Flash of Genius 2008

Flash of Genius 2008 Flash of Genius is a 2008 American biographical film directed by Marc Abraham. The screenplay by Philip Railsback, based on a 1993 New Yorker article by John Seabrook,[2] focuses on Robert Kearns and his legal battle against the Ford Motor Company when they developed an intermittent windshield wiper based on ideas the inventor had patented. The film's title, the phrase "flash of genius," is patent law terminology which was in effect from 1941 to 1952, which held that the inventive act must come into the mind of an inventor as a kind of epiphany and not as a result of tinkering. Although this test lasted little more than a decade, it was most likely an appealing and easy standard for judges and unsophisticated jurors to apply to any given patent dispute when the technology being disputed was beyond their scientific acumen. Idioms, slangs and expressions I can divine it = guess, speculate 2,41 Cut it out = stop it 9,18 8,13 ﺭﻭﺯی ﺧﻭﺍﻫﺩ ﺭﺳﻳﺩ ﮐﻪ = … There will come a day when/where I wana toast to … = raise your glass and praise a person 12,18 That's the damnedest thing = extraordinary 12,47 Do your damnedest = do your best 13,10 Barely alive = in a very bad condition 13,56 We will hold his hand the whole time = support 13,49 …. Is one thing but …. Is another = two separate issues 13,27 Seed the money for sth = Seed money is money that is used to start a small business. 13,11 Nail a product(business) = make it successful 13,18 14,59 ﭼﻪ ﺍﻳﻥ ﭼﻪ ﺁﻥ = Either way = whether this one or the other I can't hear myself think = this is too loud = 17,09 Lean on sb to do sth = rely 16,32 Big hand = Loud and enthusiastic applause. When Pavarotti finished singing the aria from Rigoletto, he got a very big hand. 16,36 16,28 ﺟﺑﺭﺍﻥ ﮐﺭﺩﻥ = Make it up to sb = compensate Drag somebody somewhere = take him where they are not happy 17,06 They haven't beaten it yet = couldn’t solve it 17,58 I'll be damned = surprised 17,45 They haven’t cracked it yet. 17,54 Cat stays in the bag = the secret is kept 18,38 Play havoc = cause destruction 20,38 Real big on security = they care about security 21,03 We are good = there is not any serious problem 22,02 Manipulate = control 22,59 24,30 ﺍﻳﻭﻝ = A hell of a job = a great job In your Infinite your wisdom = very wise or sometimes very stupid 26,33 Thunder clapping = thunder making noise 26,54 The marketing department is all over me = pushing me/criticizing me 28,33 Sell the shit out of it = sell a large number 28,33 Get him on board = get him involved, make him a partner, bring him to work with us 28,48 Congrats = congratulations 29,11 It looks like you cracked it = you made it, you succeeded 29,14 Work up a unit price = calculate average cost of one piece 29,18 30,28 ﻣﺳﺎﺋﻝ ﺣﻘﻭﻗﯽ = Let's get started on the legal = legal issues No back talk = don’t be rude = be quiet 31,07 The owners might come down a bit = give a discount 31,42 We are down the road on all that = it will happen 32,16 They want out = they want not to continue their partnership 33,07 Our best bet = best chance 34,05 They strung us along = waste time and cheat someone 34,09 33,32 ﺑﻬﺎﻧﻪ ﺍﺵ ﺍﻳﻥ ﺑﻭﺩ = …… He gave me a line like … = he said Hang on a sec, I am in this = wait. I'm with you 33,37 Tons of options = many choices 37,21 It comes with/in = it includes …… 37,27 38,21 ﺗﺷﻭﻳﻖ ﮐﻧﻳﺩ = Give it a hand = applause Know sth/sb inside out = completely 38,39 They are a minefield = difficult and dangerous 40,23 Not to mention = besides, in addition 40,27 Courts are totally jammed = crowded 40,27 Whatever it takes = I'll do everything necessary 40,32 Go a little softer on the language = be less aggressive 40,39 Sth varies inversely with sth = opposite 41,03 a capacitive reactance varies inversely with the product of both frequency? Do you mind getting me a refill = pour me another drink 42,24 I'll be a second = it won't take long 42,29 Out of line = behaving inappropriately 42,41 get/step put of line Anybody who steps out of line will be in deep trouble. Sit around and do nothing = to be lazy 42,46 You are on everybody = you are attacking everyone 42,53 42,57 ﺗﺳﻠﻳﻡ ﺷﺩﻥ = Back out = surrender to decide not to do something that you had promised to do It's too late to back out now. After you've signed the contract, it will be impossible to back out. The government is trying to back out of its commitment to reduce pollution. 