Flubber
Absent-minded inventor Brainard forgets to turn up to his own wedding when an experiment produces a high-energy substance which he names 'flubber'. He decides to use it to solve his college's financial problems, improve the basketball team's performance, and win back his fiancee.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Professor Philip Brainard Robin Williams
- Sara Jean Reynolds Marcia Gay Harden
- Wilson Croft Christopher McDonald
- Chester Hoenicker Raymond J. Barry
- Smith Clancy Brown
- Wesson Ted Levine
- Bennett Hoenicker Wil Wheaton
- Martha George Edie McClurg
- voice of Weebo Jodi Benson
- Sylvia Leslie Stefanson
- father Malcolm Brownson
- window boy Benjamin Brock
- minister Dakin Matthews
- teenage boy Zack Zeigler
- Willy Barker Samuel Lloyd
- Dale Jepner Scott Michael Campbell
- Rutland coach Bob Sarlatte
- referee Bob Greene
- Medfield basketball player Tom Barlow
- voice of Flubber Scott Gershin
- voice of Weebette Julie Morrison
- [PA to the Chairman of Ford] Nancy Olson
Credits
Direction
- Director Les Mayfield
- Basketball Sequence 2nd Unit Director Micky Moore
- 2nd Unit Director Peter Crosman
- 2nd Unit Director John Schultz
- Assistant Director (1st) Matthew Rowland
- Assistant Director (2nd) Angela Tortu
- Assistant Director (2nd 2nd) Rebecca Greeley
- Assistant Director (2nd Unit 1st) L. Dean Jones Jr
- Assistant Director (2nd Unit 2nd) Robert Joseph Mooney
- Assistant Director (Basketball Unit 1st) Patrick Regan
- Assistant Director (Basketball Unit 2nd) Sharon Gerhard
- Script Supervisor Carol De Pasquale
- Script Supervisor (2nd Unit) Michelle Cundey
- Script Supervisor (Basketball Unit) Jules Mann-stewart
Production
- Production Company Walt Disney Pictures
- Production Company Great Oaks Entertainment
- Executive Producer David Nicksay
- Producer John Hughes
- Producer Ricardo Mestres
- Co-producer Michael Polaire
- Associate Producer Nilo Rodis
- Production Associate Penny Price
- Production Associate Jennifer Testa
- Unit Production Manager Michael Polaire
- Unit Production Manager (Basketball Uni) Patrick Burns
- Production Co-ordinator Susan P. McCarthy
- Production Co-ordinator (2nd Unit) Mark Hager
- Production Co-ordinator (Basketball Uni) Susan Amar
- Location Manager Rory Enke
- Location Manager (2nd Unit) Thomas M. Harrigan
Casting
- Casting Nancy Foy
- Casting (Associate) Suzy Sharp-kane
- Casting (San Francisco) Laura Folger
- Casting (ADR Voice) Barbara Harris
Writing
- Screenplay John Hughes
- Screenplay Bill Walsh
- Based on a story by Samuel W. Taylor
Photography
- Director of Photography Dean Cundey
- Director of Photography (2nd Unit) Raymond Stella
- Director of Photography (Basketball Uni) Rexford Metz
- Camera Operator Casey Hotchkiss
- Camera Operator (Basketball Unit) Michael Maley
- Camera Operator (Basketball Unit) Michael Santy
Special Effects
- Visual Effects (Supervisor) Peter Crosman
- Visual Effects (Supervisor) Tom Bertino
- Visual Effects (Supervisor) Douglas Hans Smith
- Visual Effects (Basketball Unit Supervi) Carl Willat
- Visual Effects (Post-production produce) Saffron Kenny
- Visual Effects (Co-ordinator) Rochelle Gross
