When professor brainard experiments further on flubber derivatives, he gets in trouble and only his students can help. Flubber 1997 the original flubber, titled the absent minded professor, was released by disney in 1961 and starred fred macmurray. Son of flubber film in this sequel to the absentminded professor, the unpredictable ned brainard continues his scientific ventures at medfield college. Fred macmurray, nancy olson, keenan wynn, tommy kirk, ed wynn. Medfields lovable but hopelessly absentminded professor ned brainard fred macmurray bounces back in this classic disney film with hilarious new mishaps when he experiments with the amazing byproducts of his startling antigravity substance, flubber. And in 1997 disney attempted to recreate flubbermania with another sequel, this time starring robin williams. Macmurray and company turn their attention to some new inventions, including flubber. Medfields lovable but hopelessly absentminded professor, ned brainard, bounces back in this classic disney film with hilarious new mishaps when he experiments with the amazing byproducts of his startling antigravity substance, flubber. Feb 16, 2014 medfields lovable but hopelessly absentminded professor ned brainard fred macmurray bounces back in this classic disney film with hilarious new mishaps when he experiments with the. He served as a producer on 1960s and 70s films like son of. Inventorprofessor ned fred macmurray and wife betsy nancy olson are already tangling as she announces that her old flame elliott reid is coming to dinner, for unspecified reasons, and surprised when he brings desiree joanna moore, too, in walt disneys son of flubber, 1963. Watch fred macmurrays absentminded professor first, and if you like that, youll probably like son of flubber too. Get the best deals on flubber film discs when you shop the largest online. Nov 12, 2008 inflation scene from the movie son of flubber.
Son of flubber tends to plod during the scenes where the brainards are coerced by their former lovers, but the film provides more than enough fun and laughter to compensate for its occasional plot deficiencies. Its a snapshot of 1960s americana thats very, very special, in my opinion, and even better than the first installment the absent minded. Flubber is a 1997 movie starring robin williams, and a remake of 1961s the absentminded professor, written by john hughes and directed by les mayfield. Both films star fred macmurray as a scientist who has perfected a highbouncing substance, flubber that can levitate an automobile and cause athletes to bounce into the sky. Finally, it was decided to use the mixture as landfill, buried deep under the parking lot at hasbros new warehouse, just outside of providence. Apart from a rather tired bit of marital spatting, the movie is delightful, with flubber gas causing rain to come down inside peoples cars and crooks trying to get their paws on the precious invention. Jan 26, 2016 son of flubber tends to plod during the scenes where the brainards are coerced by their former lovers, but the film provides more than enough fun and laughter to compensate for its occasional plot deficiencies. This causes domestic problems, which leads betsy to ultimately move out and contemplate divorce. Feb 19, 2014 medfields lovable but hopelessly absentminded professor ned brainard fred macmurray bounces back in this classic disney film with hilarious new mishaps when he experiments with the.
The title character was based in part on hubert alyea, a professor emeritus of chemistry at princeton university, who was known as dr. Medfields lovable but hopelessly absentminded professor ned brainard fred macmurray bounces back in this classic disney film with hilarious new mishaps when he experiments with the. Flubber is a substance that somehow magnifies energy, allowing objects to bounce faster and higher than they should. He thinks he may have found the solution in the form of flubbergas, the son of flubber which can change the weather. The film was a huge success at the boxoffice, and two years later became the first disney film to have a sequel, 1963s son of flubber.
Critics thought it was hilarious and wacky, with delightful sequences and the spirit of the original. In the movie, adobe systems downtown san jose tower is featured as the headquarters of ford, which buys his invention. Overview of son of flubber, 1963, directed by robert stevenson, with fred macmurray, nancy olson, keenan wynn, at turner classic movies. In the first film, macmurray used his colleges basketball team as a test for flubber. Son of flubber is the 1963 blackandwhite sequel to the walt disney childrens movie comedy the absentminded professor, also starring fred macmurray as a scientist who has perfected a highbouncing substance, flubber flying rubber that can levitate an automobile and cause athletes to bounce into the sky. Windows shatter, football players fly, and thunderstorms materialize indoors as professor brainard fights to keep medfield college.
