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The Absent-Minded Professor (1988)

1988-01-01 · EN
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Henry Crawford is the titular absent-minded professor busy at work in his laboratory. He has a girlfriend, but she is getting frustrated at his repeatedly missing their dates and spending more time with his experiments than with her. One day, Prof. Crawford makes an incredible discovery a form of rubber that defies gravity with each bounce, which he names Flubber. Hopefully, with this invention Crawford can prove to his love that he's not just a hopeless loser stuck doing dead-end research.

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Richard ChapmanWriterRobert ScheererDirector

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Harry AndersonHarry AndersonHenry CrawfordJung Kyung-soonJung Kyung-soonDavid PaymerDavid PaymerMr. OliphantBibi OsterwaldBibi OsterwaldMrs. NakamuraThomas CallawayThomas CallawayProfessor Donald

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Genre affinityComedy · Tv MovieDialogue densityComedyDirector preference347950Actor preference169494 · 263962 · 82220Country preferenceUsDecade preference1980

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Henry Crawford is the titular absent-minded professor busy at work in his laboratory. He has a girlfriend, but she is getting frustrated at his repeatedly missing their dates and spending more time with his experiments than with her. One day, Prof. Crawford makes an incredible discovery a form of rubber that defies gravity with each bounce, which he names Flubber. Hopefully, with this invention Crawford can prove to his love that he's not just a hopeless loser stuck doing dead-end research.