Flubber Page #5

Synopsis: 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. It looks like rubber, so he calls it flubber. This film is based on the 1961 Disney classic, "The Absent-Minded Professor.
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Les Mayfield
Production: Disney
  3 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.2
Metacritic:
37
Rotten Tomatoes:
24%
PG
Year:
1997
93 min
2,122 Views


- Yes.

- Oh, of course.

- A-Air travel.

Oh, Sara! Air travel.

- Yes.

- Oh.

- We`d better sell this

to a car company.

- Oh, Phillip.

- Hey!

- Dr Reynolds.

Professor. It`s a pleasure

to finally meet you.

I believe you know my son.

He used to play basketball

for Medfield.

Lovely old car.

Mind if I take a look

under the hood?

Yes, I do.

And I don`t appreciate you gentlemen

letting yourselves onto my property.

I expected something

more complex.

There`s a lot of money

in your discovery.

Perhaps we could make a deal.

Any discovery I make will belong

to Medfield College.

At the end of the term there isn`t

going to be a Medfield College.

- We`ll see about that.

- You could make a lot of money.

If we were interested in making money,

we wouldn`t have become teachers.

You think you`ll be able to sell

it for what you owe me...

by the end of the term?

We-- We will.

I`ll forget the debt right now.

No, l`m not selling.

When I leave,

I take my offer with me.

We understand.

Good luck.

Come on.

Watch your back, smart guy.

Bad move, Professor.

Good morning!

Pardon me, Mr Seldon.

Are you interested in seeing

a Phillip Brainard?

- Who?

- He`s the college professor

you spoke to on the sixth...

about a brand-new car design.

Tell him l`m busy.

Thank him for the interest.

- And send him a hat.

- Well, he`s here.

He`s right outside.

It`s one of the rarest looks

in watches you can actually own.

This watch we have here

is called the scarab.

It has Swiss--

Good night, Weber.

What?

One goon.

Two goons.

- Hey.

- What?

- I think I found it.

- You found it, all right!

- What was that?

- Take two.

Knock, knock!

Kiss me, big boy!

Did you get it?

Yeah.

Oh, l-l`ve never seen

so many zeroes.

When they saw us flying,

they couldn`t wait to write the cheque.

This will save the school,

Phillip.

Weebo?

Weebo?

They took the flubber.

Weebo?

- Weeb--

- Oh.

Um, sh-she`s leaking

battery fluid.

Weebo, it`s me.

Do you have signal?

Do you have audio signal?

Tracking. It`s me.

Professor Brainard.

Focus. Weebo?

Can you see me?

She sees me.

Weebo.

It`s all right. I`ve-l`ve-- I need

to get some sort of extension cord,

something so I can recharge her.

I`ve gotta-- I`ve gotta

download her, quick.

Weebo?

It`s all right. It`s okay.

Weebo, can you hear me?

It`s gonna be all right.

It`s like that time you ran into

the wall when I first made you.

We`ll get you upstairs,

onto AC and--

She`s-She`s losing--

She`s losing power.

It`s okay. It`s all right.

We just gotta get you

to the docking station...

till I can make repairs.

Weebo?

Goodbye, my friend.

Gone. I have no idea what--

Goodbye.

I don`t know what

to do with her.

What happens to the soul

of a machine, Sara?

Can you fix her?

I can make repairs,

but I can never bring back

the life it was she had.

That`s gone.

I never knew what it was to begin with.

It was some sort of glorious accident.

I kept trying to recreate it

and isolate it and find out what it was.

I never could.

What was that word

she was displaying...

on her screen at the end?

Probably a file name.

Why was she displaying it?

She was damaged-- It`s, you know--

download-- random piece of information.

- I don`t know.

- What was that word?

Oh, can you remember?

No, l--

- Try.

- I am.

It began with "S."

Hello, Phillip. It`s me. Weebo.

If I was human, that is.

If you`re watching this,

l`m no longer here.

I hope my demise didn`t

cause you any undue distress.

Phillip,

a full and complete design

of me is in this file.

You didn`t forget it.

I never showed it to you.

I`ve made a few changes.

I`ve removed a few

of my flaws...

and added a little of you.

I hope you that

you can love my daughter...

as much as I loved you.

Ooh.

Surprise, surprise.

Professor Brainard.

Dr Reynolds.

Good evening. Sit down.

You look, uh--

- Weary.

- Yes. Weary.

You came to repay your loan?

- No.

- I know you didn`t. I was

just having a little fun.

I`m here to sell you

the flubber.

You been to your house recently?

- Yes.

- Do I really need to buy it?

Flubber`s

a very quixotic substance.

It`s very difficult to handle.

Have you tried to do anything with it?

My man is working on it.

It won`t be a problem.

Well, I could make it

a lot easier for you.

If you give us a 30-day

extension on the loan,

I`ll tell you everything

I know...

and make you

a great deal of flubber.

I`ll give you the 30 days,

and after that

you give me two years.

Whatever you come up with

over the next two years is mine.

That`s not fair!

Shop somewhere else, lady.

Sara, Sara. I`ll do it.

- May I see the flubber?

- Would you like to show these

good people to the library?

You`re going to enjoy this.

Professor?

I got you a little help.

- The lovebirds.

- Wilson. Shame on you.

- Welcome.

- So you finally gave up teaching.

How could I pass up the opportunity

to transform the energy industry?

Flubber. Very interesting, Phil.

Too bad it`s so unstable.

I was just looking over the formula.

Dangerous mix.

You just have to know how to

deal with it, really. It just

takes a few simple precautions--

Hey, hey. Hang on, "Einsteen."

- Stein.

- Whatever.

- What`s this?

- Well, it-it`s a hand cream that

acts as a separating agent.

- Right.

- Um--

It`s so I can handle

the flubber.

- It`s okay.

- Thank you.

She needs to assist me.

Rub it on your hands.

It`s a, uh--

squirt gun.

- What`s it for?

- I use that to lower

the temperature of the tank.

Let him have it.

No, no. Give it to him.

N-No, no. Give it to him.

W-- Stop that

and give it to him.

Put-Put it in his hand

and give it to him.

No, no, no, no, no.

Give the gun to him.

Oh.

- Thank you.

- You`re welcome.

You okay? lt`s me.

There you go.

Oh. Shh.

Do it for Weebo.

Look out!

Ooh.

Get him!

- Oh, dear.

- Sara? Going somewhere?

Wilson.

Ooh.

Left, left, left,

right, right, left.

- Sara!

- Huh?

- Grab her.

- What?

- Jump!

I`m coming, Sara!

Yo!

Ooh!

Hey, Lumpy. Hmm?

- Come on.

- Let`s go, smart guy.

- Ow.

- Phillip, look out!

Sara!

- Get him.

- This one`s for Weebo.

Ooh.

Oh, Mommy--

Wow.

Oh.

Beautiful.

For as much as these

two people have finally...

consented together

in holy wedlock...

and have witnessed the same

before God and this company,

I pronounce, believe it or not,

that they be

husband and wife together.

- You may now kiss the video screen.

- Oh.

Love you, Sara.

I love you.

I`ll meet you at the reception. I`m

almost done. It`s gonna be remarkable.

Phillip, please be careful.

Don`t worry. These chemicals

are completely compatible.

There`s no chance

that anything could go wrong!

Hey, pal. We`re 30,000 feet

up in the air.

There`s no monsters or bad guys

way up here, okay?

You can look out the window.

Mom. Mom!

Flubber`s gone. Get back here!

When we get to the hotel,

I don`t care what you say,

I`m not sharing a room with him.

Look at him. He`s gross.

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