Jack (1996)

Director:

Francis Ford Coppola

Writers (WGA):

James DeMonaco (written by) &
Gary Nadeau (written by)

Release Date:

9 August 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Jack Powell is about to tackle his biggest adventure ever... the fifth grade!

Plot:

Because of an unusual aging disorder that has aged him four times faster than a normal human being, a boy enters the fifth grade for the first time with the appearance of a 40 year old man.

Plot Keywords:

Premature Aging | Fantastic | Father Son Relationship | Friendship | Heart Attack

Awards:

5 nominations

Cast

Robin Williams	...	Jack Charles Powell
Diane Lane	...	Karen Powell
Brian Kerwin	...	Brian Powell
Jennifer Lopez	...	Miss Marquez
Bill Cosby	...	Lawrence Woodruff
Fran Drescher	...	Dolores 'D.D.' Durante
Adam Zolotin	...	Louis 'Louie' Durante
Todd Bosley	...	Eddie
Seth Smith	...	John-John
Mario Yedidia	...	George
Jeremy Lelliott	...	Johnny Duffer
Jurnee Smollett	...	Phoebe
Dani Faith	...	Jane
Hugo Hernandez	...	Victor
Rickey D'Shon Collins	...	Eric

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sexual references.

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:All | Iceland:L | USA:PG-13 (certificate no. 34700) | Brazil:10 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:6 (w) | Netherlands:AL | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/6 | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Mare Island, Vallejo, California, USA

Company:

American Zoetrope

Trivia:

Francis Ford Coppola gave Robin Williams camping gear to spend the night in his backyard and ten dollars to spend at Toys R Us before shooting the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: Jack's top shirt button is alternately open and closed in various shots in the first playground scene.

Quotes:

[Jack, with the appearance of a 68-year old but only 17 years old, arrives at his graduation ceremony]
Lawrence Woodruff: [addressing the audience] I would like to present, to read the graduation speech, this year's Valedictorian: Mr Jack Charles Powell...
[a round of applause approves of this choice]
Jack: [taking the stand] Thank you... Aristotle. dDue to his aged condition he has to take out spectacles to read the speech]
Eric's Brother: Go Jack! Go get them!
Jack: I got it, Eric, I'm cool... As we come to the end of our school years, we find ourselves remembering the good times, and trying to forget the bad ties. And as we start to look ahead, we start to worry. We think "What am I going to do? Where am I going to be in ten years?" But I say to you...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Koi... Mil Gaya (2003)

Soundtrack:

Star

Talented Williams And A Sorry Script

JACK *** Robin Williams, who has the versatility as an actor to portray a wide range of characters, handles himself admirably as Jack, a 10-year-old boy "trapped" inside of a 40-year-old man's body - through some happenstance, he is born into an unusual aging process where he grows four times as quickly as normal humans. With the support from his ultra-nurturing parents (Brian Kerwin and Diane Lane), he manages to deal with his strange make-up; that is, until he decides to tackle public school for the first time for an enlightening journey. Williams does fine but the script lets him down.

Rating System

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