The Absent-Minded Professor Movie Review

Classic dumb Disney fantasy of the era is still fun for kids and for adults who remember it with fondness. A professor (Fred MacMurray, at his easy-going likable best) accidentally invents an anti-gravity substance called flubber, causing inanimate objects and people to become airborne. Great sequence of the losing school basketball team taking advantage of flubber during a game, and, of course, the famous “flying flivver” Model T. Also available in a colorized version. Followed by Son of Flubber.

1961 97m/B Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk, Leon Ames, Ed Wynn; D: Robert Stevenson; C: Edward Colman; M: George Bruns. Nominations: Academy Awards ‘61: Best Art Direction/Set Decoration (B & W), Best Black and White Cinematography. VHS, Beta, LV DIS, BTV