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PGPICK SELECTION61
✳ JUST FOR LAUGHS
The Absent-Minded Professor.
A little invention gives life a big bounce.
A forgetful professor invents a substance that can make objects bounce to extraordinary heights. His discovery attracts a scheming businessman while his distraction threatens his relationship and his college's future.
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Practical comedy effects turn basketball and an old car into elastic surprises. Fred MacMurray's earnest inventor makes the impossible science easy to enjoy.
BEFORE YOU PRESS PLAY
Know the story.
Know your little people.
Dangerous driving and flying, slapstick injuries, deception and threats from a businessman. Smoking and dated gender roles appear, with the professor repeatedly neglecting his fiancée.
Our notes are a starting point, not an age recommendation. G and PG films can still include intense moments. You know your family best.
BEHIND THE SCENES
The little details.
- Directed by
- Robert Stevenson
- Starring
- Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Ed Wynn, Tommy Kirk, Leon Ames, Edward Andrews, Elliott Reid
- Written by
- Samuel W. Taylor, Bill Walsh
- Release date
- March 16, 1961
- Runtime
- 96 minutes
- Genre
- Classics, Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
- Studio
- Walt Disney Productions
- Language
- English
LIGHTS DOWN. SNACKS READY.
Make a night of it.
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