Directed by:
Francis Ford CoppolaCinematography:
John TollComposer:
Michael KamenCast:
Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Brian Kerwin, Jennifer Lopez, Bill Cosby, Fran Drescher, Adam Zolotin, Jeremy Lelliott, Michael McKean, Terence McGovern (more)Plots(1)
After an odd 10-week pregnancy, Karen Powell (Diane Lane) gives birth to a healthy, seemingly normal baby boy. But this infant, Jack (Robin Williams), is no ordinary child: Jack's body grows at four times the normal rate. At 10 years old Jack has the appearance of a 40-year-old, including a five o'clock shadow and hairy knuckles. Jack's home-schooling tutor (Bill Cosby) is his only friend until he convinces his parents to let him attend fifth grade at the local public school. At first Jack isn't too popular; the other kids call him "giant" and "freak." But thanks to the encouragement of his teacher (Jennifer Lopez), he keeps trying. Shrewdly, Jack uses his condition to his advantage: playing center for the fifth grade basketball team, buying porno magazines for his new friends, and posing as the school's principal. As Jack's mind grows at the normal rate mentally and emotionally, his body continues to age rapidly. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Robin Williams
USA
Best movies:
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Awakenings (1990)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Diane Lane
USA
Best movies:
Chaplin (1992)
Inside Out (2015)
Lonesome Dove (1989) (series)
Brian Kerwin
USA
Best movies:
The Help (2011)
The Blue and the Gray (1982) (series)
Unlikely Angel (1996) (TV movie)
Jennifer Lopez
USA
Best movies:
U Turn (1997)
Antz (1998)
An Unfinished Life (2005)
Bill Cosby
USA
Best movies:
Let's Do It Again (1975)
A Piece of the Action (1977)
Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Fran Drescher
USA
Best movies:
American Hot Wax (1978)
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996) (video compilation)
Ragtime (1981)
Adam Zolotin
USA
Best movies:
Storm of the Century (1999) (series)
Jack (1996)
Zerophilia (2005)
Jeremy Lelliott
USA
Best movies:
Disappearance (2002) (TV movie)
Jack (1996)
Journey of the Heart (1997) (TV movie)
Michael McKean
USA
Best movies:
The X Files: Dreamland (1998) (video compilation)
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013)
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012)
Terence McGovern
USA
Best movies:
DuckTales: Treasure of the Golden Suns (1987) (TV movie)
DuckTales The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990)
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Josh Kornbluth
USA
Best movies:
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
Bartleby (2001)
Jack (1996)
Don Novello
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
Jurnee Smollett
USA
Best movies:
The Great Debaters (2007)
Gridiron Gang (2006)
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013)
Dwight Hicks
USA
Best movies:
The Rock (1996)
Armageddon (1998)
Jack (1996)
Joseph Quinn Simpkins
USA
Best movies:
Murder in the First (1995)
Copycat (1995)
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996)
Allan Rich
USA
Rickey D'Shon Collins
USA
Best movies:
Once Upon a Forest (1993)
Recess: School's Out (2001)
Jack (1996)
Keone Young
USA
Best movies:
Frances (1982)
Men in Black III (2012)
Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword (2009)
Steven Anthony Jones
Best movies:
Radio Flyer (1992)
Bound by Honor (1993)
Patch Adams (1998)
Marc Coppola
Best movies:
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
The Cotton Club (1984)