Movie Details
Theatrical Release:March 16th, 1961
On DVD & Blu-ray:January 14th, 2003
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Movie Budget:$2,000,000
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Walt Disney Productions
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The Absent-Minded Professor is a 1961 American film distributed by Walt Disney Productions based on the short story A Situation of Gravity, by Samuel W. Taylor. The title character was based in part on Hubert Alyea, a professor emeritus of chemistry at Princeton University, who was known as "Dr. Boom" for his explosive demonstrations. The film was a huge success at the box-office, and two years later became the first Disney film to have a sequel, 1963's Son of Flubber.