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Edward Walters, an auto mechanic, falls for the intelligent and beautiful Catherine Boyd. It is love at first sight. There is however a problem, she's engaged to jerk James Moreland. Fortunately, Catherine's uncle likes Ed, and with his friends they scheme to make Catherine fall for Ed. The comedy in this movie stems from the fact that Catherine's uncle is none other than Albert Einstein, who's portrayed as a fun loving genius, as are his mischievous colleagues, Nathan, Kurt and Boris.
On a sunny afternoon in Princeton, New Jersey, of the 1950s, love strikes in the oddest way: Albert Einstein's niece Catherine (Meg Ryan), and her uptight fiancé James (Stephen Fry), stop at a gas station for car repairs, and when dim-witted grease monkey Ed Walters (Tim Robbins) appears, he falls head over heels in love with Catherine. But, how can he, an academic nobody, win the heart of such an intellectual? By chance, Catherine leaves her pocket watch behind, and when Ed personally returns it to her home, who but the illustrious Albert Einstein (Walter Mathau) answers the door! When Einstein realizes Ed's ge...
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nuine and passionate love for his beloved niece, the mathematical genius sets his analytical mind on high drive, and experiments with every imaginable theory to get the two into each other's arms. With the help of his brainy cronies (Lou Jacobi, Gene Saks and Joe Maher) Einstein concocts an elaborate theory of cold fusion and space travel for Ed to adopt and use to impress the brainy Catherine. Soon Ed is bombarded by media and political attention for a theory he knows nothing about as he struggles to win the heart of his intellectual love with heartwarming and hilarious results. Walter Mathau is superb as the legendary Einstein, spouting mathematical theories and delightfully witty banter in this highly entertaining romance.
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De automonteur Edward Walters wordt verliefd op de intelligente en mooie Catherine Boyd. Er is echter een probleem: zij is verloofd met James Morland. Gelukkig vindt Albert Einstein, Catherine's oom, Ed bijzonder aardig. Albert verzint samen met zijn vrienden een plan om Catherine verliefd te laten worden op Ed.
I.Q. News Articles
Remember that movie from the mid-90s called I.Q. ? One of the last movies of Walter Matthau 's career, the Oscar winning actor portrayed Albert Einstein in a romantic comedy with Tim Robbins and Meg Ryan . It was a silly little film and critics didn't go nuts over it, but it was an interesting feature film version of the most famous theoretical physicist of all time. You know what would be even weirder, though? If you had Robin Williams star in a movie about Einstein. Laugh all you want, it's something that the comedian wants to do. Bang Showbiz (via Digital Spy) recently spoke with Williams, and during the interview the actor expressed his interest in playing both the inventor of the theory of general relativity as well as our 26th president. "At some point I would love to play Einstein," Willaims said. "I would love to play him at
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