Robert Kearns affronta le case automobilistiche di Detroit che sostiene abbiano rubato la sua idea per il tergicristallo intermittente.Robert Kearns affronta le case automobilistiche di Detroit che sostiene abbiano rubato la sua idea per il tergicristallo intermittente.Robert Kearns affronta le case automobilistiche di Detroit che sostiene abbiano rubato la sua idea per il tergicristallo intermittente.
- Premi
- 1 vittoria in totale
- Baby Bob Jr.
- (as Gavin & Ben Kuiack)
- Baby Bob Jr.
- (as Gavin & Ben Kuiack)
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- QuizContrary to the court case depicted in the movie, Kearns was actually represented by professional lawyers in his case against Ford. It was in his subsequent, and ultimately more financially successful action against Chrysler, that he acted as his own lawyer.
- BlooperAs the Kearns family is proposing a toast in the diner (celebrating his invention), you can see a white 2008 Acura pulling out of the garage across the street.
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Bob Kearns: Whatever happened to this little thing called justice we talked about?
Gregory Lawson: This is justice, Bob. This is how justice is dispensed in this country - with checkbooks. There are no brass bands, you know, there are no ticker tape parades, the mayor doesn't give you the key to the city and call you a hero. You get a check, and that check makes the lives of you and your family a little easier... a little more pleasant. It's that simple.
- Curiosità sui creditiFollowing his verdict over Ford, Bob received $18.7 million from the Chrysler Corporation.
- ConnessioniFeatured in The Hour: Episodio datato 2 ottobre 2008 (2008)
- Colonne sonoreStage Door Queen
Written by Dick Wagner (as Richard Wagner)
Performed by Ursa Major
Courtesy of Spirit Music Group
Singer sewing machine, phone (yes nor Bell after all but Elisha Gray), radio, monopoly game, Jack Daniels, bulb and in our times, Facebook, google earth and more.... This is a story about one such stolen invention.. it is about a patent infringement by a mega-company Ford Motors. The patent was for a variable speed (blink) wiper or known as intermittent wiper.. it was originally invented by an university professor and an inventor Dr Robert Kearns. It was 1960s.. Americans back then viewed the major corporations as the epitome of Americanism not with cynicism and mistrust. Even though the first-half if the movie is kind of stock-still, but meritorious performance by Greg Kinnear does not leave you cold.. a true story that makes this movie an Olympian in the genre and a good watch ...
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- 20.000.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 4.442.377 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 2.251.075 USD
- 5 ott 2008
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 4.802.953 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 59 minuti
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