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Flubber

Movie·1997·Comedy, Family, Science Fiction·1h 33m·5.7 (2,557)·Directed by Les Mayfield

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Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his wedding twice, and on the afternoon of his third wedding, Professor Brainard creates flubber, which allows objects to fly through the air.

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Robin WilliamsRobin WilliamsProfessor Philip BrainardMarcia Gay HardenMarcia Gay HardenDr. Sara Jean ReynoldsChristopher McDonaldChristopher McDonaldWilson CroftRaymond J. BarryRaymond J. BarryChester HoenickerClancy BrownClancy BrownSmithNancy OlsonNancy OlsonSecretary at Ford Motor CompanyTed LevineTed LevineWessonWil WheatonWil WheatonBennett Hoenicker

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