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Fred MacMurray

Also known as:  Frederick Martin MacMurray
Born:  August 30, 1908 in Kankakee, Illinois, United States
Died:  November 5, 1991 in Santa Monica, California, United States
Nationality:  American
 
 
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GREAT DISNEY CLASSIC, THAT SHOULD NOT BE MISSED
Reviewed by PHANTOM_OF_THE_MOVIEHOUSE for The Absent-Minded Professor at 2009-07-08 10:37:06
In 1959, The Shaggy Dog moved Walt Disney Productions in a brand new direction for their films. Prior to this date, Disney made primarily adventure movies. A year earlier, Walt Disney proposed a new series to ABC about a boy with a cryptic ring that turned him into a dog. Of course, this untried idea got the response Disney heard much of his career: it would never work. Well, Disney ignored ABC and decided to release The Shaggy Dog as a feature. As you probably know, The Shaggy Dog was a big hit. Thus, the Disney comedy was born. Walt Disney discovered a formula that audiences loved and he decided to use it again on The Absent-Minded Professor. If The Shaggy Dog put Disney films on a new course, then The Absent-Minded Professor kept it there, ensuring this type of small town family comedy would be used for many years to come. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards: * Best Art Direction (Carroll Clark, Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman). * Best Cinematography (Edward Colman) * Best Effects, Special Effects This film was followed by a sequel Son of Flubber, released in 1963 also featuring MacMurray, Olson, Reid, the three Wynns (Ed Wynn as a Hank Kimball-like county agent and Ned as the student manager of Rutland's football team), Hewitt (as District Attorney) and Kirk.
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