CAST AND CREW
Flash of Genius
Release Date: Oct 17, 2008 - Wide Release
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Film Genre: Drama
Country: United States
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Distributor: Universal Pictures
Film Genre: Drama
Country: United States
» IMDB.com
Based on a New Yorker article by John Seabrook, the script was written by Phillip Railsback, Scott Frank and Abraham. Kinnear plays Robert Kearns, the inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper, who spent most of his life battling the Detroit automakers he charged with stealing his invention. Graham, plays Phyllis Kearns, who watches her husband's obsession with legal retribution suffocate their marriage and put a strain on their children.
TRIVIA
This is producer Marc Abraham's directorial debut.
MOVIE NEWS ITEMS
2007-07-26
Variety reports that Dermot Mulroney has joined the pic - he will play Gil Privick, best friend of Robert Kearns (Kinnear) and owner of a chain of auto-parts stores.
Variety reports that Dermot Mulroney has joined the pic - he will play Gil Privick, best friend of Robert Kearns (Kinnear) and owner of a chain of auto-parts stores.
2007-06-14
Variety reports Universal Pictures and Spyglass have set Greg Kinnear and Lauren Graham to star in the pic that begins production in July in Toronto. Spyglass partners Roger Birnbaum and Gary Barber will produce with Michael Lieber. Jon Glickman, J. Miles Dale, Abraham's Strike Entertainment partner Eric Newman and Tom Bliss will be exec producers.
Variety reports Universal Pictures and Spyglass have set Greg Kinnear and Lauren Graham to star in the pic that begins production in July in Toronto. Spyglass partners Roger Birnbaum and Gary Barber will produce with Michael Lieber. Jon Glickman, J. Miles Dale, Abraham's Strike Entertainment partner Eric Newman and Tom Bliss will be exec producers.
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