Movie Cosmos - Flubber | Movie Cosmos

Description:

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.

Top Cast >

Robin Williams

As Professor Philip Brainard

Marcia Gay Harden

As Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds

Christopher McDonald

As Wilson Croft

Raymond J. Barry

As Chester Hoenicker

Clancy Brown

As Smith

Nancy Olson

As Secretary at Ford Motor Company

Ted Levine

As Wesson

Wil Wheaton

As Bennett Hoenicker

Edie McClurg

As Martha George

Jodi Benson

As Weebo (voice)

Leslie Stefanson

As Sylvia

Malcolm Brownson

As Father

Benjamin Brock

As Window Boy

Dakin Matthews

As Minister

Zack Zeigler

As Teenage Boy

Sam Lloyd

As Coach Willy Barker

Scott Martin Gershin

As Flubber (voice)

Julie Morrison

As Weebette (voice)

Bob Sarlatte

As Rutland Coach

Scott Michael Campbell

As Dale Jepner

Bob Greene

As Referee

Tom Barlow

As Medfield Basketball Player

Top Crew >

Les Mayfield

Director

Bill Walsh

Screenplay

Ricardo Mestres

Producer

Dean Cundey

Director of Photography

Michael A. Stevenson

Editor

John Hughes

Producer, Screenplay

Harvey Rosenstock

Editor

David Nicksay

Executive Producer

Michael Orefice

Chief Lighting Technician

Jason Boccaleoni

Electrician

Andrew Somers

Sound Effects Editor

Matthew H. Rowland

First Assistant Director

Freddie Hice

Stunt Coordinator

Tom Cloutier

Electrician

Chris Hogan

Sound Effects Editor

William Coss

First Assistant Camera

Roy Augenstein

Special Effects Technician

Daniel B. Clancy

Leadman

Carol DePasquale

Script Supervisor

Michael Polaire

Unit Production Manager, Co-Producer

Amy J. Smith

Costumer

Casey Hotchkiss

Camera Operator

Terry Sullivan

Best Boy Electric

Jessica Gallavan

ADR Supervisor

Ellen Segal

Music Editor

Joseph Markham

Costume Supervisor

Lynetta Freeman

Second Assistant Camera

Angela C. Tortu

Second Assistant Director

Stephen J. Gardner

Assistant Property Master

Bryan Bowen

Sound Effects Editor

Richard Dwan Jr.

Sound Effects Editor

Peter Crosman

Second Unit Director, Visual Effects Supervisor

Rory Enke

Location Manager

Kenny Searle

Transportation Coordinator

Dan M. Rich

Dialogue Editor

Beau Bonneau

Extras Casting

Barbara Harris

ADR Voice Casting

Peter Zinda

Sound Effects Editor

David Stanke

Sound Assistant

Doc Kane

ADR Mixer

John K. Adams

ADR Editor

David W. Alstadter

Foley Mixer

Kimberly Lowe Voigt

ADR Editor

Bob Putynkowski

Color Timer

Mike Boudry

ADR Recordist

Catherine Harper

Foley Artist

Phil Bray

Still Photographer

Suzy Sharp-Kane

Casting Associate

Michael A. Reagan

Sound Effects Editor

Lauren Stephens

Dialogue Editor

Terry Porter

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Constance A. Kazmer

Dialogue Editor

Dean A. Zupancic

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Dan Hegeman

Sound Effects Editor

Mark Gordon

Dialogue Editor

Larry Kemp

ADR Editor

Arthur Farkas

Foley Editor

James Moriana

Foley Artist

Lee W. Lebaigue

Sound Assistant

Michael Umble

Unit Publicist

Dino DiMuro

Sound Effects Editor

Michelle Pazer

Sound Assistant

Mel Metcalfe

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Robert K. Johnson

Transportation Captain

Raymond Stella

Second Unit Director of Photography

Howard E. Baker

Animation Supervisor

Samuel W. Taylor

Short Story

Matsune Suzuki

Modeling

Steve Bartek

Orchestrator

Steve Kelso

Stunts

Nancy Foy

Casting

Troy Gilbert

Stunts

Heather Burton

Stunts

Troy Robinson

Stunt Double

Troy Brown

Stunt Double

Andrew McAlpine

Production Design

James E. Tocci

Art Direction

Cheri Minns

Makeup Supervisor

Erin Kemp

Set Designer

Roni McKinley

Visual Effects Producer

April Ferry

Costume Design

Wylie Stateman

Supervising Sound Editor

Marianna Åström-De Fina

Makeup Artist

Tom Bertino

Visual Effects Supervisor, Animation Supervisor

Daniel Loren May

Set Decoration

Stan Parks

Special Effects Coordinator

Danny Elfman

Original Music Composer

Keith Neely

Assistant Art Director

Douglas Smith

Visual Effects Supervisor

Mariann Ybarra

Hairstylist

Daniel Sudick

Special Effects Supervisor

Lynda Thompson

Visual Effects Producer

Rochelle Gross

Visual Effects Coordinator

Sandra Ford Karpman

Visual Effects Supervisor

Scott Martin Gershin

Supervising Sound Editor

Kris Ravetto

Makeup Artist

Carol A. O'Connell

Key Hair Stylist

Kyle Cooper

Title Designer

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (6/10)

It's kind of fitting as I decided to decline Disney's kind invitation to pay 33% more for my Disney+ that this is the last of their films that I watched. It sums up the mediocrity of this once innovative source of vibrant and creative animation - and presents us with a derivative version of a film that Jerry Lewis might have made in the 1960s if he'd owned "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" - and no, "Flubber" isn't even a dolphin! It all relies on the rather annoying performance of Robin Williams in the role of the madcap scientist "Prof. Brainard" who is determined to save his college from closure by coming up with a miracle invention. His woes don't just stop there, though. His fiancée "Sara" (Marcia Gay Harden) might just be seeing another man! Anyway, what he does manage to create is the eponymous, extremely independently elastic, green gunge that can be everything from load bearing to ultra-stretchy. Needless to say, this attracts the attention of rivals and so he must now focus on a two pronged offensive to protect his sludge and keep his gal. There's only so much the talented Williams can do here before the whole thing just sinks into it's own green goo. The script is borderline puerile and even a flying car can't really rescue this from a rather disappointing predictability. At least it's short and sweet, but really hasn't an original bone in it's flexi-body!

2024-01-02