My Boy Jack (film)
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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.
[edit] Cast
Character | Portrayed by |
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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 |