He's a healthy ten year old who's growing four times faster than normal. Now he's about to take off on the biggest adventure of his life... 5th grade.
Born with a rare condition that makes him age four times faster than normal, ten-year-old Jack Powell looks like a forty-year-old man. After years of homeschooling, he enters public school for the first time, eager to make friends and live like any other kid—only to discover that growing up too fast means learning some of life’s hardest lessons early.
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Character
Contemporary, classical in form, earnest and spare.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- rawmeticulous
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Cast
- Robin WilliamsJack Powell
- Diane LaneKaren Powell
- Brian KerwinBrian Powell
- Jennifer LopezMiss Marquez
- Bill CosbyLawrence Woodruff
- Fran DrescherDolores Durante
- Adam ZolotinLouis Durante
- Irwin CoreyPoppy
- Jurnee Smollett-BellPhoebe
- Ashlee LaurenAllison
Crew
- Francis Ford CoppolaDirector
- James DeMonacoScreenplay
- Gary NadeauScreenplay
- John TollDirector of Photography
- Michael KamenOriginal Music Composer
- Barry MalkinEditor
- Francis Ford CoppolaProducer
- Fred FuchsProducer
- Ricardo MestresProducer
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