The Absent-Minded Professor

The Absent-Minded Professor — Plot

Henry Crawford is the titular absent-minded professor busy at work in his laboratory. He has a girlfriend, but she is getting frustrated at his repeatedly missing their dates and spending more time with his experiments than with her. One day, Prof. Crawford makes an incredible discovery a form of rubber that defies gravity with each bounce, which he names Flubber. Hopefully, with this invention Crawford can prove to his love that he's not just a hopeless loser stuck doing dead-end research.

• Release date
• November 27, 1988
• Runtime
• 45 min
• Genres
• Comedy, TV Movie
• Director
• Robert Scheerer

The Absent-Minded Professor — Cast

Harry Anderson Henry Crawford David Paymer Mr. Oliphant Bibi Osterwald Mrs. Nakamura Thomas Callaway Professor Donald