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Synopsis. On his wedding night in 1953, an errant champagne cork rendered college professor of engineering Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear) almost completely blind in his left eye. A decade later, happily married to Phyllis (Lauren Graham) and the father of six children, he is driving his Ford Galaxie through a light rain, and the constant movement ...
While director Marc Abraham took creative license with some aspects of the Kearns’ personal lives in the film “Flash of Genius”, the remarkable story of their “David vs. Goliath” battle with behemoth Ford Motor Company is truly an inspiration. Eventually a jury awarded Bob Kearns a verdict of more than $10 million dollars compensation ...
1 set 2008 · The story of the inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper, who legally hounded the Ford Motor Co. for screwing him out profits and credit, is very small potatoes in the cinematic annals of ...
3 ott 2008 · Flash of Genius. Directed by Marc Abraham. Biography, Drama. PG-13. 1h 59m. By Stephen Holden. Oct. 2, 2008. “Flash of Genius” is a doggedly workmanlike variation of an old story: the lone ...
31 gen 2018 · Eso motivó que, un día, tratando de atisbar la carretera a través del limpiaparabrisas que funcionaba a todo meter, se le ocurriese la idea de diseñar un mecanismo que regulara la velocidad de las escobillas. Después de años de investigación, en 1967 obtuvo la patente del limpiaparabrisas intermitente y se dispuso a vender su invento.
Based on the true story of university professor and part-time inventor Robert Kearns' (GREG KINNEAR of Little Miss Sunshine, As Good as It Gets) decades-long...
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5 set 2008 · "Flash of Genius" is one of those films you want to like much more than you ever will. Based on a true story of one brave man who defied the odds by taking on the mighty Ford Motor Company, its ...
