Jack Page #5

Synopsis: The movie is about a boy with a unique aging disorder: one that makes him age 4 times faster than normal. It picks up when Jack (Robin Williams) is 10 years old, but looks 40. He tries to go to public school for the first time, and to become friends with kids his own age. His physical appearance causes him lots of problems, however.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Production: Hollywood Pictures
  6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
31
Rotten Tomatoes:
19%
PG-13
Year:
1996
113 min
1,733 Views


That's a club that|I hang out at sometimes.

You know, if I'm not at work,|that's usually where I am.

But it's a nice place|for people our age to hang out...

have a little drink,|take the edge off, you know.

Oh, I gotta go.|Ooh, I'm gonna get fired.

- Love you, "face."|- Okay, love you too.|- Nice meeting you, Mr Powell.

Ooh, you got a strong grip.|You're a manly man.

All right, you got your key to|the house? Okay, I'll meet you at home.

- I love you.|- All right. Love you too.

Bye.

Wow! Whoa, that was great.

- How'd I do?|- You did great.|- Yeah?

- Yeah.|- Boy.

- Whew!|- Hey, man. I owe you one.

Sorry about my mom, Jack. She's lookin'|for love in all the wrong places.

Yeah, I know.

Maybe I'll see you|over the weekend.

Cool.

- Pal.|- Thanks.

Mom! I'm home!

I'm here. I'm here!|Where are you?

Yeah. Okay.

- Phone call for you, Brian.|- Yeah, just--|- Okay?|- Okay. Yeah?

- Can I talk to him? Can I talk to him?|- Jackie wants to talk to you.

Dad! Hey, Dad. Dad.|I got your hair, Mom. Sorry.

Hey, Dad. Yeah. Hey, Dad.|I got to play basketball today.

They picked me. Yeah, and not|just 'cause I'm humongous.

Because I'm real good. Yeah,|I scored a thousand points.

No. You're right.|It was only a hundred.

I'm kidding. It was 14.|Yeah, but each time I got the--

I scored! Just like this.|Wait! Listen, Dad.

Yeah, and I met this|really cool kid named Louie.

Not Louis. Louie. Yeah.|His mom gave me some matches.

Yeah. Those are the matches.|Can I play with them?

Okay, slow down, buddy.|Slow down.

Hey, Dad.

Louie has dirty magazines|under his bed.

What are dirty magazines?

I got to be principal.|Yeah, I pretended to be.

And I got a lot of homework to do.|I got a great homework assignment.

And you know what? Miss Marquez|ate one of my red Gummi Bears.

She said, "Way to go." Yeah,|but not because of the red Gummi Bears.

Because of the way|I played basketball.

Yeah, it was great.|She said Shaq better watch his back.

She's what Grandpa says|is a real piece of work.

Really great.|What are you doing?

No, I'm just-- Just, uh,|shootin' an ad layout.

Carrots, for the Carrot Board.|Just giant carrots, yeah.

Wow, that's pretty boring.

Listen, Dad.|I gotta go.

No, I really gotta go.|Number one.

Okay. See you.|Yeah, listen, Dad?

Don't hug me any more|in front of the guys, okay?

Yeah, you know.|It's like-- You know.

It's weird. Yeah, okay.

See ya. Yeah, I'll take|the matches in the bathroom|so if I do number two, I'm ready.

Okay, put your mom on. Yeah.

Brian. Yeah, I can|hear you all right.

No, it's this cord. Oh, wait!

You okay?

- Honey!|- Is he okay?

Yes, he's all right.|He's so excited.

Hey, Jack's mother!

- Hey, Jack!|- Psych!

Jack's mother?

Can Jack come out and play?

I'm Mrs Powell.

- And you are?|- Louis Durante. Pleased to meet you.

I know Jack from school.|I was wondering...

if Jack wanted to come to a sleepover|some of us guys are having.

I mean, if he's allowed to|and stuff.

Well, I can check. We kind of|had some other plans, you know.

- Hey, Jack!|- Bye, Mom.

See ya!

- Honey, be extra careful!|- Uh-huh.

- And don't stay up too late.|- I won't, Mom.

So how fast do you grow?

- Four times as fast as you.|- Like cat years?|- Yeah, sort of.

Like, when I'm 20,|I'll look really old.

Hey, man. You hear the first 20|are the best ones anyway.

My mom says|it's all downhill after that.

- Yeah?|- Yeah!|- Like this?

