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This movie starts with Philip Brainard (Fred MacMurry) in his garage labratory working on a new chemical substance. His housekeeper comes in and tells him that his wedding is that night. But he absent-mindedly forgets as he is working on his experiments. Well as the movie goes on it shows him having to fight for his girl with Shelby Ashton, an English Professor from Rutland. As the story goes on we meet Alonzo Hawk (Keenan Wynn) the owner of an Insurance company who has the mortgage of the Deep In Debt University Medfield College. He tells them that if they don't have the monthly payment in by the end of the month. That Medfield COllege will just be a pile of rubble. Well to sum up this movie Phillip Brainard marries his sweethart (Nancy Olson) and they fly away to their honeyomoon on Philips Flubber powered Model T Ford. (Touring Car).
Chris Johnson, Resident Scholar
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Ned Brainard (MacMurray) is a bumbling chemistry professor at the small town college of Medfield. He is so absent-minded he forgets to show up at his wedding -- three times! -- so fiancee Betsy Carlisle (Olson) starts seeing another prof. Meanwhile, Brainard stumbles on a fabulous invention, flying rubber, which gains energy whenever it strikes a solid surface, and he calls it "flubber." It creates shoes that can enable the wearer to jump to amazing heights, and allows Brainard to fly his old Model T. The basketball team's star player, Biff Hawk, has gotten poor grades from Brainard and so he is off the team, which is losing badly to rival Rutland College. Flubber comes to the rescue, naturally. The U.S. military isn't interested in the invention, but Biff's father, the unscrupulous Alonzo Hawk, who wants to develop housing on the campus, schemes to steal the invention. All comes out well, of course, in this silly Disney picture helmed by director Robert Stevenson and writer Bill Walsh, who were responsible for many later hits, including "Mary Poppins," "That Darn Cat," "The Love Bug," and "Bedknobs and Broomsticks."
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Technology/$$$$/Info hunt
Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying
- method of transportation
Parody movie?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- scientist
- teacher/professor
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- obsessed
- deluded
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium straight
Body type
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Full Frontal
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- ample chest & buttocks (female)
Unclothed?
- full frontal
How much in movie?
- 60%
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- business executive
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
- 60%
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
unclothed?
- full frontal
Ethnicity
- White
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average Intelligence
Physical condition
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th Century (1950-1970)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Big cities?
Yes
Misc settings
- bar/restaurant
Kind of city
- Beautiful sparkling advanced city
Small town?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Tone of movie
- upbeat
- funny
Comedy or somewhat funny movie?
Yes
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
Kinds of F/X
- exotic alien landscape
Is this movie based on a
- book
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