Einstein
1879-1955 See more »

Connections

Featured in "20 to 1: Great Aussie Movies (#3.5)" (2006) See more »

Soundtracks

"In the Hall of the Mountain King"
(uncredited)
Written by Edvard Grieg See more »