- Visual Effects (Unit Production Manager) L. Dean Jones Jr
- Digital Previsualization Supervisor Christopher Cundey
- Digital Effects Co-ordinator Laura Schultz
- Digital Compositor David Allen
- Video/Graphics Display Supervisor Deirdre Morrison
- Special Visual Effects/Animation Industrial Light & Magic
- ILM (Flubber Character Anim Supervisor) Tom Bertino
- ILM (Visual Effects Producer) Roni Mckinley
- ILM (Visual Effects Co-supervisor) Sandra F. Karpman
- ILM (Computer Graphics Supervisor) Steve Braggs
- ILM (Lead Technical Animator) Philip Edward Alexy
- ILM (Visual Effects Art Director) Scott Lebrecht
- ILM (Digital Effects Artist) Felix Balbas
- ILM (Digital Effects Artist) Jeffrey Benedict
- ILM (Digital Effects Artist) Barbara Brennan
- ILM (Digital Effects Artist) Marc Cooper
- ILM (Digital Effects Artist) Natasha Devaud
- ILM (Digital Effects Artist) Raúl Essig
- ILM (Digital Effects Artist) Howard Gersh
- ILM (Digital Effects Artist) John Helms
- ILM (Digital Effects Artist) Peg Hunter
- ILM (Digital Effects Artist) Hayden Landis
- ILM (Digital Effects Artist) Tia L. Marshall
- ILM (Digital Effects Artist) Hiromi Ono
- ILM (Digital Effects Artist) Ricardo Ramos
- ILM (Digital Effects Artist) Linda Siegel
- ILM (Digital Effects Artist) Dan Shumaker
- ILM (Digital Effects Artist) Doug Sutton
- ILM (Digital Effects Artist) Christopher Townsend
- ILM (Digital Effects Animator) Chris Armstrong
- ILM (Digital Effects Animator) David Beyers Brown
- ILM (Digital Effects Animator) Andrew Doucette
- ILM (Digital Effects Animator) Tony Hudson
- ILM (Digital Effects Animator) Paul Kavanagh
- ILM (Digital Effects Animator) David Latour
- ILM (Digital Effects Animator) Steve Lee
- ILM (Digital Effects Animator) Neil Michka
- ILM (Digital Effects Animator) Magali Rigaudias
- ILM (Digital Effects Animator) Glen Sylvester
- ILM (Digital Effects Animator) Kim Thompson
- ILM (Digital Effects Animator) Tim Waddy
- ILM (Digital Effects Animator) Andy Wong
- ILM (Visual Effects Co-ordinator) Luke O'byrne
- ILM (Digital Camera Matchmove Superviso) Keith Johnson
- ILM (Visual Effects Editor) Mike Mcgovern
- ILM (Motion Control Cameraman) Ray Gilberti
- ILM (Model Supervisor) Mark Anderson
- ILM (Computer Graphics Resource Co-ordi) Dani Morrow
- ILM (Optical Line-up) Andrea Biklian
- ILM (ILM Senior Staff) Gail Currey
- ILM (ILM Senior Staff) Chrissie England
- ILM (ILM Senior Staff) Jeff Mann
- ILM (ILM Senior Staff) Jim Morris
- Visual Effects Dream Quest Images
- DQI (Night Flying Seq/CGI Weebo Supervi) Douglas Hans Smith
- DQI (Visual Effects Producer) Lynda Ellenshaw Thompson
- DQI (DQI Executive Producer) Keith Shartle
- DQI (Visual Effects Co-ordinator) Kim Boyle
- DQI (CG Supervisor) Darin Hollings
- DQI (CG Artist) Charles Anderson
- DQI (CG Artist) Jessi Chan
- DQI (CG Artist) Harry Gundersen
- DQI (CG Artist) Michael Jackson
- DQI (CG Artist) Muqeem Khan
- DQI (CG Artist) Brian Lutge
- DQI (CG Artist) David Wainstain
- DQI (Digital Compositing Supervisor) Marlo Pabon
- DQI (Lead Compositor) Amy Pfaffinger
- DQI (Digital Compositor) John Huikku
- DQI (Digital Compositor) Paul Kulikowski
