Charlie Gordon is mentally handicapped and all he wants in life is to be a genius. Charlie takes the chance, but he must adjust emotionally when a laboratory experiment raises his IQ to amazing levels. Jeff Bleckner co-produces and directs from the teleplay by dramatist John Pielmeier; Based on the 1966 Harcourt expanded novel by Daniel Keyes, originated from his short story he written for the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Produced by Mark Winemaker; Executive Producers: Craig Zadan & Neil Meron and David R. Ginsburg; Supervising Producer: Judy Ranan. from Storyline Entertainment and Alliance Atlantis Communications.