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MPAA Rating: PG13
Director: Marc Abraham
Genre: Period Film, Docudrama, Biopic [feature], Drama
Release Date: October 03, 2008 (USA)
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Summary:
Greg Kinnear stars in director Marc Abraham's man-against-the-system docudrama Flash of Genius as inventor Robert Kearns, the visionary who developed the modern intermittent windshield wiper. Kearns submitted the invention to each of the big three auto companies, each of which promptly rejected it; the companies then turned around and put the devic... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Greg Kinnear - (Robert Kearns)
Lauren Graham - (Phyllis Kearns)
Dermot Mulroney - (Gil Privick)
Jake Abel - (Dennis Kearns)
Daniel Roebuck - (Frank Sertin)
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Review:
One could easily foresee Hollywood shoehorning the tale of Dr. Bob Kearns, maverick inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper, into a conventional mold as the ultimate underdog story, given Kearns' court-validated insistence that he was bilked by ... Continue >>

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