- Waah!|- Like this: Rrr!

Wow. Did you guys|build this yourself?

- Yeah. Cool, huh?|- You must've started this in preschool.

I'm gonna introduce you|to the guys.

- Is this safe?|- Yeah, it's safe.

Really?

Hey, don't sweat it.|Just go along with whatever I say.

Do you think the other kids|are going to like me?

Hey, you're tight with me, you're tight|with them. They're gonna love you.

- Yeah, it is. It's a purple one.|- It's kind of attached.

- Bigger, man.|- Hey, Lou.|- Hey, Louie.

- Hiya.|- Hey, I brought Jack.|He's right down there.

You brought the freak?

- He's not a freak.|- You said he was a freak.

- Yeah.|- I said wrong, right?

Get over it. He's cool.

He knows how to shoot hoops.

And he did me a favour today.|Here, check this out.

Look what he picked up|on the way over. Huh?

- He bought that?|- Eh-eh.

- No way.|- Way! Walked right|into the store, picked it up.

No fear or nothin'.

- My man is the man.|- That is way cool.

- I wish I was a freak.|- Hey, lay off the freak stuff,|all right?

Jack's cool. We gotta|let him kick it with us.

If he walks...

the "Penthouse" walks too.

Bye, boys.

Okay, he can hang.

But if he weirds out|or anything, he's history. Okay?

Wait a second. Look. See,|the maximum weight up here.

- I don't think it's such a good idea,|150 pounds up here. It'll never hold!|- Eddie, Eddie, Eddie.

- Eddie, two words: Pent House.|- He's comin' up, so--

Guys, this is Jack.

- Oh, man! I got a bad hip problem!|- Sorry!

- Watch the TV.|- The TV.|- Settle down.

- Come on!|- Come on, come on!|- Watch out, okay?

- Sorry.|- Take it easy.

Take a chill pill, okay?

- Watch the lamp!|- The lamp!|- The lamp!

- Come on, man. Watch out!|- Sit down.

- Sit down already.|- Sit down.|- Just sit.

- This wasn't such a good idea.|- Come on, easy.

The-The-- This tree house is four|years old. I want it to live to ten.

- Please.|- Hey, Jack, uh, so--|so you bought that magazine?

Yeah. I buy 'em all the time.

What about "Hustler"?|You get "Hustler"?

- If you want it.|- "Swank"?

Yeah, that and, uh...

you know, all-all|the grown-up stuff...

that only grown-ups can read.

- Cool.|- A-And they don't give you|no trouble in buying one?

- I mean, like, they don't ask for ID?|- No. You know...

I just don't shave for a day|and then I look like I'm 50.

Hey, uh, Jack. Mind if I look|at the "Penthouse"?

Knock yourself out.

So do you really shave, Jack?

Oh, yeah, yeah.|I started when I was four.

- Oh, wow.|- Feel.|- Cool.

'Cause I'm looking forward to shaving.|You know-- What do you think?

- See anything right there?|Any whiskers around there?|- Let's see.

Yeah, there's maybe|one there.

- Yeah, I think that's one.|- Oh, if I were you...

I'd grow like a Fu Manchu thing|or maybe a goat.

- A goat?|- Like a goatee.

- Oh, that'd be ba-a-ad!|- Ba-a-ad, dude.

- Ba-a-atman!|- Ooh, Eddie, check this out.

- Excuse me.|- Think our moms look like that?

No. Only "Penthouse" girls|look like that.

They're special. I mean, like,|they come from a special part|of the country or somethin'.

- So how do you like it?|- Oh, it's great. What do|you guys do here all night?

Anything we want.

Hey, Jack.|You ever get a boner?

You know, an erector.

Not yet. I'm hoping|to get one for Christmas.

- I want to hear a manly rip.|Show us what you're made of!|- Oh, wait!

Wait, wait. Oh, just-- just warmin' up.|Just clearin' my throat.

I feel it down below.

Oh, man!

- It's disgusting!|- Gee!

I almost blew|a seam on my pants!

- Oh, here comes another one!|- Oh, here you go.

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James DeMonaco

James DeMonaco (born 1969) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He is best known for creating the Purge franchise, writing and directing The Purge (2013), The Purge: Anarchy (2014), and The Purge: Election Year (2016).DeMonaco's first produced screenplay was the Robin Williams comedy Jack (1996), directed by Academy Award-winner Francis Ford Coppola. more…

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