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Jack

Actor(s): Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Jennifer Lopez, Brian Kerwin, Fran Drescher
Director(s): Francis Ford Coppola
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Suitable for Children
Movie Release: 1996
DVD Release: 08/03/2004
Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned
Edition: Dual Layered
Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish
Subtitles: French
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 53 mins
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Members Wishing: 11
Genres: Comedy Drama, Domestic Comedy

DVD Synopsis

In this film by director Francis Ford Coppola, Robin Williams stars as Jack, a boy who is growing normally, but at many times the normal rate. In a bizarre flashback, we see that he was born when his mother was only ten weeks pregnant. Kept out of school for years, the neighborhood children consider him a freak, and generally avoid him. He is finally required to go to public school, and we catch up to him as he enters the fourth grade for the first time, a 10-year-old boy who appears to be a fully grown man in his 40s. His classmates tease him mercilessly until they begin to see the advantages of having him around. He must also have some grown-up feelings to go along with his grown-up body, because he asks his teacher out for a date. When she refuses him, he goes off into town and gets into adult-type trouble as he courts nightclub denizen Dolores Durante (Fran Drescher) over the objections of her boyfriend. Teacher Lawrence Woodruff (Bill Cosby) tries (with some success) to help Jack cope with his situation. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Actors

Robin Williams - Jack Powell
Diane Lane - Karen Powell
Jennifer Lopez - Miss Marquez
Brian Kerwin - Powell,Brian
Fran Drescher - Dolores Durante

Editorial Review of DVD

Francis Ford Coppola and Robin Williams team up for the sentimental comedy Jack. The film makes its debut on DVD with this disc, which offers a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. English, French, and Spanish soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. French subtitles are accessible. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, which is hardly a surprise considering this film's less than stellar reputation. This is a fine, bare-bones release from Hollywood. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Member Movie Reviews

Karen D. (maxmax) wrote on 10/27/2009...

This was a semi emotional movie it is about this boy Named Jack who ages four times the normal human rate. He was born prematurely and was considered special his parents were afraid to send him to school because they didn't want to have him being made fun of the neighborhood children consider him a freak, and generally avoid him. So his parents hired him a tutor but Jack doesn't want to learn with his tutor any more so he begs his parents to send him to school like all the other normal children. His parents finally agree to send him to school, Jack goes into the fourth grade for the first time, He is a 10-year-old boy who appears to be a fully grown man in his 40s. Which causes his classmates tease him until they begin to see the advantages of having him around. They end up having a school dance and Jack ask's his teacher to go with him because all the other girls were to small and young looking and he felt funny about showing up with them. His teacher refuses to go out with him, So he leaves the school and goes off into town and gets into adult-type trouble as he goes to this nightclub and meets Dolores Durante (Fran Drescher)His tutor Lawrence Woodruff (Bill Cosby) tries to help Jack cope with his situation. He finally feels ready to go back to school and begs his mom to let him return she does a few months later Jack ends up having a heart attack in school and once again is home with his tutor. He survives but doesn't want to see anybody all his friends come to his house asking if he can come out and Play his mother has to tell all the children that come to their house that Jack can't come out and play. He end's up getting at the end of the movie he end's up graduating with his classmates. And he is really old he is now in his 60's with gray hair.