Flubber is a 1997 American science-fiction comedy film starring Robin Williams as an eccentric professor who accidentally creates a lively, super-bouncy green substance.Plot and BackgroundDirected by Les Mayfield and written by John Hughes and Bill Walsh.A remake of the 1961 Disney classic The Absent-Minded Professor.Follows Professor Philip Brainard (Robin Williams), who is so absorbed in his work that he repeatedly misses his wedding to his fiancee, Sara (Marcia Gay Harden), the president of struggling Medfield College.When he invents "Flubber" (a rubber-like hybrid elastomer with a mind of its own and incredible energy), he tries to use it to save the college and win Sara back, while dodging greedy rivals.