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Poster for Flubber
Directed by
Les Mayfield

Screenplay by
John Hughes

Music Composed by
Danny Elfman

World Premiere
November 11, 1997 (New York)

Theatrical Release Date
November 26, 1997

DVD Release Date
June 16, 1998

Production Companies
Great Oaks Entertainment, Walt Disney Pictures

Distribution Company
Buena Vista Pictures

Summary

Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent-minded professor, works with his robotic assistant Weebo trying to create a substance that's a new energy source and that will save Medfield College, where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his wedding ceremony twice, and on the afternoon of his third wedding, Professor Brainard creates a substance which allows objects to fly through the air. It looks like rubber, so he calls it flubber. This film is based on the 1961 Disney classic "The Absent-Minded Professor."

Trailer
Quotes

Philip
Morning--or afternoon, whatever the case may be. We have a lot to talk about today, so let's get into it without delay. Oh! Oh, uh, thank you, whoever gave me the plate of fruit and the dead pheasant, but it does not count as extra credit. Last time we were talking about Newton's Law of gravitation. To review: We see this "G" is like the "c" in E=mc squared. It's a constant, constant universe, as much as anything is constant in the universe. It's saying that the force of attraction between two bodies is in direct proportion to the product of the masses and in inverse proportion to the square of the distance between them. An example would be--Let's make, uh, naked man, "M-1." Naked lady "M-2." Now, according to this formula, their attractive forces would want to close the distance to zero. Why don't they? Hmm? The earth! Ah. So, in essence that is gravity and this... is "Dr. Richard's Life Drawing." Ah. It's not my class, is it?

Philip
Wish I understood human beings. Wish I understood women. Wish I understood emotions and passions. I wish I understood any of that. If I did, I wouldn't have to spend my entire life in a laboratory trying to figure out how the world works. I would've been out in the world trying to figure out why it works. I know I love her, Weebo. Every neuron in my limbic system is saturated with phenylethylamine. That triggers euphoria, elation, exhilaration. Truth is, Weebo, I'm not absent-minded because I'm selfish or crazy or--or inconsiderate. I'm absent-minded because I'm in love with Sara.

Photo Gallery
Main Cast

Robin Williams
Professor Philip Brainard

Marcia Gay Harden
Sara Jean Reynolds

Christopher McDonald
Wilson Croft

Jodi Benson
Weebo

Tagline

The stuff dreams are made of

Filming Info

Dates
October 8, 1996 - February 4, 1997

Locations
Alameda, CA
San Jose, CA
Treasure Island, CA
Stanford University, CA
Palo Alto, CA
Stockton, CA

International Release Dates

Thailand
December 4, 1997

Singapore
December 11, 1997

Brazil
December 12, 1997

Mexico
December 19, 1997

South Korea
December 20, 1997

Argentina
December 25, 1997

Australia
New Zealand
December 26, 1997

Hong Kong
January 28, 1998

Poland
January 30, 1998

Hungary
February 5, 1998

UK
February 6, 1998

Netherlands
February 12, 1998

Iceland
February 13, 1998

Slovakia
March 5, 1998

Japan
March 7, 1998

Spain
March 10, 1998

Denmark
Finland
Italy
Norway
March 13, 1998

Germany
March 19, 1998

Estonia
Sweden
March 20, 1998

Portugal
Switzerland
March 27, 1998

Belgium
France
April 1, 1998

Greece
April 3, 1998

Turkey
April 4, 1998

Kuwait
April 5, 1998

Russia
October 30, 1998

International Titles

Turkey
Dalgin profesör

Italy
Flubber - Un professore tra le nuvole

Finland
Flubber - maailman mahtavin mönjä

Spain
Flubber y el profesor chiflado

Argentina
Flubber, el invento del siglo

Portugal
O Professor Distraído

Canada
Plaxmol (French title)

Slovenia
Raztreseni profesor

Media Availability

This title is available on:

DVD
Video
CD
Poster
Box Office Details

Gross
$92,977,226 (USA)
$85,000,000 (international)
$177,977,226 (total)

Opening Weekend
$26,725,207 (2,641 theaters)

Widest Release
2,679 theaters

In Release
about 8 weeks