Flubber

Flubber

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PG 1997 · 93 min · ★ 5.7 (3K) · Comedy, Family, Science Fiction

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.

Directed by Les Mayfield · Written by John Hughes

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Robin Williams Professor Philip Brainard
Marcia Gay Harden Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds
Christopher McDonald Wilson Croft
Raymond J. Barry Chester Hoenicker
Clancy Brown Smith
Nancy Olson Secretary at Ford Motor Company
Ted Levine Wesson
Wil Wheaton Bennett Hoenicker
Edie McClurg Martha George
Jodi Benson Weebo (voice)
Leslie Stefanson Sylvia
Malcolm Brownson Father

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