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Overview
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3 October 2008 (USA) moreTagline:
Corporations have time, money, and power on their side. All Bob Kearns had was the truth.Plot:
Robert Kearns takes on the Detroit automakers who he claims stole his idea for the intermittent windshield wiper. full summary | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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Movie Reviews: Flash Of Genius (From Studio Briefing. 7 October 2008, 10:36 AM, PDT)
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(From Studio Briefing. 7 October 2008, 10:36 AM, PDT)
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You Gotta Give The Underdog It's Due moreUS Showtimes:
(register to personalize)Cast
(Credited cast) | Jake Abel | ... | Dennis Kearns |
 | Aaron Abrams | ... | Ian Miellor |
 | Alan Alda | ... | Gregory Lawson |
 | London Angelis | ... | Wade Previck |
| Dylan Authors | ... | Young Pat Kearns |
| Warren Belle | ... | Cop #2 |
 | Grant Boyle | ... | Patrick Kearns |
| Sergio Di Zio | ... | Louis |
 | Ashton Doudelet | ... | Older Tim |
| Tim Eddis | ... | Cop #1 |
 | Andrew Gillies | ... | Paul Previck |
 | Lauren Graham | ... | Phyllis Kearns |
 | Josette Halpert | ... | Teen Maureen |
 | Tim Kelleher | ... | Charlie Defao |
 | Greg Kinnear | ... | Bob Kearns |
 | Gavin & Ben Kuiack | ... | Infant Bob Kearns Jr |
 | Victoria Learn | ... | Young Maureen |
| Isaac Lupien | ... | Older Bob Kearns Jr |
| Tatiana Maslany | ... | Older Kathy Kearns |
 | Dermot Mulroney | ... | Gil Privick |
 | Duane Murray | ... | Jim |
| Landon Norris | ... | Young Dennis Kearns |
| Shae Norris | ... | Young Kathy Kearns |
| Kate Parr | ... | Peggy |
 | Mitch Pileggi | ... | Ford Exec |
 | Simon Reynolds | ... | Chrysler Guy |
 | Daniel Roebuck | ... | Frank Sertin |
 | Chuck Shamata | ... | Professor Irwin |
 | Bill Smitrovich | ... | Judge Michael Franks |
| Kristian Truelsen | ... | Doctor |
| Steven Woodworth | ... | Young Tim |
| Liam & Owen Wright | ... | Toddler Bob Kearns Jr. |
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Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.Parents Guide:
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Canada:119 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | USA:119 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreMOVIEmeter: 
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Anachronisms: The period was between 1967 and 1974. In 1970 the main character, Bob Kearns, took a bus to Washington, DC. We see it is a Greyhound bus. However, that model type bus, the MC9, had not been built for several years in the future. moreSoundtrack:
Stage Door Queen moreFAQ
A NOTE REGARDING SPOILERS"Is Flash of Genius" based on a book?
Didn't a woman invent the windshield wiper?
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You just got to hand it to Greg Kinnear. He has certainly put all of himself in every role he has undertaken. From the host of E Entertainment's 'Talk Soup', onto such film roles as 'Little Miss Sunshine','Auto Focus' & this fine film. Kinnear plays a downtrodden Joe Sixpack from the suburbs, with his wife & six children. Here he is an engineering professor who has re-invented the windshield wiper (or did he just upgrade it?), only to have his idea stolen by Ford Motors. After 12 years of struggle that includes a nervous breakdown & the melt down of his marriage, he finally has his day in court. Does he emerge the victorious? I won't kiss & tell. This is a quiet,understated little film that deserved far better than it got. Alan Alda also shines as his attorney that tries to go to bat for him. This is one of those films that (hopefully)will have a second chance when it gets released on DVD. Slapped a PG-13 by the MPAA for some salty language,a moment of sensuality & some rather erratic behavior,due to a nervous breakdown.