| | | Let The Goo Times Roll!
Features: DVD, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), French, Spanish, Dubbed
Packed with unmistakable Disney magic, Flubber explodes on the screen, fusing adventure, eye-popping visual effects, and the gravity-defying comic genius of Robin Williams. The resulting concoction is a hilarious adventure for all ages.
Brilliant but befuddled Professor Philip Brainard (Williams) is on the brink of inventing a revolutionary energy source and missing his wedding to fiancée Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds - president of financially challenged Medfield College - for the third time! When Philip experiments with his own big bang theory, a miraculous elastic goo - Flubber - emerges, leaving him ecstatic but unmarried! Philip and his flying cyber sidekick Weebo soon discover that Flubber, applied to anything, enables it to bounce super high and fast. However, many questions remain. Is Flubber goo enough to win Sara back, save Medfield from its financial problems and slip through the hands of the evil financier who is bankrolling the college?
"Outrageously funny!" WBAI Radio, New York
"It's a perfect fit for Williams..." San Francisco Chronicle
Editor's Note
Forgetful Professor Phillip Brainard inadvertently creates "flying rubber" in his lab, misses his wedding date repeatedly, and is menaced by bungling goons hired by a jealous rival out to steal his lady and his invention. Producer and co-screenwriter John Hughes renders the Disney classic, "The Absent-Minded Professor" for the digital-effects crowd, dusting it with the slapstick hyperbole of his "Home Alone" films and "modern" touches like Brainard's sassy floating personal robot, Weebo. Meanwhile, the flubber itself takes on a life of its own, executing a musical production number.
| Features | Subtitles: English, Spanish, French | | Theatrical Trailer | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1; French, Spanish Dolby Digital Stereo |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista (Disney) |
| Release Date: 6/1/2004 |
| Running Time: 94 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1997 | | Catalog ID: 14249 | | UPC: 00717951000309 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...Great big gobs of wiggly green goo....All the gee-wizardry that '90s effects can conjure..." 11/26/1997 p.9DNew York Times
"...Technological advances in filmmaking make these flying scenes pleasant and even allow the flubber a Busby Berkeley dance routine..." 11/26/1997 p.E8 Box Office
"...Charming....The animation is impressive..." 02/01/1998 p.57 Washington Post 5 of 10
If Flubber the movie isn't quite a slam dunk, at least it's a relatively bouncy way to spend an hour and a half. - John F. Kelly
Box Office Magazine 6 of 10
...a charming remake of Walt Disney's 1961 classic The Absent-Minded Professor... Although Flubber's humor may be a little too slapstick for some adults to appreciate, children will love it. The interactions between Williams and Flubber are well timed and convincing. Williams' miming and ad-libbing skills serve him well. The animation itself is impressive...
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