Jack
Jack is a 1996 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film co-produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The film stars Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Jennifer Lopez, Brian Kerwin, Fran Drescher, and Bill Cosby. Williams plays the role of Jack Powell, a boy who ages four times faster than normal as a result of a unique medical condition.
Plot
During a costume party, guest Karen Powell goes into labor and is rushed to the hospital by her husband Brian and their friends. The baby boy, named Jack, inexplicably looks full-term and healthy despite having been born in the 10th week of gestation. Medical exams reveal that Jack suffers from a unique condition that results in his growing four times faster than normal.
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author | Gary Nadeau James DeMonaco |
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contentLocation | San Francisco Bay Area |
director | Francis Ford Coppola |
editor | Barry Malkin |
genre | comedy-drama |
keywords | arrest baby baby boy basketball basketball hoop best friend best of childbirth costume party fake eye first crush labor lurk madballs principal reject scar seclude valedictorian speech win |
musicBy | Michael Kamen |
producer | Francis Ford Coppola Fred Fuchs Ricardo Mestres |
productionCompany | American Zoetrope Great Oaks Entertainment Hollywood Pictures |
publisher | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
recordedAt | San Francisco |