- DQI (Digital Compositor) David Lauer
- DQI (Digital Compositor) Frank Maurer
- DQI (Digital Compositor) Michael Miller
- DQI (Digital Compositor) Kim O'donnell
- DQI (Digital Compositor) Gina Warr
- DQI (Digital Compositor) Kevin Willmering
- DQI (Digital Operations Manager) Mike Gunning
- DQI (Head of Digital Technology) Rob Burton
- DQI (Digital Department Supervisor) Mitch Dobrowner
- DQI (Art Department Supervisor) Allen Battino
- DQI (Illustrator) Michael Meaker
- DQI (Matte Paintings) Craig Mullins
- DQI (Visual Effects Editor) Daniel Arkin
- DQI (Director of Miniature Photography) Scott Beattie
- DQI (Director of Miniature Photography) Michael Talarico
- DQI (Motion Control Programmer/Operator) James Balsam
- DQI (Special Effects Co-ordinator) John Gray
- DQI (Special Effects Co-ordinator) Reelistic F/X
- DQI (Miniatures Supervisor) James Mcgeachy
- DQI (Lead Model Maker) Curt Engelmann
- DQI (Lead Model Maker) Jinnie Eddlemon
- DQI (Lead Model Maker) Ramon Juncal
- DQI (Model Maker) James Harry Smith
- DQI (Model Maker) John Grimley
- DQI (Model Maker) Stanton Orman
- DQI (Model Maker) Jeff G. Rack
- DQI (Model Maker) Jeffrey Grant
- DQI (Model Maker) Jim Logiudice
- DQI (Model Maker) Jason Hand
- DQI (Model Maker) Jeremy Pfeifer
- DQI (Model Maker) Bryan Norton
- DQI (Scenic Artist) Larry Ortiz
- DQI (Scenic Artist) Randy Leifer
- DQI (Model Department Co-ordinator) Warren Farina
- DQI (Puppets) Sticks and Stones
- Additional Vis Effs/Scanning/Recording POP Film
- POP (Digital Effects Supervisor) Kenneth Littleton
- POP (Visual Effects Producer) Andrea D'amico
- POP (Digital Optical Supervisor) Greg Kimble
- POP (Digital Production Manager) Tom Clary
- POP (Digital Effects Compositor) Jennifer German
- POP (Digital Effects Compositor) David Crawford
- POP (Digital Effects Compositor) Brandon Mcnaughton
- POP (Digital Effects Compositor) Candice Scott
- POP (Digital Production Co-ordinator) Alison Armstrong
- POP (Manager of Digital Imaging) Patrick Repola
- POP (Digital Imaging Co-ordinator) Kim Shriver
- Additional Visual Effects Rainmaker Entertainment Group
- RDP (Digital Visual Effects Supervisor) Peter Sternlicht
- RDP (Digital Visual Effects Supervisor) Mark Franco
- RDP (Production Manager) Tim Belcher
- RDP (Production Manager) Karen Skouras
- RDP (Visual Effects Compositor) Brigitte Bourque
- RDP (Visual Effects Compositor) Brian Battles
- RDP (Visual Effects Compositor) Marty Rosenstcok
- RDP (Visual Effects Compositor) Mark Loso
- RDP (Visual Effects Compositor) Andy Barrios
- RDP (Visual Effects Compositor) Linda Cordella
- RDP (3D Animation) Chris Cushley
- RDP (3D Animation) Dale Mayeda
- RDP (3D Animation) Ron Arrendondo
- RDP (3D Animation) David Rand
- Additional Visual Effects 525 Post Production
- 525PP (Visual Effects Artist) Scott Mcniel
- 525PP (Visual Effects Artist) Steve Meyer
- 525PP (Producer) Gina Fiore
- 525PP (Producer) John Cunton
- Computer Generated Geese C.O.R.E Digital Pictures
- COREDP (Animation Supervisor) John Mariella
- COREDP (Animator) Brian Smeets
- COREDP (Production Manager) Sara Fillmore
- COREDP (Producer) Stephen Price
- Additional Compositing The Computer Film Company
