My Boy Jack (film)

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My Boy Jack

My Boy Jack DVD Cover
Directed by Brian Kirk
Produced by Michael Casey
Written by David Haig (Based on his stage play)
Starring David Haig, Daniel Radcliffe, Kim Cattrall, Carey Mulligan
Cinematography David Odd, B.S.C.
Editing by Tim Murrell
Distributed by Masterpiece Theater for television in the USA.
Release date(s) 11th November 2007 (Remembrance Day)
Running time 93 minutes
Country UK
Language English
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My Boy Jack is a 2007 (see 2007 in film television drama based on David Haig's play of the same name. It was filmed in August 2007, with Haig as Rudyard Kipling and Daniel Radcliffe as Jack Kipling. It does not include act three of the play, which extended to the 1920s and 1930s. Instead it ends with Kipling reading the poem My Boy Jack. The American television premiere was April 20, 2008 on PBS.


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Character Portrayed by
Rudyard Kipling David Haig
Caroline "Carrie" Kipling Kim Cattrall
John "Jack" Kipling Daniel Radcliffe
Elsie "Bird" Kipling Carey Mulligan
King George V Julian Wadham
Guardsman Bowe Martin McCann
Corporal O'Leary Richard Dormer
Guardsman McHugh Ruaidhri Conroy
Guardsman Doyle Laurence Kinlan
Daly Ciaran Nolan
Colonel Ferguson Nick Dunning
Leo Amery, MP Michael McElhatton
H.A. Gwynne Peter Gowen
Field Marshal 'Bobs' Roberts Brian de Salvo
Commander Egan Michael Grennell
Mrs. Carter Lucy Miller
Peter Carter Bill Milner

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