Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story

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Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story ★½ Jim Henson's Jack and the Beanstalk 2001

Attenuated and dull take on the familiar fairytale finds Modine's Jack a modernday descendant of the Jack who stole the golden goose. That's how his family built an empire but it's payback time and Jack needs to climb that beanstalk and make reparations for his ancestor's crimes. 184m/C VHS, DVD . Matthew Modine, Vanessa Redgrave, Mia Sara, Jon Voight, Daryl Hannah, Richard Attenborough; D: Brian Henson; W: James V. Hart, Brian Henson. TV