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The Absent Minded Professor ()

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A college professor invents an anti-gravity substance which a corrupt businessman wants for himself.
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  • Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 win & 5 nominations.
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Professor Ned Brainard
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Betsy Carlisle
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Alonzo P. Hawk
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Biff Hawk
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President Rufus Daggett
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Professor Shelby Ashton
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Defense Secretary
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General Singer
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Air Force Captain
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Mrs. Chatsworth
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Coach Elkins
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TV Newsman
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Lenny
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Police Officer Kelley
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Police Officer Hanson
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First Referee
Charlie Briggs ...
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Reverend Bosworth
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General Hotchkiss
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Admiral Olmstead
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General Poynter
Leon Tyler ...
Basketball Player #18
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Fire Chief
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Carroll Adams ...
Basketball Player (uncredited)
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Wedding Guest (uncredited)
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Assistant Cameraman (uncredited)
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News Reporter (uncredited)
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Military Officer (uncredited)
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Taxi Driver (uncredited)
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Sam Wheeler (uncredited)
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Dog (uncredited)
Ralph Clanton ...
O.J. Turnbull (uncredited)
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Boy at Dance (uncredited)
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Admiral's assistant (uncredited)
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Defense Department Secretary (uncredited)
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Military Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
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Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Charles Fogel ...
Citizen (uncredited)
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Loudspeaker Voice / Air Force Dispatcher (uncredited) (voice)
Mike Fryer ...
Basketball Player (uncredited)
Richard George ...
Government Agent (uncredited)
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Rutland Basketball Coach (uncredited)
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Citizen (uncredited)
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Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Gordon Martin ...
Basketball Player (uncredited)
Marlin McKeever ...
Football Player (uncredited)
Mike McKeever ...
Football Player (uncredited)
William Meader ...
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Henry Norell ...
Assistant Fire Chief (uncredited)
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Communications Man (uncredited)
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Fisherman Spectator (uncredited)
Robert Perry ...
Basket Ball Player (uncredited)
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Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Guy Prescott ...
Reporter (uncredited)
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Woman in Street Interviewee (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
John Rice ...
Citizen (uncredited)
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Man Throwing Rice at Wedding (uncredited)
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Man in Street Interviewee (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey ...
Basketball Game Spectator (uncredited)
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Girl (uncredited)
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Fisherman Spectator (uncredited)
Ned Wynn ...
Boy (uncredited)

Directed by

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Robert Stevenson

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Bill Walsh ... (screenplay by)
 
Samuel W. Taylor ... (based on a story by)

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Walt Disney ... producer (uncredited)
Bill Walsh ... associate producer

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George Bruns ... (music)

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Edward Colman ... director of photography

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Cotton Warburton ... film editor

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Carroll Clark

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Hal Gausman
Emile Kuri

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Pat McNalley ... makeup artist
Ruth Sandifer ... hair stylist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Robert G. Shannon ... assistant director
Arthur J. Vitarelli ... second unit director

Sound Department

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Robert O. Cook ... sound supervisor
Dean Thomas ... sound mixer

Special Effects by

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Peter Ellenshaw ... special effects
Eustace Lycett ... special effects
Robert A. Mattey ... special effects
Joshua Meador ... special effects
Petro Vlahos ... special effects engineer (uncredited)

Stunts

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Bob Herron ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Calvin A. Maehl ... gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Gertrude Casey ... costumer
Chuck Keehne ... costumer

Music Department

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Evelyn Kennedy ... music editor
Franklyn Marks ... orchestrator

Additional Crew

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Don DaGradi ... sequence consultant
Walt Disney ... presenter
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Plot Summary

A bumbling professor accidently invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly. Unfortunately, no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk, a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself. Written by Kenneth Chisholm

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Taglines The funniest discovery since laughter!! [1976 re-release UK] See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Absent-minded Professor (United States)
  • The Absent-Minded Professor (United States)
  • Monte là-d'ssus (France)
  • Professeur tête en l'air (France)
  • Monte là-d'ssus... et tu riras aux larmes ! (France)
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Runtime
  • 97 min
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Budget $2,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia At the height of the film's popularity, "Time" Magazine printed the "Disney" special effects department's recipe for Flubber, as used in the movie. It read as follows: "To one pound of salt water taffy add one heaping tablespoon polyurethane foam, one cake crumbled yeast. Mix till smooth, allow to rise. Then pour into saucepan over one cup cracked rice with one cup water. Add topping of molasses. Boil till lid lifts and says 'Qurlp'." It is not recorded whether this also carried the standard warning "do not try this at home". See more »
Goofs When the Hawks are chasing Professor Brainard and Betsy, the two policemen are shown approaching the area in their squad car, a 1956 Ford. However, when they arrive on the scene, they are driving a 1960 Ford. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Absent-Minded Professor: Part 1 (1979). See more »
Soundtracks Medfield Fight Song See more »
Quotes Prof. Ned Brainard: Let's see, flying rubber... Flubber!
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