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The Absent-Minded Professor

The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) - Where to Watch

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Ready to watch 'The Absent-Minded Professor' at home? Below, you’ll find ways to watch including rental, purchase, and subscription options, so you can find the right fit. As of now in the US, 'The Absent-Minded Professor' is available on Disney+, Prime Video, YouTube, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Apple TV Store to rent, buy, or stream with a subscription.

Here are a few more things worth knowing about the Walt Disney Productions comedy flick. The Absent-Minded Professor starring Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk has a G rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 36 min. The release date of the movie is March 16th, 1961. The movie received a user score of 65/100 on TMDb, which is informed by reviews from 185 real users.

Need a fast recap before watching? Here's the plot: "Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally 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."

'The Absent-Minded Professor' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on March 16th, 1961
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting January 14th, 2003 - Buy The Absent-Minded Professor DVD

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The Absent-Minded Professor is a 1961 American film distributed by Walt Disney Productions based on the short story A Situation of Gravity, by Samuel W. Taylor. The title character was based in part on Hubert Alyea, a professor emeritus of chemistry at Princeton University, who was known as "Dr. Boom" for his explosive demonstrations. The film was a huge success at the box-office, and two years later became the first Disney film to have a sequel, 1963's Son of Flubber.