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:

Aging Disorder | Heart Attack | One Word Title | Premature Aging | Handicap

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
Michael McKean	...	Paulie
Edward Lynch	...	Angry Man
Don Novello	...	Bartender
Allan Rich	...	Dr. Benfante
Keone Young	...	Dr. Lin
Irwin Corey	...	Poppy
Al Nalbandian	...	Principal McGee
Dwight Hicks	...	High School Principal
Allison Whitbeck	...	Lucy
Sam Ritzenberg	...	Boy in Classroom
Terry Ricardo Jefferson II	...	Eric's Brother
Studio Gutierrez	...	Mario
Joe Akins	...	Big Joe
Kendra Sutherland	...	Kendra
Ashlee Lauren	...	Allison
Wilma Bonet	...	Nurse
Abigail Van Alyn	...	Nurse
Rainer Judd	...	Nurse
Marcella Pabros	...	Nurse
Jennifer Garces	...	Nurse
Marc Coppola	...	Radio Personality (voice)
Terence McGovern	...	Radio Personality (voice) (as Terry McGovern)
Kim Wonderly	...	Radio Personality (voice)
Bria Neuenschwander	...	Drugstore Clerk
Steven Anthony Jones	...	Officer at Jail
Jeanette Etheredge	...	Cat
Jaqueline De La Fontaine	...	Cat (as Jacqui De La Fontaine)
Josh Kornbluth	...	Pack of Cigarettes
Helen Shumaker	...	Martini
Pete Escovedo	...	The New Morty Show
Morty Okin	...	The New Morty Show
John Quam	...	The New Morty Show
Whitney Wilson	...	The New Morty Show
Andrew Higgins	...	The New Morty Show
David Rubin	...	The New Morty Show
David Murotake	...	The New Morty Show
Carroll Ashby	...	The New Morty Show
Juan Escovedo	...	The New Morty Show
Peter Michael Escovedo	...	The New Morty Show
Ray Loeckle	...	The New Morty Show
Van Hughes	...	The New Morty Show
Mike Moore	...	The New Morty Show
Michael Madland	...	Louis Durante - at 18
Matt Kroot	...	Eddie - at 18
Ryan Kennedy	...	George - at 18
Tyler Smith	...	John-John - at 18
Jesse James Chisholm	...	Johnny Duffer - at 18
Jonathan A. Turner	...	Eric - at 18
Kamela Peart	...	Phoebe - at 18
Jennifer Hagan	...	Jane - at 16
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anthony DeSimone	...	Classroom Student (uncredited)
Jonathan Randell Silver	...	Classmate (uncredited)
Joseph Quinn Simpkins	...	Teacher (uncredited)
James A. Swan	...	Physical Ed Teacher (uncredited)
Victor Talmadge	...	L. King (uncredited)

Directed by
Francis Ford Coppola

Writing credits (WGA)
James DeMonaco		(written by) &
Gary Nadeau		(written by)

Produced by
Doug Claybourne	....	executive producer
Francis Ford Coppola	....	producer
Fred Fuchs	....	producer
Ricardo Mestres	....	producer

Original Music by
Michael Kamen

Cinematography by
John Toll

Film Editing by
Barry Malkin

Casting by
Rosalie Joseph
Linda Phillips-Palo

Production Design by
Dean Tavoularis

Art Direction by
Angelo P. Graham		(as Angelo Graham)

Set Decoration by
Armin Ganz
Barbara Munch

Costume Design by
Aggie Guerard Rodgers

Makeup Department
Catherine Childers	....	assistant hair stylist
Ken Diaz	....	makeup designer
Donna Dunlop	....	assistant hair stylist
Paul LeBlanc	....	hair designer
Jenny-King Turko	....	assistant makeup artist
William S. Jones	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Brian Penikas	....	makeup artist: prosthetics (uncredited)
Kris Ravetto	....	additional makeup artist (uncredited)
Kris Ravetto	....	additional prosthetics (uncredited)

