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Flubber

Flubber

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19975.71h 33m

Overview

Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his wedding twice, and on the afternoon of his third wedding, Professor Brainard creates flubber, which allows objects to fly through the air.

Directed by Les Mayfield
Written by John Hughes, Bill Walsh, Samuel W. Taylor
Produced by John Hughes, Ricardo Mestres
Box OfficeBudget: $80.0MRevenue: $178.0M

Top Cast

Robin Williams

Robin Williams

Professor Philip Brainard

Marcia Gay Harden

Marcia Gay Harden

Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds

Christopher McDonald

Christopher McDonald

Wilson Croft

Raymond J. Barry

Raymond J. Barry

Chester Hoenicker

Clancy Brown

Clancy Brown

Smith

Nancy Olson

Nancy Olson

Secretary at Ford Motor Company

Ted Levine

Ted Levine

Wesson

Wil Wheaton

Wil Wheaton

Bennett Hoenicker

Edie McClurg

Edie McClurg

Martha George

Jodi Benson

Jodi Benson

Weebo (voice)

Themes & Keywords

wedding vowsinventorslimeflightmad scientistremakeweddingsecret formulaflubber

About Flubber

Flubber is a comedy, family, science fiction film released in 1997 exploring themes of wedding vows, inventor, slime, flight, mad scientist, remake. Directed by Les Mayfield, it stars Robin Williams, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher McDonald. Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his wedding twice, and on the afternoon of his third wedding, Professor Brainard creates flubber, which allows objects to fly through the air.

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