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My Boy Jack

starring: David Haig, Daniel Radcliffe, Kim Cattrall, Carey Mulligan, Julian Wadham
directed by: Brian Kirk (III)

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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0883929009350
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 22, 2008
Running Time: 120 minutes
Sales Rank: 12138
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: 2007



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Product Description:
Its 1915 and World War I has been declared. Aged only 17 Kiplings son like most of his generation is swept up in the enthusiasm to fight the Germans a mood stoked vigorously by his father. Jack is cripplingly short sighted and the army has rejected him twice rendering him too myopic even for an army suffering thousands of casualties a week and desperate for recruits. Yet Rudyard is undeterred determined that his son should go to the front like countless other sons and fight for the values that he Kipling espouses so publicly. Using his fame and influence Kipling persuades Lord Roberts on his death bed to get Jack a commission in the Irish guards. This intervention is barely tolerated by Carrie and daughter Elise (Carey Mulligan) as they disagree that Jack is fit to fight and fear for his safety on the front line. Jack is instantly popular with his troop he is a great leader and trains tirelessly to overcome the disability that is his eyesight. Six months later Jack sails to France as a lieutenant. Jack went missing in action during the Battle of Loos and his mother and father carried out an increasingly desperate search for him spanning many years and many miles.Running Time: 93 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/BBC UPC: 883929009350 Manufacturer No: 1000037030

Amazon.com:
As affecting as it is thought-provoking, ITV's My Boy Jack illustrates the dangers of unbridled patriotism. To grow up the child of a famous author is burden enough, but when the boy must embody the beliefs of the man, the consequences can be devastating. In the case of John 'Jack' Kipling (Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe in his most mature role to date), 17-year-old son of Rudyard Kipling (Four Weddings and a Funeral's David Haig), his father's passion for King and Country leads to a preventable tragedy. Based on Haig's play, the proceedings begin in 1914, prior to the outbreak of World War II. Jack attempts to join the army and the navy, but both reject him due to severe shortsightedness, so Kipling Sr. pulls strings to place him with the Irish Guards. Jack's sister, Elsie (Bleak House's Carey Mulligan), and American-born mother, Caroline (a brunette Kim Cattrall), would rather he serve the war effort at home. Through hard work and determination, Jack scales the ranks from private to lieutenant, but goes missing in France, and many months pass before the family solves the mystery of his disappearance. In the end, My Boy Jack, which aired in England on Remembrance Day, concerns itself more with paying tribute than apportioning blame, and Haig skillfully portrays Kipling's guilt in putting his son in harm’s way and pride in a brave soldier who 'played his part properly.' Special features include interviews and deleted scenes. Parental advisory suggested due to situation-appropriate language and teen smoking. --Kathleen C. Fennessy



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - My Boy Jack
This BBC special was aired on PBS in the USA and I had to have it ASAP. I was initially pleased because ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Not a bad movie
Radcliff did a good job, my only comment was, he reminded me of Adolf Hitler (as a younger man). Plot was ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Coming of age and patriotism
Amazing story about Rudyard Kipling and his young son John Kipling (Jack) at the start if the WWI. Elder Kipling ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Brilliant
I loved this movie - both for its content and acting.

Would love to see more of Rudyards life on the ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Moving and thought provoking
The story of Rudyard Kipling's son John and his short career as a soldier in early World War I is quite a powerful ... Read More

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