Flash of Genius (2008)

Flash of Genius: Directed by Marc Abraham. With Greg Kinnear, Tim Eddis, Warren Belle, Karl Pruner. Robert Kearns takes on the Detroit automakers who he claims stole his idea for the intermittent windshield wiper.

“I cherish this movie; a lot of this is for personal reasons. The film is well done; Greg Kinnear really impressed me with this and little miss sunshine.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI am a sales guy who sells to big companies. I recently gave ford a free education in a service we offer, and it took so much evangalizing, repetition, re-explanation and hitting them over the head. I was astonished that a business this big didnu0026#39;t have smarter people.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThen, when we gave them our price and offer, they said u0026quot;no thanks were going to build this in house rather than use youu0026quot;………I felt a visceral connections to Bob Kearns.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSuddenly, Ford is an expert on this. I would talk to anyone who would listen, and I put my blood into helping them improve their business. I have a new opinion of the buying and technology that Ford uses to run its operations. One of the reasons they might be the u0026quot;least screwed upu0026quot; of the auto makersu0026quot; is their soul-less way of getting companies on their knees, and then kicking them down when you cry u0026quot;uncleu0026quot; for them.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSorry for blabbing. It just hurts to know we really wanted to help them , and help us make a buck in the process. And we were treated like dogs.”