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Veteran producer Marc Abraham makes his feature film debut with FLASH OF GENIUS, based on a true story set in Detroit and spanning multiple decades. 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 InchKearns' Blinking Eye,Inch 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. Starring Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham, Alan Alda, Dermot Mulroney, Director Marc Abraham Special Features Full Frame, 1.33 Widescreen, 2.39 Audio Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround English, Spanish Subtitles English, (SDH), French, Spanish Additional Material Audio Commentary Director, Marc Abraham Deleted Scenes Optional Commentary by Director Marc Abraham Running Time 120 Minutes.
