Jack And The Beanstalk - The Real Story

Starring: Matthew Modine, Vanessa Redgrave Director: Brian Henson Original UK Premiere: 2001 Dvd Release: 13th October, 2003 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Jack & the Beanstalk is a fairy tale which is closely associated with the fairy tale of Jack the Giant Killer. The origin of Jack & the Beanstalk is unknown although the author was almost certainly British. The earliest printed edition which has survived is the 1807 book The history of Jack & the bean-stalk. Printed from the original manuscript, never before published although the story was already in existence sometime before this time as a burlesque of the story entitled The Story of Jack Spriggins & the Enchanted Bean was included in the 1734 second edition of Round about our Coal-Fire. The story tells of a poor boy whose lack of common sense exasperates his widowed mother. She sends him to the market to sell their only possession, a cow, but along the way, Jack meets a stranger who offers to buy the cow for five magic beans. Jack is thrilled at the prospect of having magic beans, so he makes the deal. When he arrives at home with his beans, his mother, in despair that they are ruined, throws the beans out the window & the two go to bed without any supper.

A truly fantastic story - & its wonderful to see the use of pagan characters as well.

Gorgeous & clever story, truly spellbinding, even for an adult. I would like to have seen more creature shop animatronics, but i thought the meld of CGI & traditional was very good. Put this with the Labyrinth as an all time favourite film. More please

Vanessa Redgrave is an English actress, a member of the Redgrave acting dynasty. Her parents were Sir Michael Redgrave & Rachel Kempson. Her sister, Lynn Redgrave & brother, Corin Redgrave, are also well-known actors, as are her daughters, Natasha Richardson & Joely Richardson. She also has a son, Carlo Nero, a writer & film director, by a relationship with Italian actor Franco Nero, whom she met while filming Camelot. She was born in London & entered the Central School of Speech & Drama in 1954. She first appeared in the West End, playing opposite her father, in 1958 & subsequently became notorious for her unconventional lifestyle & daring film roles such as Isadora. She won an Academy Award for her performance in Julia. Her political views have also caused controversy, being a member of the Workers Revolutionary Party & denouncing Zionism when receiving her Academy Award. Redgrave remained loyal to WRP founder Gerry Healy when he was expelled from the WRP in the mid-1980s. She & other Healy loyalists founded the Marxist Party in the 1990s. Posters Of Gathering Storm

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