Hurewicz was a mathematician noted for work in topology and being distracted. Its weird because honestly i feel i fit the stereotypes altho not the professor part. Tommy kirk, keenan wynn, nancy olson, fred macmurray. The absent minded professor 1961 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from absent minded at the discogs marketplace. An added bonus, my dad was a professor and for quite a while, my brother and i called him the absent minded professor.
Best cinematography blackandwhite, best art direction, and best special effects. Magically there is a college basketball game with the professor putting flubber under the shoes of the players so they have no trouble leaping their way to victorydisney magic competed well with the rest of hollywood as absentminded professor was competing well with benhur for a while. While on the faculty at mit he once gave a colloquium lecture at penn state. Hailed as one of walt disneys most hilarious comedies, the absentminded professor contains two essential elements for laughter fred macmurray and flubber, his gravitydefying formula for flying rubber. Absentminded professor, the film for the third time, professor ned brainard of medfield college is so engrossed in a scientific experiment he fails to show up for his wedding with pretty betsy carlisle. Smallest size with best quality and fast downloads at. The absentminded professor is a 1961 american comic science fiction family film produced by walt disney productions based on the short story a situation of gravity by samuel w. One of the worlds greatest scientists was also recognized as the original absentminded professor. The hustler 1961 took home the first two honors, and while the disney film should have been a shoein for the best special effects prize, that honor went instead to the only other nominee, the guns. A stereotypical fictional character whose focus on academic matters leads them to ignore or forget their surroundings 1864, the american educational monthly, volume 1. Several colleagues from boston schools decided to attend the talk and they took the train to pennsylvania for the lecture.
Given that the professor returned to his office and noticed that he no longer had his. The absentminded professor harry anderson remake 1988 by vault disney. The absentminded professor benefits from quite good special effects macmurrays model t really does fly convincingly and its clear, from those spectacular shots of it in midair, silhouetted against a cloudy twilight sky, where steven spielberg and melissa matheson got the idea for the fleet of flying bicycles at the end of e. What is meant by the absent minded professor syndrome. Fred macmurray ned brainard, nancy olson betsy carlisle, ed wynn fire chief, keenan wynn alonzo hawk, tommy kirk biff hawk, leon ames president rufus daggett, elliott reid shelby. Buy or rent the absentminded professor movie now family.
Professor brainard is the protagonist of the absent minded professor and its 1997 remake flubber. Watch the absentminded professor online 1961 movie yidio. The professors latest lab explosion creates flubber, glop that makes things bounce skyhigh. Not only does the professors model t ford fly through the air with the greatest of ease, but. The movie is much more inspired, likable and familyfriendly not to mention funnier and more charming than the remake starring robin williams. Disney comedy about a professor who invents a revolutionary flying rubber, which he dubs flubber. The absent minded professor 1961 xvid internet archive. The probability that the professor will leave his umbrella in any classroom is 1 4 \frac14 4 1, under the condition that he enters the classroom with his umbrella. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the absentminded professor the parent trap near you. An absentminded professor left his office with his umbrella, lectured in three different classrooms, and then returned to his office.
The absent minded professor 1961 fred macmurray as professor ned brainard. More 1shots the absentminded professor comic book adapts the 1961 film based on the short story a situation of gravity, by samuel w. The absentminded professor is a 1961 blackandwhite walt disney productions film based on the short story a situation of gravity. Download the absent minded professor movies torrents. The absent minded professor 1961 plot summary imdb. Hes a talented man with a passion for his work but hes even more absent minded than youd guess from the title. Wito is growing up so fast, yet still needs me so much, and finding that balance between standing back and being there for. One explanation of this is that highly talented individuals often have unevenly distributed capabilities, being brilliant in their field of choice but below average. Professor phillip brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant weebo, trying to create a substance thats a new source of energy and that will save medfield college where his sweetheart sara is the president. A bumbling professor accidently invents flying rubber, or. Macmurray, kirk, and wynn and the others played their roles to perfection, leaving me in openmouthed admiration.
The absentminded professor rent movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray. The absentminded professor the 1961 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. The absent minded professor 1961 plot summary 3 a college professor invents an antigravity substance which a corrupt businessman wants for himself. There are lots of myths regarding absent minded professors but some of them are true.
