Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001)DVD VHS | Cast list | | Matthew Modine | as | Jack Robinson (Johnathan William Duncan Robinson) | | Vanessa Redgrave | as | Countess Wilhelmina, Matriarch/Narrator | | Mia Sara | as | Ondine | | Daryl Hannah | as | Thespee, Member Great Council of Mac Slec | | Jon Voight | as | Siggy (Sigfried Mannheim), Overseas Div. Director for Robinson Intl. | | Richard Attenborough | as | Magog, Arbiter of Justice Great Council of Mac Slec | | Bill Barretta | as | Thunderdell | | Honor Blackman | as | Jules, Jack's Secretary | | Jim Carter | as | Odin, Member of Great Council of Mac Slec | | James Corden | as | Bran, Thunderdell's Son | | JJ Feild | as | Young Jack | | Jonathan Hyde | as | Dussan, Jack's Butler/Guardian | | Anton Lesser | as | Vidas Merlinis, Research Scientist | | Julia McKenzie | as | Jack's Mum | | Nicholas Beveney | as | Cernos, Member of Great Council of Mac Slec |
| | Crew list: | | Brian Henson (Director) | | James V. Hart (Writer) | | Brian Henson (Writer) |
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Review
Jack Robinson (Matthew Modine) is a wealthy business man with no time for anything but work. However, a family curse is looming over him - no man in the Robinson line ever lives past the age of thirty. With his upcoming birthday appears the remains of literally giant skeleton and a mysterious woman (Mia Sara) who claims to have once known the gaint. Jack decides to go with her to another world where all is revealed to him along with the story of his ancestor, the orginal Jack and the Beanstalk. In order to save his own life and the world of the giants, Jack must right the wrongs of the past and return the magical harp and goose that lays the golden eggs to their rightful home. |
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