The Prodigy Movie Review 1998

Well-intentioned but far-fetched drama posits that Nathan Jones (Earl), an illiterate 12-year-old black boy, is "adopted" by a fraternity and enrolled as a student as a child prodigy. Sounds like an after-school special gone tragically awry.

Distribution

Vanguard International Cinema, Inc., Newport Plaza, 1901 Newport Blvd., Ste. 225, Costa Mesa, CA 92627-2289, Phone: (949)258-2000, Toll-free: 800-218-7888, Fax: (949)258-2010, URL: http://www.vanguard-cinema.com

Available on DVD
Running time 104 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Campus Capers

Screenplay

Edward T. McDougal, Dale Chapman, Christopher Panneck

Cast

Robert Foreman, Jeremy Isiah Earl, Jennifer Rochester

Cinematography

Ben Kufrin

Director

Edward T. McDougal