 jack is a 1996 ensemble cast comedy-drama film starring robin williams, diane lane, jennifer lopez, fran drescher, bill cosby, and brian kerwin. it was directed by francis ford coppola. williams plays the role of jack powell, a boy who ages four times faster than normal as a result of a disease, werner syndrome, a form of progeria. ==plot== the movie begins with karen powell (diane lane) going into labor during a costume party and being rushed to the hospital by her husband brian (brian kerwin) and their friends. although the delivery is successful, the baby is premature, born after only ten weeks of pregnancy, and is diagnosed with an exaggerated form of werner syndrome (an aging disease) as stated by dr. benfante (allan rich) and dr. lin (keone young). according to them, as this very rare autosomal recessive disorder progresses, jack powell will age at a rate four times as fast as normal children due to his internal clock that seems to be developing faster. ten years later, jack (robin williams) is next seen as a 10-year-old boy in the body of a 40-year-old man, with a group of four boys telling possible stories of a "monstrosity" of a boy their age that cannot go to school. he scares them away by dipping a fake eye into slime and throwing it at them from his window. he is extremely childish as a consequence of his secluded life. he has only had contact with his parents and tutor, lawrence woodruff (bill cosby), who introduces the idea that he should go to public school. his parents initially balk at the idea of their son going there because he could be emotionally hurt. when he first attends school, he is exploited by the other kids to win at basketball against bullies, and eventually to get adult magazines and other such items. as time goes by, he is accepted by them, beginning with louis, as they discover that they like him. he attempts to be normal there, for example, when he deals with his first crush and heartbreak, and the relationship with his teacher, miss marquez ([[jen
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