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Flash of genius (Motion picture)

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 device to use. The enraged inventor spent several decades attempting to collect on his patent, and mounting lawsuits that traveled all the way to the Supreme Court; he eventually collected over 30 million dollars for his obsession. Abraham co-authored the script with Scott Frank and Phillip Railsback, adapting an article by John Seabrook that originally appeared in The New Yorker. Dermot Mulroney plays Kinnear's best friend, with Lauren Graham rounding out the supporting cast.

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  • "靈光乍現"
  • "Zeka pırıltısı"
  • "Ling guang zha xian"@en

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  • "Based on the true story of college professor and part-time inventors' long battle with the U.S. automobile industry, this is 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 corporations in a battle that nobody thought he could win."
  • "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 device to use. The enraged inventor spent several decades attempting to collect on his patent, and mounting lawsuits that traveled all the way to the Supreme Court; he eventually collected over 30 million dollars for his obsession. Abraham co-authored the script with Scott Frank and Phillip Railsback, adapting an article by John Seabrook that originally appeared in The New Yorker. Dermot Mulroney plays Kinnear's best friend, with Lauren Graham rounding out the supporting cast."@en
  • "After Robert Kearns invents the intermittent windshield wiper, he accuses an automobile company of stealing his design and takes them to court."@en
  • "Based on the true story of Robert Kearns, a college professor and part-time inventor who invented a device that would eventually be used by every car in the world--and which was stolen by an auto giant. Kearns attempts the impossible: to get justice against an adversary with impossibly deep pockets. Can anyone win against such a resolved, amoral corporate foe? Kearns means to find out."@en
  • "Detroit, anni '60. Robert Kearns è un professore universitario che nel tempo libero si diletta ad inventare e progettare nuovi dispositivi e congegni. Quando una delle sue creazioni, il tergicristallo, viene acquistato da una delle più importanti case automobilistiche americane, il professor Kearns è convinto di aver realizzato il sogno americano che permetterà alla sua famiglia di vivere agiatamente."@it
  • "An inventor takes on the Detroit automakers, who he claims stole his idea for the intermittent windshield wiper."
  • "Dr. Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear) has a good life. A respected college professor who teaches electrical engineering, he has a lovely wife (Lauren Graham) and six great kids. But first and foremost, Kearns is an inventor. In 1967, he built the intermittent windshield wiper, dubbing it 'Kearns' Blinking Eye', and ultimately shared his patented specs with Ford Motor Company so that he could manufacture the wipers for them. Then he spends his life trying to get Ford to admit that they stole his idea when he spots his invention on Ford cars after they bail out of the deal with him."@en
  • "Le traversie dell'inventore del tergicristalli elettrico possono sembrare un soggetto non proprio esaltante per un film, ma in Flash of genius la vera storia di Robert Kearns, l'uomo che voleva produrre e vendere autonomamente il primo modello di tergicristalli ad intermittenza e che è stato invece truffato dalla Ford, diventa una parabola tipicamente americana sulla seconda occasione e il mito del successo, un film sul riscatto di se stessi e su una vita passata cercando di ottenere soddisfazione dal grande colosso delle auto. Kearns infatti fu lasciato dalla moglie, ebbe dei problemi di sanità mentale, perse la fiducia dei molti figli e la seppe riconquistare prima di riuscire ad affrontare in tribunale la Ford dopo un braccio di ferro lungo quasi 10 anni. (Mymovies)."
  • "Based on the true story of Robert Kearns. The Kearns' were a typical 1960s Detroit family. Bob is a college professor and part-time inventor. 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 originally embraced Bob's creation, unceremoniously shun him. 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 anyone else's for that matter, should be acknowledged by those who stood to benefit. He and his family pay the toll for refusing to compromise his dignity."
  • "Based on the true story of college professor and part-time inventor Robert Kearns' 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."@en
  • "Based on the true story of Robert Kearns. The Kearns' were a typical 1960s Detroit family. Bob is a college professor and part-time inventor. 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 originally embraced Bob's creation, unceremoniously shuns him. 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 anyone else's for that matter, should be acknowledged by those who stood to benefit. He and his family pay the toll for refusing to compromise his dignity."@en
  • "Based on the true story of Robert Kearns. The Kearns' were a typical 1960s Detroit family. Bob is a college professor and part-time inventor. 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 originally embraced Bob's creation, unceremoniously shuns him. 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 anyone else's for that matter, should be acknowledged by those who stood to benefit. He and his family pay the toll for refusing to compromise his dignity."

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  • "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"@en
  • "Legal drama (Films)"@en
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  • "Fiction films"
  • "Films for the hearing impaired"@en
  • "Legal"@en
  • "Vidéo"
  • "Feature films"@en
  • "Feature films"
  • "Legal films"@en
  • "Biographical films"
  • "Biographical films"@en
  • "Film adaptations"@en
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  • "Flash of genius (Film cinématographique)"
  • "Flash of genius (Motion picture)"@en
  • "Flash of genius"
  • "Flash of genius"@en
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  • "Flash of genius based on the true story"
  • "Flash of genius zeka pırıltısı"
  • "Flash of Genius ein Mann gegen die amerikanische Automobilindustrie"
  • "Flash of genius based on a true story"@en
  • "Flash of genius 靈光乍現"
  • "Flash of genius ling guang zha xian"@en

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