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Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story

Jack Robinson 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 forty. With his upcoming birthday appears the remains of literally giant skeleton and a mysterious woman who claims to have once known the giant. Jack decides to go with her to another world where all is revealed to him along with the story of his ancestor, the original 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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Cast & Crew See All

Matthew Modine
Johnathan 'Jack' William Duncan Robinson)
Vanessa Redgrave
Countess Wilhelmina - Matriarch
Mia Sara
Ondine

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Awards

  • 2002 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Non-Prosthetic) - nominated
  • 2002 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Prosthetic) - winner
  • 2002 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) - nominated
  • 2002 - Saturn Award - Best Single Television Presentation - winner

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