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Writers (WGA):
James DeMonaco (written by) &
Gary Nadeau (written by)
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Release Date:
9 August 1996 (USA) more
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Jack Powell is about to tackle his biggest adventure ever... the fifth grade! more
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. full summary | add synopsis
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5 nominations more
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Rated PG-13 for some sexual references.
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113 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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If you look closely at the costume of the woman dressed as a wine bottle in the opening scenes, you'll notice the wine she's dressed as comes from Francis Ford Coppola's vineyards. more
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Continuity: Louie's mom is seen reaching in her bag to get out the chocolate mousse for Louie. And in the next seen she is seen again reaching into the bag. more
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Brian: I remember when you first learned to ride a bike. You were so determined to ride, even though you kept wipin' out and you almost took out some of the neighbors, but eventually you got it and now you're riding like a pro. more
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Interesting Coppola movie, 8 April 2002
Author: Mika Pykäläaho (bygis80@hotmail.com) from Järvenpää, Finland

"Jack" is a silly, genial and charming story about a "little" boy who ages four times faster than he should. It's a tragedy disguised as comedy. It has some comic elements but who couldn't admit the basic idea is rather sad. "Jack" is the kind of a film you least expect from the man who directed violent crime, war and horror masterpieces "The Godfather" -trilogy, "Apocalypse Now" and "Dracula". Nevertheless it's one of the most personal projects of Francis Ford Coppola since his own son died at an early age. Even though this is not a classic Coppola movie it's definitely classic role from Robin Williams.

It's hard to think of another actor to play the part of a ten year old boy who looks like a man of middle age. Williams really relieved the child inside of him. Bill Cosby is also splendid as Jack's sympathetic teacher Woodruff. For the sake of comparison I might mention that Penny Marshall's "Big" starring Tom Hanks is an outstanding, heart-warming classic and I've seen it many, many, many times but it's hard to get tired of a movie that's simply so enjoyable and entertaining. "Jack" is watchable once or probably even twice but unfortunately it doesn't come even close to "Big's" glamour. "Jack" has a good idea and yet another excellent performance from Williams but it's a movie that just might have been even better.

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