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:est comed
\ies from the 196\?0s,;, about a tone-dea#(/f, ^color-;; b`?l#$]ind boy genius` w i%th on.e inter;? est Brigitte _.*Bardot. James! S^+tewart pl^[^ays professor*$ R\ obe:\rt)! [*Le]af
., a typical colleg, e prof$essor (when speaking of col!lege[ pr.of essors typi ca:+/l means liberal, but thi\*s was 40 years a?^%$go and labels chan$ge) `. Le\af t]/ eaches po*) ^etry, li
ves in a houseb!oat in S^.an Franc.isco;?, voca+[lly %opp_o.;ses \] nuclear+., power #and progress in genera!;]l. He h]:as) an ori`=ginal ! w=/.ay to make.. the fam,ily sti+ck ]_% to_($get?.her .*\- family/@` conc^( erts. His]- d
aughter ca[lls him sq@uar?`\e. L)e-^af)'?\s 8-!@)year old so!n E@rasmu=s is pl\+(aye^d%[* by Billy Mumy +!(Sammy t*#%h%e Way Out Seal, Lost In/^/ Sp@!ac*
e%, Bless The Be*:asts _ Children,+ Th^ ree Wishes). Lea(,f ho-!pes to fi
\nd artis_;tic genius of some sort :in@ his only =(son, and[[( nurt -:ures him [.!in = mus:i#c, painting, literature, etc. Bu,$t Le+)$/af is_ disa
p-poi)nted, to put it mildly,$(\; ]*w%(hen it t]_/!urns out Erasm)us ha% a ; ^gift\ fo*r mat+h, can out-think the [
colleges ne(w]%(?est computer, in:stantl %y%! co#` mp$ ute hor
_se-])race w]in?ner^_s\. I don't+ )want to give away too. muc]h _of the plot#],, but]%^ #,Eras@mu^/ s had been writing to Bar ?dot regularly, an,.d af:#ter) th]e famil
(y com/_es to d?-/!ep:_end on h^ _is ability ^+., hi?=`!s.# love-si)!c:kness -?=^causes %a (!ment*=)al block;`. Glyni(,s Johns :).(Fathe@\]r's Delicate Cond_[i#;t?ion, The` Cabi%`_net of% Cali-^;gari, Mary P^!oppins(@^]) plays_;$@ Leaf's w,( \ife. Ed Wynn (Requie/^m F)-(or A  \Heav#_ yweight, Mar:$y Poppins) is#+/ a n=.eighbor capta%% in =%]*n.+arrator. Other cast include Fab\ian, Cindy Carol, John W+,illiams, ?^$Jesse White, Jack Kruschen, and Jam$es Brolin in; an( early bi_t part. Brigitte Bar  dot appears a\_t@ _ the:\ e\$;nd.