He and passenger biff hawk tommy kirk avoid ducks as they fly to the pentagon. Movie typography from son of flubber 1963, directed by robert stevenson, starring fred macmurray, nancy olson, keenan wynn, tommy kirk, ed wynn. The absentminded professor, son of flubber, boy voyage. Much of it will remind elfman fans of everything from the heyday of oingo boingo to the more outrageous passages of his beetlejuice score. Barry, wil wheaton, and clancy brown with jodi benson providing a voice. Someone once wrote that fred macmurray would have been an ideal choice to star in a biopic of disgraced republican president richard nixon. Both films star fred macmurray as a scientist who has perfected a highbouncing substance, flubber flying rubber that can levitate an automobile and cause athletes to bounce into the sky. Beleaguered professor ned brainard fred macmurray has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery of the superelastic substance flubber. The only person to show up in all 3 versions of flubber is actress nancy olson who plays the fiancee betsy in the absent minded professor and son of. A gunlike devise creates a rain cloud at the desired target. Review by aaron wilcott son of flubber, a direct followup to 1961s the absentminded professor, is the continuing story of ned brainard fred macmurray and his new wife betsy nancy olson. Flubber the movie seems to be made out of antiflubber. In selected theaters, the pepper ann episode old best frien.
Flubber can be made from polyvinylacetatebased adhesives, such as elmers glue, baking soda, shaving cream optional and borax as an elementary science education experiment. Coast guard to sink the substance at sea turned out to be a fiasco, as well, as the next day almost all of the dumped flubber came floating back into narragansett bay. While somewhat meandering, son of flubber offers plenty of fun for kids and some entertaining diversion for adults. Son of flubbers concluding scenes are especially engaging and superior to the corresponding segments in its predecessor. The film costars nancy olson and keenan wynn, and was directed by robert stevenson. In fact more so because in this film paul lynde is the stressed and harried play by play announcer of the college football game. Flubber is a 1997 american science fiction comedy film directed by les mayfield and written by hughes, based on an earlier screenplay by bill walsh. Robin williams is the only son of robert williams, a ford executive. Flubber is a 1997 american science fiction comedy film directed by les mayfield who had previously directed another john hughes scripted remake, miracle on 34th street and written by hughes, based on an earlier screenplay by bill walsh. Joining the open in the sequel to the disney hit the absentminded professor, 1961, brainard fred macmurray and biff tommy kirk fly to the pentagon in their flubberpowered car, for a meeting with the shameless secretary of defense edward andrews, in son of. Disneys son of flubber vhs family classic film collection preowned. Professor ned brainard fred macmurray has come up with a new invention called dry rain.
Its no surprise disney went back to the well on this one. Son of flubber, a direct followup to 1961s the absentminded professor, is the continuing story of ned brainard fred macmurray and his new wife betsy nancy olson. Flubber s success was followed by a sequel, son of flubber, in 1963. Ed teamed up with son keenan wynn for a second timethe first was in the absent minded professor 1961in son of flubber 1963. Movies like son of flubber if you like son of flubber you are looking for feel good, not serious and humorous movies about with college, family, inventions and discoveries, family life, disorder, goofy hero and mad scientist themes of comedy, scifi and family genre shot in usa. Son of flubber 1963 movie clip well hit the beach on. Many of the cast members from the absentminded professor also appear in the film, including elliott reid and tommy kirk. The government has taken control of all flubber experiments and left the newlywed couple penniless. In the process he loses his fiancee marcia gay harden, the president of a college in financial trouble. Professor philip brainard williams, an absentminded professortype searching for an. Joining the open in the sequel to the disney hit the absentminded professor, 1961, brainard fred macmurray and biff tommy kirk fly to the pentagon in their flubber powered car, for a meeting with the shameless secretary of defense edward andrews, in son of. Ned brainard fred macmurray again flies his flubberized flivver over washington, d.
