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Young Einstein

  • 1988
  • PG
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
9.7K
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Yahoo Serious in Young Einstein (1988)
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Albert Einstein turns the science community upside down with his discoveries including a formula to put bubbles back in beer and rock n' roll.Albert Einstein turns the science community upside down with his discoveries including a formula to put bubbles back in beer and rock n' roll.Albert Einstein turns the science community upside down with his discoveries including a formula to put bubbles back in beer and rock n' roll.

  • Director
    • Yahoo Serious
  • Writers
    • Yahoo Serious
    • David Roach
  • Stars
    • Yahoo Serious
    • Odile Le Clezio
    • John Howard
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    5.3/10
    9.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Yahoo Serious
    • Writers
      • Yahoo Serious
      • David Roach
    • Stars
      • Yahoo Serious
      • Odile Le Clezio
      • John Howard
    • 62User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    Yahoo Serious
    • Albert Einstein
    Odile Le Clezio
    • Marie Curie
    John Howard
    John Howard
    • Preston Preston
    Peewee Wilson
    Peewee Wilson
    • Mr. Einstein
    Su Cruickshank
    • Mrs. Einstein
    Lulu Pinkus
    • The Blonde
    Kaarin Fairfax
    Kaarin Fairfax
    • The Brunette
    Michael Lake
    • Manager
    Jonathan Coleman
    Jonathan Coleman
    • Wolfgang Bavarian
    Johnny McCall
    • Rudy Bavarian…
    Michael Blaxland
    • Desk Clerk
    Ray Fogo
    • Bright Clerk
    Terry Pead
    • Inventor Couple
    Alice Pead
    • Inventor Couple
    Frank McDonald
    • Nihilist
    Tony Harvey
    • Bursar
    Tim Elliott
    • Lecturer
    Ray Winslade
    • Droving Student
    • Director
      • Yahoo Serious
    • Writers
      • Yahoo Serious
      • David Roach
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Bill Pullman, John Candy, Joan Rivers, Daphne Zuniga, and Lorene Yarnell Jansson in Spaceballs (1987)
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    Comedy

    Storyline

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Constant references apples and props were a joke on the fact Tasmania is Australia's largest producer/supplier of apples, so much so that the official state slogan printed on Tasmanian car license plates is "Tasmania: The Apple Isle".
    • Goofs
      When Marie talks to Albert in the Lunatic Asylum's shower room, "If you won't do anything, who will?" is dubbed over "If you won't do anything, I will."
    • Quotes
      • Albert: I'm a Tasmanian
    • Crazy credits
      Young Einstein is dedicated to a genius, a rebel, a pacifist, an eccentric with a clowning sense of humour who once remarked about his own theories "...I never thought that others would take them so much more seriously than I did...". Albert Einstein 1879-1955
    • Connections
      Featured in Mental As Anything: Rock and Roll Music (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      GREAT SOUTHERN LAND
      Composed by Iva Davies
      Performed by Icehouse

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    Details

    • Release date
      • August 4, 1989 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Australia
    • Official site
      • YahooSerious.com
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Einstein Junior
    • Filming locations
      • Uluru/Ayers Rock, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    Box office

    • Gross US & Canada
      • $11,536,599
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,094,581
      • Aug 6, 1989
    • Gross worldwide
      • $11,539,139
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 31m(91 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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