The movie, he added, may be a good comedy, perhaps, but not about einstein. Albert einstein plays matchmaker in this nostalgically romantic comedy set in the 1950s. A hollywood producer starts with his nephews script on disraeli, jewish pm in 1800s uk, and ends filming in cape town with a black action star. We then see catherine boyd meg ryan with her fiance james moreland stephen fry. Letters from einstein suggest it was a girl, and most einstein biographers suspect the infant died very young. Q tim robbins, meg ryan, walter matthau, lou jacobi, gene. She must first cover half the distance then she must cover half the remaining distance. The story, though outlandish, is funny, and the film is an easy watch. Movie comedy equals albert einstein the new york times. Magazine, would be perfect for his niece catherine meg ryan. The film itself is an offbeat romcom set in new jersey in the 1950s. Boy is local auto mechanic, girl is albert einsteins niece, and einstein is resident cupid. The movies central conceit is that einstein s brilliance extends to matters of the heart, allowing him to immediately sense that ed walters tim robbins, a bright, lowerclass mechanic obsessed with popular science magazine, would be perfect for his niece catherine meg ryan. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes.
The original music score was composed by jerry goldsmith. The film centers on a mechanic and a princeton doctoral candidate who fall in love, thanks to the candidates uncle, albert einstein. Legendary scientist albert einstein played here by walter matthau takes a. Unfortunately, catherine is already engaged to a stiff princeton man.
Matthaus einstein, however, dotes on a relative, his pretty mathematician niece catherine meg ryan, not relativity. Apr 20, 2016 meg ryan is one of the alltime greatest movie stars. November 19, 1961 is an american actress and producer. The movies central conceit is that einsteins brilliance extends to matters of the. Einstein plays matchmaker for niece and auto mechanic. Walter matthau is albert einstein who helps tim robbins mechanic whos in love with einsteins niece, played by meg ryan, to catch her. A garage mechanic named ed is thunderstruck with love at his first sight of a young woman. May 01, 20 all the world knows about einstein the scientific genius. Walter matthau is utterly charming as uncle albert einstein. In the interview, ryan also revealed new details about the scene when her character annie is racing. In 1994, when paramount advertised an open casting call in princeton for its upcoming film i.
The movie gives the impression that einstein and his friends are all around the same age, when in fact, they were between 17 and 30 years. Albert einstein comes up with a formula for matchmaking in this gentle romantic comedy. Meg ryan is catherine boyd, the geeky but very pretty niece of einstein, whose brainiac head is filled with so many math equations, that practical matters escape her. Tim robbins ed walters, meg ryan catherine boyd, walter matthau albert einstein, gene saks boris podolsky and. Playing a real person is never easy and being a woman in boxing holds as much discrimination on its own without adding that she works it with sex appeal. During the film opening, we see a man, presumably einstein walter mathau playing a violin, as another man walks past a poster advertising boyds comet. The movies central conceit is that einstein s brilliance extends to matters of the heart, allowing him to immediately sense that ed walters tim robbins, a bright, lowerclass mechanic obsessed. Feynmann got an ok one in infinity 1996, and jobs was treated well in steve jobs 2015, but they keep t. Meg ryan, ross malinger and tom hanks at the iconic end of sleepless in seattle.
Some 10,000 people showed up, beginning a towngown bout of i. It is the one where meg ryan wishes to cross the room to get to tim robbins. Meg ryan movies list by ratulmajumder0 created 25 jan 2012 updated 25 jan 2012 public. Gene saks, joseph maher, lou jacobi, meg ryan, tim robbins, walter matthau official content from paramount home entertainment albert einstein. Believing that the key to catherines heart is his iq, ed passes himself off as a physicist with the help of. With tim robbins, meg ryan, walter matthau, lou jacobi. If you are a meg ryan fan, and are looking for a good movie of hers, iq movie may be something you havent watched before. Tom hanks, meg ryan, and a bunch of floating luggage. Meg ryan reveals why she loved working with tom hanks on. Alas, its writers andy breckman and michael leesons notion to have. A mechanic romances the mathematician niece of physicist albert einstein, with help from.
Meg ryan as the brainy granddaughter of albert einstein. The comedy features meg ryan as einstein s niece and tim robbins as a neerdowell car. Walter matthau, meg ryan, and tim robbins lead an interesting cast of characters. Mar 02, 2012 the movie s central conceit is that einstein s brilliance extends to matters of the heart, allowing him to immediately sense that ed walters tim robbins, a bright, lowerclass mechanic obsessed. While following the standard romcom guidelines of boy wants girl, boy gets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl, meg ryan, tim robbins, walter matthau and the other excellent supporting actors all elevate the plot near the top of its genre. Catherine meg ryan is already engaged to a scientist that is smart just like she is. The woman, whose name is catherine meg ryan, has reason to want a.
I started watching this movie having no clue what it was about. He hopes she will follow her heart and choose honest. Meg ryan pulls a great performance as the underdog of this movie. Script transcript from the screenplay andor meg ryan. There is good reason for thiseduard was institutionalized for schizophrenia and estranged from his father when albert einstein immigrated to the us. Meg ryan plays a mathematician who isnt quite sure of herself, and matthau plays albert einstein, her uncle. You cant hate a story when it comes from true events and both shaloub and ryan pull off their characters with finesse.
Q i know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me. Ryan began her acting career in 1981 in minor roles before joining the cast of the cbs soap opera as the world turns in 1982. A mechanic romances the mathematician niece of physicist albert einstein, with help from einstein and his friends. Follow the movie on facebook plot summary catherine boyd meg ryan is a highly intelligent doctoral student at princeton university and is engaged to stuffy professor james moreland stephen fry. All the world knows about einstein the scientific genius. It stars meg ryan, sporting doris day outfits along with her usual 90s hair cut, as catherine, a young scientist and the niece of albert einstein played by the inimitable walter matthau.
There a bit of humor all during this movie that is delightful. Her thoughts race faster than her mouth can voice them. In the interview, ryan also revealed new details about the scene when her character annie is. In the film scene, einstein also seems reluctant to talk about his son, eduard. Alas, she has been driven into his garage by her fiance, a brilliant academic. Ed walters tim robbins, a mechanic and allaround regular guy, falls for catherine and searches for a way to impress her. But hardly any major technicals get decent movie portrayals. A mechanic romances the mathematician niece of physicist albert einstein, with help from einstein. The movie s central conceit is that einstein s brilliance extends to matters of the heart, allowing him to immediately sense that ed walters tim robbins, a bright, lowerclass mechanic obsessed with popular science magazine, would be perfect for his niece catherine meg ryan. May 28, 1994 the movie, he added, may be a good comedy, perhaps, but not about einstein. Set in the 1950s, when eisenhower was president, and both the us and russia were in a race of sorts to explore space, tim robbins plays a mechanic who likes to read astronomy and science for fun.
Meg is young and pretty enough to carry this off, but she is still the same meg ryan as in all her roles. The movies central conceit is that einstein s brilliance extends to matters of the heart, allowing him to immediately sense that ed walters tim robbins, a. Even more unfortunately, she thinks it is important to marry a genius, and although the mechanic may be smart, he doesnt have any intellectual credentials. Iq 29 movie clip youre albert einstein 1994 youtube. But, over the years, her presence in hollywood has become pretty much nonexistent. Rent movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Iqmovie iq the movie name thien nguyen 1 what is the name.
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