Flash of Genius News

Close-Up Images of 'Flash of Genius' Cars

September 12, 2008 11:09:00

A series of pictures from the forthcoming "Flash of Genius" has been brought forward. They are focused on the two cars, the brown Ford and the blue Continental Mark, used in the Universal Pictures drama starring Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham and Dermot Mulroney. The images display the cars from several angles and in different situations in the film.

Robert Kearns is a college professor as well as a part-time inventor. Marrying the love of his life and having six kids, Kearns lives his version of the American Dream. When one day he invents intermittent windshield wiper, he thinks that he has struck the gold. But, he soon finds out the harsh reality of business as he is shunned off from his creation by auto giants. Refusing to be ignored and silenced, he takes the corporate titans into a battle nobody thinks he could win.

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Universal Pictures Present Fall Movies Line-Up

August 29, 2008 10:08:10

As Summer is coming to an end and Fall is fast approaching, Universal Pictures have let out their complete Fall Preview Line Up. The list contains a diverse selection of movies from based-on-true story drama "Flash of Genius" to children fantasy book adaptation "The Tale of Despereaux".

All of the information of those six films can be viewed below.

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'Flash of Genius' and 'The Express' Experiencing Date Changes

August 19, 2008 01:08:33

Two of Universal Pictures' based-on-true-story feature films have undergone schedule changes for their theatrical release. While one of them, the Greg Kinnear-starrer drama "Flash of Genius", has been pushed forward, the other, football biopic "The Express", has been moved a week back from its original slate.

Originally set for October 17 debut, "Genius" will take the October 3 date and thus is going to be screened alongside Michael Cera's romcom "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" and Robert B. Weide-directed comedy "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People". Meanwhile, "Express" has been bumped to October 10, along with Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe- starring spy thriller "Body of Lies", from its initial October 3 date.

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Dermot Mulroney Makes a "Genius" Invention

July 26, 2007 03:07:22

Set to give more illumination on the project, "The Family Stone" star Dermot Mulroney has signed on to take acting role in drama flick "Flash of Genius", which Spyglass Entertainment is developing for Universal Pictures to distribute.

Joining Greg Kinnear and Lauren Graham in the cast, the Alexandria-born actor is reported to portray Gil Privick, an owner of a chain of auto-parts stores who is also the best friend Kinnear's character, Robert Kearns. Meanwhile, Graham has already been confirmed to play Kearns' wife, Phyllis Kearns.

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Greg Kinnear and Lauren Graham Are "Genious" People

June 16, 2007 11:06:20

Ready to soar as a great pair onscreen, Greg Kinnear and Lauren Graham have both signed on to topline "Flash of Genius", a collaborative big screen project of Universal Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment based on a New Yorker article by John Seabrook.

In the drama, Kinnear will play an inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper named Robert Kearns who spent most of his life battling the Detroit automakers he charged with stealing his invention. Meanwhile Graham is set to portray his wife, Phyllis Kearns, who witnesses her marriage and family life falling apart because of her husband's obsession with the legal retribution.

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Did they mention The lincoln was powered by a cobra 460. Some don't know that.

posted by MARK III on Sep 23, 2008

"Flash of Genius" is a brilliant idea of a movie to make. It stars Greg Kinnear and Lauren Graham as it's about a man named Bob Kearns who tells the tale of one man who tries to fight back what was his idea of the winshield wipers. With great acting brings this true story in one piece as it's a film which should bring a lot of money to the box office as it also has Alan Alda, Bill Smitrovich, Tim Kelleher, Daniel Roebuck, Jake Abel, and Chuck Shamata! It's directed by Marc Abraham!

posted by Jake Alda Coffey on Jul 19, 2008