Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister In time he has a family and many friends, but he also finds friction with a few of his parishioners A young doctor grates at what he feels is the parson#39;s interference in the scientific treatment of patients, and a mine owner resents Grey#39;s protection of an old sharecropper whose small plot of land stands in the way of his continued mining Grey must face a public health crisis and a lynch mob as a result, all seen and described through the eyes and memory of Grey#39;s young nephew John
菲利普教授罗宾·威廉姆斯 Robin Williams 饰对研究工作的痴迷就像瘾君子沉溺毒品般终日为了研究忙得不可开交甚至因此已经错过了自己的两次结婚典礼眼下第三次大婚的钟声已来到门外菲利普的研究却出现了重大突破毫无意外他再一次因此错过了婚礼留未婚妻莎拉马西娅·盖伊·哈登 Marcia Gay Harden 饰在教堂苦苦等候怨言满腹菲利普看着被他称为飞天法宝的新发明一种绿色的胶状物质能够克服地心引力只需将它涂在任何物体上那个物体就会腾空而起不过这种物质也有个难以捉摸的特性随时会捉弄一下使用它的人为了追回被他气走的未婚妻同时挽救即将关闭的学校菲利普教授将飞天法宝涂在校篮球队员的球鞋上结果球队大获全胜然而同时也招来了别有用心者对飞天法宝的觊觎……
