Vanguard Films

'The Prodigy' (1999)

Nathan Jones, a 12-year-old illiterate inner city kid, decides to run away from his abusive home and take up residence in a college fraternity after a school trip to campus.

Currently in release throughout the United States, the full-length motion picture, "The Prodigy," features the emotionally-driven musical excursion, "The Rain." Written and produced by Shefik and Danny Bazile for Knight Entities, Inc., "The Rain" is a pop/R&B ballad enriched with intricate melody and profound lyrical passion. Bazile takes a step further towards the forefront by performing the lead vocals to the song, skillfully personifying, in superior fashion, the essence of the film's dramatic subject matter. Upon first hearing the song, the producer and director of "The Prodigy," Edward T. McDougal, immediately designated it as the film's theme song, enthusiastically commenting on how the song's lyrics impressively echoed the film's story line, and how the song's vocal harmonies were intensely performed.

"The Prodigy" centers on Nathan Jones, a 12-year-old illiterate inner city kid, who decides to run away from his abusive home and take up residence in a college fraternity after a school trip to a college campus. No matter how they try, the fraternity members can't get rid of Nathan, and the only way to avoid a shut-down for harboring a runaway is to concoct a wild plan to enroll Nathan into the college, posing him as a child prodigy.

With falsified admission records and transcripts, Nathan is registered into classes helped by cheating methods perfected by various fraternity members. But, when a tiny transmitter used to feed Nathan answers malfunctions at a faculty investigatory hearing, Nathan is exposed as an illiterate runaway. In the process, however, the fraternity preoccupied with booze and sex, learns valuable lessons about loyalty, truth, and the goodness of the heart. A runaway child, illiterate in the academic faculties, turns out to teach everyone valuable lessons about life.

"The Prodigy" was released by Vanguard Films, in association with Edward T. McDougal Films. The film stars Robert Foreman, Jennifer Rochester, Jason Moore, and Jeremy Isaiah Earl as Nathan Jones.