Greg
Kinnear
stars
in
director
Marc
Abraham's
man-against-the-system
docudrama
Flash
of
Genius
as
inventor
Robert
Kearns,
the
visionary
who
developed
the
modern
intermittent
windshield
wiper.
Kearns
submitted
the
invention
to
each
of
the
big
three
auto
companies,
each
of
which
promptly
rejected
it;
the
companies
then
turned
around
and
put
the
device
to
use.
The
enraged
inventor
spent
several
decades
attempting
to
collect
on
his
patent,
and
mounting
lawsuits
that
traveled
all
the
way
to
the
Supreme
Court;
he
eventually
collected
over
30
million
dollars
for
his
obsession.
Abraham
co-authored
the
script
with
Scott
Frank
and
Phillip
Railsback,
adapting
an
article
by
John
Seabrook
that
originally
appeared
in
The
New
Yorker.
Dermot
Mulroney
plays
Kinnear's
best
friend,
with
Lauren
Graham
rounding
out
the
supporting
cast.
-
Nathan
Southern,
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