The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) - Where to Watch

Thinking about watching 'The Absent-Minded Professor' right from your couch? Check out ways to watch including rental, purchase, and subscription options, so you can find the right fit. Right now in the US, 'The Absent-Minded Professor' is available to rent, buy, or stream with a subscription on Disney+, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Prime Video, Apple TV Store.

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Here are a few important points to remember about the Walt Disney Productions comedy flick. The Absent-Minded Professor starring Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk has a G rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 36 min. The release date of the movie is March 16th, 1961. The movie received a user score of 66/100 on TMDb, which is informed by reviews from 200 engaged users.

Need a fast recap before watching? Here's the plot: "Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly. Unfortunately, no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk, a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself."

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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.

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