43,05 ﮐﺭﻡ ﺭﻳﺧﺗﻥ = They are stonewalling us = sabotaging, giving us trouble to delay a discussion, decision etc by talking a lot and refusing to answer questions I'm not gonna back off of this = will continue to fight 44,08 to move backwards, away from someone or something She backed off and then turned and ran. to stop telling someone what to do, or stop criticizing them, especially so that they can deal with something themselves I think you should back off for a while. Back off, Marc! Let me run my own life! to stop supporting something, or decide not to do something you were planning to do Jerry backed off when he realized how much work was involved. The company has backed off from investing new money. It is hard getting past it = hard to forgive and forget 53,36 Take credit for sth = people recognize me as the one who did it 53,52 take the credit/blame/responsibility He's the kind of man who makes things happen but lets others take the credit. 53,58 ﺍﺯ ﮔﺭﺩ ﺭﺍﻩ ﺭﺳﻳﺩ ﻭ .... = He just came along and put his name there I take your point = I understand 54,03 If you say that someone has a point, or if you take their point, you mean that you accept that what they have said is important and should be considered. `If he'd already killed once, surely he'd have killed Sarah?' She had a point there... What do you say we round up the board of directors = gather 56,12 if police or soldiers round up a particular group of people, they find them and force them to go to prison Thousands of men were rounded up and jailed. to find and gather together a group of people, animals, or things See if you can round up a few friends to help you! His dog Nell started to round up the sheep. to increase an exact figure to the next highest whole number These bastards think they can walk all over anyone they want = violate their rights 1,00,11 It's not a good play = not a good decision 1,04,55 1,05,43 ﺩﺭی ﻭﺭی = A bunch of hogwash = rubbish, nonsense, baloney, hot air Flash of Genius 2008 Flash of Genius is a 2008 American biographical film directed by Marc Abraham. The screenplay by Philip Railsback, based on a 1993 New Yorker article by John Seabrook,[2] focuses on Robert Kearns and his legal battle against the Ford Motor Company when they developed an intermittent windshield wiper based on ideas the inventor had patented. Page 1 of 62 The film's title, the phrase "flash of genius," is patent law terminology which was in effect from 1941 to 1952, which held that the inventive act must come into the mind of an inventor as a kind of epiphany and not as a result of tinkering. Although this test lasted little more than a decade, it was most likely an appealing and easy standard for judges and unsophisticated jurors to apply to any given patent dispute when the technology being disputed was beyond their scientific acumen. Plot: On his wedding night in 1953, an errant champagne cork rendered college professor of engineering Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear) almost completely blind in his left eye. A decade later, he is happily married to Phyllis (Lauren Graham) and the father of six children. As he drives his Ford Galaxie through a light rain, the constant movement of the windshield wipers irritates his troubled vision. The incident inspires him to create a wiper blade mechanism modeled on the human eye, which blinks every few seconds rather than continuously. With financial support from Gil Previck (Dermot Mulroney), Kearns converts his basement into a laboratory and develops aprototype he tests in a fish tank before installing it in his car. He patents his invention and demonstrates it for Ford researchers, who had been working on a similar project without success. Kearns refuses to explain how his mechanism works until he hammers out a favorable deal with the corporation. Impressed with Kearns' results, executive Macklin Tyler (Mitch Pileggi) asks him to prepare a business plan detailing the cost of the individual units, which Robert intends to manufacture himself. Considering this to be sufficient commitment from the company, he rents a warehouse he plans to use as a factory and forges ahead. He presents Ford with the pricing information it requested along with a sample unit, then waits for their response.

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