Production Management
Kim Aubry	....	post-production supervisor
Ned Kopp	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Roman Coppola	....	second unit director
Rebecca Greeley	....	second second assistant director
L. Dean Jones Jr.	....	first assistant director
David Kelley	....	second assistant director
Gary Marcus	....	first assistant director (as Gary Scott Marcus)
Robert J. Mooney	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Emilio R. Aramendia	....	on-set dresser
Kristin Argue	....	draper
Kristin Argue	....	set dresser
Dean Backer	....	lead man
William Beck	....	set designer
Todd McCune Bray	....	lead scenic painter (as Todd Bray McCune)
Richard W. Clot	....	construction coordinator (as Richard Clot)
Robbie Clot	....	construction foreman (as Robert Clot)
Alexandra Fitzpatrick	....	art department coordinator
Hank Giardina	....	paint coordinator (as Henry J. Giardina)
Sean Haworth	....	assistant art director
Douglas E. Madison	....	property master (as Douglas Madison)
George F. Mauricio	....	property master: San Francisco (as George Mauricio)
George Zimninsky	....	greensman
Robert L. Peden	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
Ken Sly	....	carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Agamemnon Andrianos	....	production sound
Christopher Boatwright	....	cable person
Sara Bolder	....	adr editor
Kyrsten Mate Comoglio	....	sound effects editor
Tobin Davis	....	assistant sound editor (as Tobin John De Luca Davis)
Patrick Dodd	....	dialogue editor
Malcolm Fife	....	foley editor
Aura Gilge	....	assistant sound editor (as Aura Belle Gilge)
Tom Johnson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jim Kallett	....	foley recordist
Mark Levinson	....	supervising adr editor (as Mark A. Levinson)
Marnie Moore	....	foley artist
Patrick Moriarty	....	boom operator
John Nutt	....	supervising sound editor
Margie O'Malley	....	foley artist
Richard Quinn	....	dialogue editor
Michael Semanick	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lisa Storer	....	assistant sound editor
Roy Waldspurger	....	second engineer
Stephen Balliet	....	playback (uncredited)
Ethan Derner	....	sound post-production intern (uncredited)
Philip Rogers	....	sound transferer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
John McLeod	....	special effects coordinator
Frank W. Tarantino	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Kim Aubry	....	visual effects producer
Gary Gutierrez	....	visual effects supervisor
Jimi Simmons	....	visual effects
Camille Geier	....	visual effects producer: ILM (uncredited)
Don Lee	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Adam Savage	....	visual effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Rocky Capella	....	stunts
Jack Gill	....	stunt coordinator
Mike Mitchell	....	stunts (as Michael Mitchell)
Michael Runyard	....	stunt coordinator
Andy Gill	....	stunts (uncredited)
Larry Nicholas	....	stunts (uncredited)
Pat Romano	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Paul C. Babin	....	camera operator: "a" camera (as Paul Babin)
Ben Beaird	....	key grip
Chris Blair	....	video assistant
Dave Childers	....	grip (as David Childers)
Gregory M. Childers	....	key grip: San Francisco
Tom Cloutier	....	electrician (as Thomas Cloutier)
Doug Cook	....	best boy grip (as Douglas Cook)
Tom Fox	....	video assistant
Dennis Gehringer	....	electrician
Jeff Gilliam	....	chief lighting technician
Jon Guterres	....	dolly grip (as Jonathan Guterres)
Don L. Henderson	....	grip (as Don Henderson)
Kim Marks	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Patrick McArdle	....	first assistant camera
Merrick Morton	....	still photographer
Kenneth Patsel	....	electrician
James Plannette	....	chief lighting technician (as Jim Plannette)
Paul Sanchez	....	second assistant camera
Dane Spelman	....	grip
Mike Thomas	....	first assistant camera
Kevin Thompson	....	best boy electric
Chris Toll	....	second assistant camera
Ted Loebe	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Casting Department
Laura Folger	....	extras casting
Ingrid Franz	....	local casting assistant
Nina Henninger	....	extras casting
Davia Nelson	....	casting: San Francisco
Fred Roos	....	casting executive
David H. Kramer	....	adr voice casting (uncredited)
Robert McGee	....	casting associate (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Michael Becker	....	set costumer
Winnie D. Brown	....	costume supervisor (as Winnie Brown-Willis)
Andrea Cooper	....	set costumer
Patricia Kazmierowski	....	costumer
Nancy Servin	....	seamstress (as Nancy Hart Servin)
Steve Shubin	....	costumer: Mr. Williams (as Stephen Shubin)

