Overview
- Coppola and his company American Zoetrope posted previously unseen rehearsal footage from Jack on Instagram to mark the film’s 30th anniversary, prompting fresh attention to the movie and tributes to Robin Williams.
- The short clip shows Williams adlibbing with child co-star Adam Zolotin, including a playful song and an improvised scene where Zolotin pretends to be a school principal.
- Coppola used the post to praise Jack as “imaginative and unusual” and called its ending very touching, repeating his long-standing public defense of the film.
- Jack was widely panned by critics at its 1996 release for an uneven screenplay, though reviewers often praised Williams; the film still did reasonably at the box office and has retained a devoted, nostalgic audience.
- Recent reevaluations by filmmakers such as Luca Guadagnino and the new archival release could deepen the film’s reassessment and keep Williams’ performance in cultural conversation.