Flash of Genius

Flash of Genius (2008)

Based on the true story of college professor and part-time inventor Robert Kearns’ (Greg Kinnear) long battle with the American automobile industry, Flash of Genius tells the tale of one man whose fight to receive recognition for his ingenuity would come at a heavy price. But this determined engineer refused to be silenced, and he took on the corporate titans in a battle that nobody thought he could win. And while paying the toll for refusing to compromise his dignity, this everyday David tried the unthinkable: to bring Goliath to his knees.
The Man and His Dream is one of the most underrated performances of all time, starring one of the most underrated actors of all time in Jeff Bridges. The little guy screwed over by the big corporation genre has never been better. This fall though, Greg Kinnear is going to try his hand at it, by taking on the same people Jeff Bridges did: America’s greedy car manufacturers. Come on, you know they’re evil.

Kinnear is starring in Flash of Genius, the story of the guy who invented the intermittent wipers you now have on your car (and take for granted), only to have them stolen from him by the fat cats at the Ford Motor Company. The film follows him decade after decade as he fights and fails to get Ford to admit the invention was his.

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