TY  - ADVS
AU  - Abraham,Marc
AU  - Alda,Alan
AU  - Barber,Gary
AU  - Birnbaum,Roger
AU  - Graham,Lauren
AU  - Kinnear,Greg
AU  - Lieber,Michael
AU  - Mulroney,Dermot
AU  - Railsback,Philip
AU  - Seabrook,John
AU  - Smitrovich,Bill
ED  - Intermittent Productions.
ED  - Spyglass Entertainment (Firm)
ED  - Strike Entertainment (Firm)
ED  - Universal Pictures (Firm)
ED  - Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
TI  - Flash of genius
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - Universal City, CA
PB  - Universal Studios Home Entertainment
KW  - Kearns, Robert W.
KW  - Automobile industry and trade
KW  - United States
KW  - Drama
KW  - DVD
KW  - Inventors
KW  - Michigan
KW  - Detroit
KW  - Procedure (Law)
KW  - Video recordings for the hearing impaired
KW  - Windshield wipers
KW  - Biographical films
KW  - Feature films
KW  - Films for the hearing impaired
KW  - Legal films
KW  - Legal drama (Films)
KW  - gsafd
KW  - Legal
KW  - Feature
KW  - migfg
N1  - Based on the article "The flash of genius" written by John Seabrook; Special features: Deleted scenes with optional commentary by director Marc Abraham; feature commentary with director Marc Abraham; Director of photography, Dante Spinotti ; editor, Jill Savitt ; music, Aaron Zigman ; costume designer, Luis Sequeira ; production designer, Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski; Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham, Alan Alda, Dermot Mulroney, Bill Smitrovich; MPAA rating: PG-13; for brief strong language
N2  - 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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