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A 1996 film by [[Francis Ford Coppola]] starring [[Robin Williams]] as a young boy named Jack who, due to an extremely rare disease that is never officially named, ages at four times the normal human rate.
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* [[Artistic License: Biology]]: There ''is'' a rare disease called [http://www.ehow.com/about_5423019_rapid-aging-disease-children.html?ref=fuel&utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=ssp&utm_campaign=yssp_art Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome], in which a child from an early age exhibits rapid aging of the [http://medtempus.com/wp-content/uploads/Fotosenero2007/Progeria.jpg body], but not the mind. The longest they usually live is to their early 20s. The movie disease seems to match this pretty well, save for the looking like a normal adult part. Depending on your interpretation, this may be justified by [[Rule of Symbolism]] and [[An Aesop]] about doing what you can with the time you have.
** The film does in fact mention progeria, and that it's not what Jack has, just that it's in the same general area of "aging diseases".
* [[Award Bait Song]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HuEkCUZOR0#t=4m18s Star] by Bryan Adams.
* [[Good Parents]]: Given the situation and circumstances, Jack's parents are practically saints.
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* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Between being the fun kid-friendly comedy it was marketed as (see below; heck, see the poster on this page) to the bleak, depressing [[Tear Jerker]] it really was.
* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: It was pretty much marketed as ''[[Big]]'' <small>[[Recycled in Space|WITH]] [[Robin Williams|ROBIN WILLIAMS!]]</small>.
* [[Rapid Aging]]
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Jack, when he first goes to school.
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