Fred macmurray stars in this walt disney comedy hit concerning absentminded professor ned brainard macmurray, a science teacher at a smalltown college, who is so scatterbrained that he has. The absentminded professor the parent trap fandango. I am having a hard time wrapping my brain around first grade. T and atmospheric blackandwhite direction by robert. Flubber 1997 tt01197 professor phillip brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant weebo, trying to create a substance thats a new source of energy and that will save medfield college where his sweetheart sara is the president. Download all yts the absent minded professor movies torrents for free in 720p, 1080p, 4k and 3d quality. Find descriptive alternatives for like an absentminded professor.
Parents need to know that the absentminded professor is a 1961 family comedy about a befuddled yet brilliant professor who comes up with a brilliant invention at the expense of jilting his wife at the altar. It made its vhs debut in 1981 and a controversial colorized version was released in 1986. But although he loses his girl to rival professor shelby ashton, his absentmindedness pays off with the creation of flubber, a rubbery substance with an antigravity agent. I think i tend to fit the absent minded professor stereotype. I remembered it as being thoroughly entertaining and with some very funny sequences. As the film begins hes about to get married, but given that he. The absent minded professor on the surface, walt disneys the absent minded professor is a comedyfantasy of infectious absurdity, a natural followup to the studios shaggy dog.
I spend a lot of my time engrossed in thought and yet i am clumbsy, fair poorly socially, bad with spelling, disorganized, have trouble with det. Absentminded professor idioms by the free dictionary. The absent minded professor classic family from from walt disney that stars fred macmurray in the title role as a rather forgetful and absent minded professor who invents a strange putty substance that drives him and his close contacts bonkers. Probably, that sort of behavior would be commonly characteristic of v bright people with some form of add i am not at all convinced that all people diagnosed with add have the same underlying conditionabnormally. The title character was based in part on hubert alyea, a professor emeritus of chemistry at princeton university, who was known as dr.
The absentminded professor no space, no hyphen is prof ned brainerd, professor of physical chemistry at the medfield college of technology, played by fred macmurray. The absent minded professor 1961 tt0054594 hailed as one of walt disneys most hilarious comedies, the absent minded professor contains two essential elements for laughter fred macmurray and flubber, his gravitydefying formula for flying rubber. I watched the absent minded professor at the cinema way back in 1961, at the age of, and loved it. A college professor invents an antigravity substance which a corrupt businessman wants for himself. The absentminded professor 55th anniversary edition bluray unboxing and opening by mundotimburton. Fred macmurray portrayed the character as ned brainard in the original films, while the robin williams incarnation of the character is named philip brainard. The absentminded professorthe parent trap fandango. One day, on board a train, he was unable to find his ticket. The absentminded professor is a stock character of popular fiction, usually portrayed as a talented academic whose academic brilliance is accompanied by belowpar functioning in other areas, leading to forgetfulness and mistakes. Youll visit medfield college and delight in the fun when professor brainard fred macmurray uses flubber to put more bounce in the basketball team, fly a model t jalopy over washington, d. The absent minded professor 1961 action comedy family scifi sport. The professor is so absent minded he requires artificial ventilation and a feeding tube. Like an absentminded professor synonyms, like an absent.
Younger kids will enjoy all of the crazy, bouncy action theres a good dog in it, too, while aspiring athletes will love the flubberenhanced basketball game. The absent minded professor 1961 yify download movie. An absentminded professor, in going out of the gateway of his college, ran against a cow. Search results for the absentminded professor dvd netflix. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. If you have forgotten your password, just type in your email address and yts will send you a link to reset your password. Synonyms for like an absentminded professor at with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the absentminded professorthe parent trap near you. When the absentminded professor was released on march 16, 1961, critics raved about its light hearted tone and humor and audiences made it a huge success.
The absent minded professor 1961 cast and crew moviefone. A bumbling professor accidently invents flying rubber, or flubber, an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. He can only communicate via barely intelligible babble because he forgets how to properly enunciate, and has to have his babble recorded nonstop since he forgets his own ideas the professors house is filled with tons of science experiments ie. The absentminded professor is a 1961 american comic science fiction family film produced by walt disney productions based on the short story a situation of. The absent minded professor 1961 fred macmurray as.
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