Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 10/03/08 Home Video Not Available MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 for brief strong language Running Time 1 hour 59 minutes Genre Drama Director Marc Abraham Writer Marc Abraham, Phillip Railsback, Scott Frank Cast Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham, Dermot Mulroney, Bill Smitrovich, Tim Kelleher Studio Universal Pictures |
FLASH OF GENIUS (2008)
SYNOPSIS
Based on the true story of college professor and part-
time inventor Robert Kearns’ (Greg Kinnear) long battle
with the U.S. automobile industry, Flash of Genius tells
the tale of one man whose fight to receive recognition
for his ingenuity would come at a heavy price. But this
determined engineer refused to be silenced, and he
took on the corporate titans in a battle that nobody
thought he could win.
The Kearns were a typical 1960s Detroit family, trying
to live their version of the American Dream. Local
university professor Bob married teacher Phyllis
(Lauren Graham) and, by their mid-thirties, had six kids
who brought them a hectic but satisfying Midwestern
existence. When Bob invents a device that would
eventually be used by every car in the world, the
Kearns think they have struck gold. But their
aspirations are dashed after the auto giants who
embraced Bob’s creation unceremoniously shunned
the man who invented it.
Ignored, threatened and then buried in years of
litigation, Bob is haunted by what was done to his
family and their future. He becomes a man obsessed
with justice and the conviction that his life’s work -- or
for that matter, anyone’s work -- be acknowledged by
those who stood to benefit. And while paying the toll
for refusing to compromise his dignity, this everyday
David will try the unthinkable: to bring Goliath to his
knees. --© Universal
Based on the true story of college professor and part-
time inventor Robert Kearns’ (Greg Kinnear) long battle
with the U.S. automobile industry, Flash of Genius tells
the tale of one man whose fight to receive recognition
for his ingenuity would come at a heavy price. But this
determined engineer refused to be silenced, and he
took on the corporate titans in a battle that nobody
thought he could win.
The Kearns were a typical 1960s Detroit family, trying
to live their version of the American Dream. Local
university professor Bob married teacher Phyllis
(Lauren Graham) and, by their mid-thirties, had six kids
who brought them a hectic but satisfying Midwestern
existence. When Bob invents a device that would
eventually be used by every car in the world, the
Kearns think they have struck gold. But their
aspirations are dashed after the auto giants who
embraced Bob’s creation unceremoniously shunned
the man who invented it.
Ignored, threatened and then buried in years of
litigation, Bob is haunted by what was done to his
family and their future. He becomes a man obsessed
with justice and the conviction that his life’s work -- or
for that matter, anyone’s work -- be acknowledged by
those who stood to benefit. And while paying the toll
for refusing to compromise his dignity, this everyday
David will try the unthinkable: to bring Goliath to his
knees. --© Universal
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