Editorial Department
Megan B. Agosto	....	assistant film editor
Bill Kinder	....	post-production coordinator
Donald Ord	....	second assistant editor
David Orr	....	color timer
Marie Regan	....	assistant post-production coordinator
Theresa Repola Mohammed	....	negative cutter
Tim Sternberg	....	assistant editor: lightworks
Blake Danforth	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Christopher Brooks	....	supervising music editor
Debbi Datz-Pyle	....	music contractor (as Debbie Datz-Pyle)
Robert Elhai	....	orchestrator (as Bob Elhai)
Joel Franklin	....	music preparation
Michael Kamen	....	orchestrator
Stephen McLaughlin	....	music mixer
Stephen McLaughlin	....	music recordist
Kathy Nelson	....	executive in charge of music: Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group
David Slusser	....	music editor
Andy Warwick	....	music recording engineer
Patti Zimmitti	....	music contractor
Michael Fey	....	music executive (uncredited)
Lolita Ritmanis	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Al J. Hersh	....	driver: Mr. Williams
John Peters	....	transportation co-captain
Skip Steffens	....	driver: production van
Henry Travers	....	transportation coordinator
Jacqueline Travers	....	transportation captain
Carlos Williams	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Wayne Billheimer	....	production assistant
Rob Bonz	....	lightwork supporter
Adam Bryant	....	stand-in: Mr. Williams
Evan Cecil	....	production assistant
Christopher Desmond	....	paramedic coordinator
Tony Dingman	....	assistant: Mr. Coppola
Rory Enke	....	location manager
Michael Floquet	....	production assistant
Jennifer Garces	....	production assistant
Joanne S. Grant	....	first assistant accountant (as Joanne Grant)
Gary Gutierrez	....	title designer
Mark Hager	....	assistant production coordinator
Robert Hage	....	assistant location manager
Stacey Holmes	....	production assistant
Bonnie Hudson	....	studio teacher
Carol Kim	....	production coordinator
Jennifer Nee-wah Kim	....	production assistant (as Jennifer Kim)
Steven R. Kutcher	....	entomologist (as Steven Kutcher)
Shannon Lail	....	assistant to producers
Kevin Le Blanc	....	production assistant
Brian Lohmann	....	dialogue coach
Lucy MacSwain	....	studio teacher
Tava R. Maloy	....	assistant to producers (as Tava Maloy)
Tim McGovern	....	chief engineer
Anahid Nazarian	....	script supervisor
Christopher Neil	....	dialogue coach
Jill Ornitz	....	assistant: Mr. Coppola
Bob Roath	....	payroll accountant
Sussanah Robbins	....	assistant location manager
Lucas Roth	....	production assistant
Tao Ruspoli	....	production assistant
Paula Tracy Smuin	....	choreographer (as Paula Tracy-Smuin)
Jenny Spamer	....	second assistant accountant
Rebecca Erwin Spencer	....	assistant: Mr. Williams
Lauren Beth Strogoff	....	unit publicist (as Lauren Strogoff)
Alice Tompkins	....	script supervisor
Donald H. Walker	....	production accountant (as Don Walker)
Steven Weisman	....	assistant to producers
James J. Wilhelm	....	craft service (as James Wilhelm)
Deirdre Ashby	....	lead stand-in (uncredited)
Don Bastida	....	stand-in: Mr. Zolotin (uncredited)
Tina Canny	....	location projectionist (uncredited)
Howard Fong	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Christopher Neil	....	rehearsal coordinator (uncredited)
Mitchell Nyberg	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Sandy Reed	....	craft service (uncredited)
Nick Sternberg	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Bill Timoney	....	adr voice group (uncredited)
Virginia Travers	....	lead stand-in (uncredited)

Thanks
Armin Ganz	....	in memory of
Gia	....	dedicatee

Production Companies

• American Zoetrope
• Great Oaks
• Hollywood Pictures

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (1996) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2000) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Buena Vista International (Sweden) (1996) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (Germany)
• Gativideo (Argentina) (video)
• Laurenfilm (Spain)

Other Companies

• Hollywood Records  soundtrack
• Walt Disney Pictures and Television  for purposes of copyright law in the United Kingdom this picture was created by

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:

USA:PG-13 (certificate no. 34700) | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | 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:

Jack's condition (of aging four times faster than usual) is a somewhat exaggerated but nevertheless real illness, known as Werner Syndrome.

Goofs:

Continuity: Jack's teacher reaches for a Gummy Bear with her right hand, but in the next shot it is her left.

Quotes:

Jack: Mom, am I a giant?

Movie Connections:

References Back to the Future Part II (1989)

Soundtrack:

In the Still of the Night

Coppola's valentine to childhood; maudlin, yes...but forgivably so

A curiosity coming from Francis Ford Coppola (who also co-produced for Zoetrope) has pregnant Diane Lane going into labor after only two months, delivering a healthy-seeming baby boy (when she pleads to her husband in the delivery room, "It's too soon!", it's rather an understatement). Doctors have never seen another child like this, yet quickly determine the boy has an internal clock which is ahead of itself by four times the average rate, meaning that when Jack is ten-years old he'll look like a man of forty. This peculiar movie gimmick aside, what we really have here is Robin Williams back in grade school. Although this may sound perfectly inexcusable, not to mention somewhat derivative, it isn't a silly movie (at least, not at its core) and has good acting. Williams manages to hold back a bit from his usual barrage of vocal effects and facial expressions, and a few of his scenes are peddled quite softly (as they were in "Awakenings"). Also quite fine are Bill Cosby as Jack's initial tutor and Jennifer Lopez as his schoolteacher. The little boys are way over-the-top, and some of their gross-out talk is just stupid (they hole up in a tree house, equipped with TV, looking at nudie magazines--probably an attempt to mirror grown-ups but it plays sour). Oddly, Coppola can't stop himself from ultimately tugging at the old heartstrings, and not just once but for an entire sequence and an epilogue! I could have done without the "seven years later" bit, but for the most part this is a warm family comedy with a bigger heart than it knows what to do with. ** from ****