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. Q tim robbins, meg ryan, walter matthau, lou jacobi, gene. Catherine meg ryan is already engaged to a scientist that is smart just like she is. May 28, 1994 the movie, he added, may be a good comedy, perhaps, but not about einstein.
Alas, she has been driven into his garage by her fiance, a brilliant academic. Her thoughts race faster than her mouth can voice them. Some 10,000 people showed up, beginning a towngown bout of i. 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. There is good reason for thiseduard was institutionalized for schizophrenia and estranged from his father when albert einstein immigrated to the us. Meg ryan pulls a great performance as the underdog of this movie. May 01, 20 all the world knows about einstein the scientific genius. In the interview, ryan also revealed new details about the scene when her character annie is racing. 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. With tim robbins, meg ryan, walter matthau, lou jacobi. Meg ryan plays a mathematician who isnt quite sure of herself, and matthau plays albert einstein, her uncle. 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.
There a bit of humor all during this movie that is delightful. Einstein plays matchmaker for niece and auto mechanic. Meg ryan as the brainy granddaughter of albert einstein. You cant hate a story when it comes from true events and both shaloub and ryan pull off their characters with finesse. 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. The comedy features meg ryan as einstein s niece and tim robbins as a neerdowell car. Meg ryan reveals why she loved working with tom hanks on. Walter matthau is albert einstein who helps tim robbins mechanic whos in love with einsteins niece, played by meg ryan, to catch her. Matthaus einstein, however, dotes on a relative, his pretty mathematician niece catherine meg ryan, not relativity.
Meg is young and pretty enough to carry this off, but she is still the same meg ryan as in all her roles. A mechanic romances the mathematician niece of physicist albert einstein, with help from einstein. Boy is local auto mechanic, girl is albert einsteins niece, and einstein is resident cupid. In 1994, when paramount advertised an open casting call in princeton for its upcoming film i. I started watching this movie having no clue what it was about. 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. The story, though outlandish, is funny, and the film is an easy watch. A mechanic romances the mathematician niece of physicist albert einstein, with help from einstein and his friends. 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. All the world knows about einstein the scientific genius. Ed walters tim robbins, a mechanic and allaround regular guy, falls for catherine and searches for a way to impress her. Tim robbins ed walters, meg ryan catherine boyd, walter matthau albert einstein, gene saks boris podolsky and. We then see catherine boyd meg ryan with her fiance james moreland stephen fry. Movie comedy equals albert einstein the new york times.
Walter matthau, meg ryan, and tim robbins lead an interesting cast of characters. Letters from einstein suggest it was a girl, and most einstein biographers suspect the infant died very young. Catherine boyd meg ryan is a highly intelligent doctoral student at princeton university and is engaged to stuffy professor james moreland stephen fry. Unfortunately, catherine is already engaged to a stiff princeton man. 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. The comedy features meg ryan as einstein s niece and tim robbins as. It is the one where meg ryan wishes to cross the room to get to tim robbins. Its light and breezy, and theres hardly anything in the way of iffy content. 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 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. Rent movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. The woman, whose name is catherine meg ryan, has reason to want a. 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.
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. Tom hanks, meg ryan, and a bunch of floating luggage. The movies central conceit is that einsteins brilliance extends to. A mechanic romances the mathematician niece of physicist albert einstein, with help from.
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. Feynmann got an ok one in infinity 1996, and jobs was treated well in steve jobs 2015, but they keep t. Legendary scientist albert einstein played here by walter matthau takes a. Gene saks, joseph maher, lou jacobi, meg ryan, tim robbins, walter matthau official content from paramount home entertainment albert einstein. But, over the years, her presence in hollywood has become pretty much nonexistent. She must first cover half the distance then she must cover half the remaining distance.
The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. He hopes she will follow her heart and choose honest. November 19, 1961 is an american actress and producer. 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. The original music score was composed by jerry goldsmith.
Magazine, would be perfect for his niece catherine meg ryan. Believing that the key to catherines heart is his iq, ed passes himself off as a physicist with the help of. Walter matthau is utterly charming as uncle albert einstein. Script transcript from the screenplay andor meg ryan. Meg ryan movies list by ratulmajumder0 created 25 jan 2012 updated 25 jan 2012 public. The movies central conceit is that einsteins brilliance extends to matters of the. The film centers on a mechanic and a princeton doctoral candidate who fall in love, thanks to the candidates uncle, albert einstein. But hardly any major technicals get decent movie portrayals. Albert einstein comes up with a formula for matchmaking in this gentle romantic comedy. Meg ryan, ross malinger and tom hanks at the iconic end of sleepless in seattle. Albert einstein is one of few scientists to achieve the status of pop culture icon. 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. In the film scene, einstein also seems reluctant to talk about his son, eduard. In the interview, ryan also revealed new details about the scene when her character annie is.
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