An amiable garage mechanic, Ed Walters (Tim Robbins), meets Catherine Boyd (Meg Ryan), a brilliant Princeton University mathematics doctoral candidate, as she comes into the garage, accompanied by her stiff and fussy English fiancé, experimental psychology professor James Moreland (Stephen Fry). There is an immediate connection, but she refuses to acknowledge it. Finding a watch she left at the garage, Ed travels to her address and finds himself face to face with Albert Einstein (Walter Matthau), who is Catherine's uncle.[1]
Albert—portrayed as a fun-loving genius—and his mischievous friends, fellow scientists Nathan Liebknecht (Joseph Maher), Kurt Gödel (Lou Jacobi), and Boris Podolsky (Gene Saks), see Ed as someone who would be better suited for Catherine. The four of them try to help Ed look and sound like a scientist (i.e., a "wunderkind" in physics), while at the same time trying to convince Catherine that life is not all about the mind, but is also about the heart. Einstein sees bringing Ed and Catherine together as his most enduring legacy to his niece, because he realizes that he won't be available to help her for very much longer.
Catherine eventually sees through the ruse, but falls for Ed anyway. A smiling Albert Einstein uses a small telescope to spy happily on the two young moonstruck lovers as they take delight in each other's company.
A metà degli anni '50, Einstein studia, ricerca e insegna nell'università di Princeton. Catherine è la sua intelligentissima nipote che è fidanzata con uno psicologo del quale lo zio non ha molta stima dal punto di vista dei sentimenti. Convinto che sua nipote debba trovare di meglio, individua il principe azzurro in Ed, un meccanico della vicina officina. Per far sì che Catherine si accorga di lui, Einstein e il suo gruppo di amici scienziati fanno in modo che Ed presenti uno studio sulla fisica e una nuova invenzione in facoltà. A poco a poco Catherine si innamora.
Tim Robbins : Ed Walters
Meg Ryan : Catherine Boyd
Walter Matthau : Albert Einstein
Lou Jacobi : Kurt Godel
Stephen Fry : James Moreland
Tony Shalhoub : Bob Rosetti
Charles Durning : Louis Bamberger
Gene Saks : Boris Podolsky
Joseph Maher : Nathan Liebknecht
Frank Whaley : Frank
Keene Curtis : Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alice Playten : Gretchen
Greg Germann : Bill Riley, Times reporter
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B-slices max DRF: 28
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I-slices std. deviation: 3.014
I-slices max DRF: 24
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Chapters:
00:00:00,000-00:10:00,320: The Grand Design {eng}
00:10:00,320-00:16:42,160: Wonderful To The Power Of 10 {eng}
00:16:42,160-00:23:08,920: Wahoo {eng}
00:23:08,920-00:27:12,400: A Million Kisses On Your Skin {eng}
00:27:12,400-00:36:03,040: Intelligent Life On Earth {eng}
00:36:03,040-00:46:30,040: Cold Fusion {eng}
00:46:30,040-00:51:40,800: Accidental Discoveries {eng}
00:51:40,800-00:58:25,920: True Nature Of Intelligence {eng}
00:58:25,920-01:06:47,640: Question Everything {eng}
01:06:47,640-01:17:54,480: A Big Lie {eng}
01:17:54,480-01:23:37,360: Operation Red Cabbage {eng}
01:23:37,360-01:27:58,560: BOOM {eng}
01:27:58,560-01:31:52,000: End Credits {eng}
This report was created by AVInaptic (08-07-2011) on 14-12-2013 13:31:06