- Additional Compositing David Fuhrer
- Additional Compositing Aisling O'brien
- Additional Compositing Janek Sirrs
- Additional Compositing Eric Weinschenk
- Additional Compositing Travis Baumann
- Additional Compositing Matt Dessero
- Additional Compositing Susan Evans
- Additional Compositing Katie Hecker
- Additional Digital Artist Nelson Sepulveda
- Additional Digital Artist Scott Holmes
- Additional Digital Artist Billy Schaeffer
- Miniature Airplane Dressing Vision Crew Unlimited
- Computer Display Graphics Mann Consulting
- MannCons (Creative Supervisor) Alex Mann
- MannCons (Design) Mahassa Oveyssi
- MannCons (Weebo Graphics) Gregory Aranaga
- Molecular Imagery Multichem
- Plate Co-ordinator Penny Runge
- Plate Co-ordinator (2nd Unit) Chris Morgan
- Plate Co-ordinator (Basketball Unit) Stacey Shear
- Weebo/Weebette Design Nilo Rodis
- Special Effects (Co-ordinator) Stan Parks
- Special Effects (Supervisor) Daniel Sudick
- Special Effects (Foreman) Jan Aaris
- Special Effects (Office Manager) Mary Arnold
- Weebo Robot Supervisor JEX Fx
- Weebo Robot Supervisor Gary Platek
- Jex Fx (Manager) Terry Brauer Platek
- Weber Robot Supervisor Cinematrix
- Weber Robot Supervisor Michael Steffe
- Cinematrix (Lead Engineer) Christopher Rand
- Special Effects Foreman (2nd Unit) David Heron
- Special Effects Foreman (Basketball Uni) Hal Bigger
Animation
- Additional Flubber Animation Hammerhead Productions Inc.
- HPI (Visual Effects Supervisor) Jamie Dixon
- HPI (Visual Effects Producer) Daniel Chuba
- HPI (Software Designer) Thad Beier
- HPI (Lighting Consultant) Rebecca Marie
- HPI (Animation Supervisor) Howard E. Baker
- HPI (Lead Character Animator) Sean Dever
- HPI (Character Animator) Joshua I. Kolden
- HPI (Character Animator) Curtis Edwards
- HPI (Character Animator) Constance Bracewell
- Additional Flubber Animation Inc Mobility
- Mobility (Digital Effects Supervisor) Karen Ansel
- Mobility (Animator) Joe Henke
- Mobility (Software Supervisor) Andy Kopra
- Secondary Flubber Anim/Holographic Effs Computer Café Inc (Santa Maria)
- ComCa (Facility Manager) Jeffrey Barnes
- ComCa (Effects Supervisor) David Ebner
- ComCa (Lead Animator) Oliver Hotz
- ComCa (Compositing) Kama Moiha
- ComCa (Animator) Bryant Reif
- ComCa (Animator) Mike Bozulich
- ComCa (Producer) Vicki Weimer
- Flying Ball Animation X.O. Digital Arts
- XODA (Digital Effects Supervisor) Bruce Walters
- XODA (Digital Effects Producer) Ginny Walters
- XODA (Digital Effects Animator) Todd Staples
- Motion Control Operator Tim Taylor
- Motion Control Operator (Basketball Uni) Robert Anderson
Editing
- Editor Harvey Rosenstock
- Editor Michael A. Stevenson
- Editor (Visual Effects) Christer Hokanson
- Editor (Visual Effects) Marypat Plottner
- Editor (Visual Effects) Jennifer N. Jew
- Additional Editing Stephen A. Rotter
- Assistant Editor Christopher S. Capp
Design
- Production Designer Andrew Mcalpine
- Art Director James E. Tocci
- Lead Set Designer Erin Kemp
- Set Decorator Daniel L. May
- Conceptual Design Artist Phillip Norwood
- Conceptual Design Artist John Bell
Costumes
- Costume Designer April Ferry
