The story about a man nearly destroyed by his invention that was stolen by a major company. I can see why a man would fight for his integrity and honour for receiving the due recognition that Robert Kearns was fighting for. The question is: when do you give up? The previews made it look like this was a movie you would cry watching, but in actuality, I never shed a tear, not even got a little misty eyed throughout the film. Mr. Kearns fight was the fight not just for himself, but all the other people who had their inventions stolen. Surprisingly enough, I used my University education in this, and that it was neo-diffusionism that people use the same tools they are introduced to an adapt to it to make an entirely new object, but at the same time not an entirely new object. Kearns fight for justice has brought other people to do the same thing and bring justice to major corporations whom lie and cheat honest people from what was rightfully theirs or what they deserve. It was an okay film, but it had a strong moral message that resonates beyond the film.
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My Dad, Robert Kearns, worked on the film for about 5 years before his death. Greg never got a opportunity to meet him, but did a magnificent job of becoming him.
Perhaps more would have seen this movie in the US had it not come out just as the Automotive Industry started whining about about their inability to manage their businesses without Billions of OUR dollars?
I noticed Universal had put it on their Oscar Contenders website. Then removed it a few days later. I'm not sure which Automotive Exec accomplished this?
I'm proud to have been a consultant on the movie and to have participated in the reality.
Bob Kearns won 5 jury trials against some of the biggest corporations in the world. It was what he had learned in school, it was what he as an engineering professor taught. Patents were granted to protect the inventors rights.
Perhaps his idealism was from his Jesuit training at the University of Detroit.
His U.S. Marine Corps training taught him when a bully picks a fight you don't back down. No matter the odds.
As for the other players:
The law firm HDP.com that started the suits on our behalf represented Chrysler against us.
Henry Ford II's friend Max Fisher, Federal Judge Avern Cohn and his former silk-stocking law partners were estimated to have made a 2000% profit on the sale of property for Chrysler's World Headquarters (Detroit: Race and Uneven Development 1990)
Dennis Kearns
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http://Dennis-Kearns.com
The arrow that hits the bull’s eye is the result of 100 misses.
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