Son of flubber 1963 stream and watch online moviefone. A remake of the absentminded professor, the film was produced by walt disney pictures and stars robin williams, marcia gay harden, christopher mcdonald, ted levine, raymond j. Son of flubber is the 1963 sequel to the disney science fiction comedy film the absentminded professor. A remake of the absentminded professor 1961, the film was produced by walt disney pictures and stars robin williams, marcia gay harden, christopher. Son of flubber is the 1963 sequel to the disney science fiction comedy film the absentminded professor 1961. The dvd was released in june 12, 1998, with the same two bonus features as the vhs, as well as the film s original theatrical. Son of flubber follows professor brainard of medfield college as he wreaks havoc with a mysterious, antigravitational substance he calls flubber in this comedic sequel to the absent minded. Proving that sequels rarely measure up, son of flubber reunites cast, director robert stevenson, studio disney, and concept an eccentric inventor, played by fred macmurray, makes odd products with hilarious side effects, and still isnt as good as its predecessor, the absent minded professor. Son of flubber is the first big screen sequel attempted by walt disney productions.
Flubber tells the story of the stereotypical absentminded professor philip brainard robin williams who stumbles upon a formula for a mysterious substance that can bounce, stretch, fly. Barely drop some, and it rebounds crazily off the walls. The pentagon has declared his discovery to be top secret and the irs has slapped him with a huge tax bill, even if he has yet to receive a cent. Just as the first film s highlight was a topsyturvy basketball game in which flubber on the soles of medfields players brought about a wild and wooly contest and is repeated in some film clips midway through the movie in case there were some viewers who had missed the first film, the sequel unimaginatively applies the newest invention. Flubber named from the film the absentminded professor, glorp, glurch, or slime are common names referring to a rubbery polymer formed by crosslinking of polyvinyl alcohol pva with a boron compound. Son of flubber 1963 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Lesser flubber effort, stick with the original flubber. The two movies follow the same basic formula, in which a professor comes up with a revolutionary invention that not only bails his college out of its financial problems, but also helps its lame duck team score a win. That film ends with macmurray flying to washington in his model t you read it right to. In son of flubber, ned brainard explained to a jury that progress often arises from mistakes. In son of flubber, flubber gas is tested during a football game with the same hilarious results. While not exactly a great film, flubber does sport a danny elfman score that flirts happily with many of the elfman trademarks, from blasting brass crescendos to goofy organ lines and peculiar instrumental interruptions. He was awarded three stars on the hollywood walk of famefor motion pictures at 1541 vine street, for radio at 6333 hollywood boulevard, and for television at 6426 hollywood boulevard in hollywood, california. Flubber was first released on vhs and laserdisc on april 21, 1998 with two special bonus features. The absent minded professor 1961, flubber 1997, honey, we shrunk ourselves 1997, honey i blew up the kid 1992, blackbeards ghost 1968, call me claus 2001, the million dollar duck 1971, the computer wore tennis shoes 1969, the love bug 1968, ernest saves christmas 1988. Flubbers success was followed by a sequel, son of flubber, in 1963. Released 1963, son of flubber stars fred macmurray, nancy olson, keenan wynn, tommy kirk the g movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 40 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which.
Ron miller, who served as president and ceo of the walt disney company, has died at age 85 in napa, calif. Walt disney has a very large fan base and as a result first release daybills from their extensive back catalog are becoming harder to find. Both films star fred macmurray as a scientist who ha. Son of flubber 1963 is a direct sequel to the absentminded professor 1961, the very successful gimmick comedy from walt disney productions. Son of flubber 1963 approved 1h 40min comedy, scifi, family 16 january 1963 usa when professor brainard experiments further on flubber derivatives, he gets in trouble and only his students can help. Here is the opening to the 1997 vhs of walt disneys son of flubber 1. Apr 26, 2016 here is the opening to the 1997 vhs of walt disneys son of flubber 1.
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