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The Absent-Minded Professor

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

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Audience Score
65

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Here are a few key highlights to round things out 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 represents input from reviews from 185 engaged users.

Ready to dive into the plot? 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.