- Costume Supervisor Joseph Markham
- Costume Supervisor (2nd Unit) Barbara Kassal
Make-up
- Make-up (Supervisor) Cheri Minns
- Make-up (Artist) Marianna Åström-defina
- Make-up (Artist) Kris Ravetto
- Make-up (Basketball Unit) Pamela Nichols
- Lead Puppeteer (Weebo) Robert Cooper
- Lead Puppeteer (Weber) Mark Walas
- Steadi Puppeteer (Weebo) Guy Woolley
- Key Hairstylist Carol A. O'connell
- Hair (Basketball Unit) Jessica Clay
Titles
- Main Title Sequence Created by Imaginary Forces
- Main Title Sequence Created by Kyle Cooper
- Main Title Sequence Created by Tim Thompson
- Main Title Sequence Created by Jim Goodman
- Main Title Sequence Created by Emily Goodman
- Main Title Sequence Created by Jack Walsh
- Main Title Sequence Created by Marcel Valcarce
- Main Title Sequence Created by Angela Giannoni
- Titles/Opticals Buena Vista Imaging
Music
- Music (Additional) Steve Bartek
- The Flubber Mambo Danny Elfman
- Orchestra Conductor Artie Kane
- Orchestrations Steve Bartek
- Orchestrations Mark Mckenzie
- Orchestrations Edgardo Simone
- Orchestrations Conrad Pope
- Executive in Charge of Music, WDMPG Kathy Nelson
- Score Producer Danny Elfman
- Score Producer Steve Bartek
- Music Editor Ellen Segal
Sound
- Recorder/Mixer (Score) Shawn Murphy
- Recorder/Mixer (The Flubber Mambo Song) Robert Fernandez
- Sound Design SounDelux
- Production Sound Agamemnon Andrianos
- Additional Audio Michael Wilhoit
- Additional Audio Chuck Jonkey
- Additional Audio Eric Hirsch
- Recordist Jeannette Browning
- Sound Mixer (Basketball Unit) Fred Runner
- Re-recording Mixer Terry Porter
- Re-recording Mixer Mel Metcalfe
- Re-recording Mixer Dean Zupancic
- Supervising Sound Editor Wylie Stateman
- Supervising Sound Editor Scott Gershin
- Dialogue Editor Constance A. Kazmer
- Dialogue Editor Lauren Stephens
- Dialogue Editor Mark Gordon
- Dialogue Editor Dan Rich
- Sound Effects Editor Andy Somers
- Sound Effects Editor Bryan Bowen
- Sound Effects Editor Chris Hogan
- Sound Effects Editor Michael A. Reagan
- Sound Effects Editor Dino Dimuro
- Sound Effects Editor Richard Dwan
- Sound Effects Editor Dan Hegeman
- Sound Effects Editor Peter Zinda
- ADR Supervisor Jessica Gallavan
- ADR Recordist Mike Boudry
- ADR Mixer Doc Kane
- ADR Editor Kimberly Lowe Voigt
- ADR Editor Larry Kemp
- ADR Editor John K. Adams
- Foley Artist Jim Moriana
- Foley Artist Catherine Harper
- Foley Mixer David Alstadter
- Foley Editor Artie Farkas
- Foley Editor Bob Beher
Stunts
- Stunt Co-ordinator Freddie Hice
- Stunt Co-ordinator (Basketball Unit) Chuck Waters
- Stunts Troy Brown
- Stunts Troy Robinson
- Stunts Bob Brown
- Stunts Heather Burton
- Stunts Craig Davis
- Stunts Richard Gaona
- Stunts Troy Gilbert
- Stunts Steve Kelso
- Stunts Dustin Meier
- Stunts Shawn Robinson
- Stunts Charlie Romano
- Stunts Pat Romano
- Stunts Jim Waters
- Stunts Scott Workman
- Mr Williams's Stunt Double Mike Mitchell
- Stunt Double Boy Doc Charbonneau
- Mr Williams's Stand-in Adam Bryant
Consultant
- Science Consultant Bill Nye
- Technical Adviser (Science) Jeff Cruzan
- Technical Adviser (Basketball) Hatcher Parnell
- Weebo Screen Film Clips Consultant Chuck Workman