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Release Date:
20 April 2008 (USA) moreTagline:
A young man fights for his country.Plot:
Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 17-year-old son after he goes missing during WWI. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
3 wins & 5 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Superb television moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| David Haig | ... | Rudyard Kipling | |
| Daniel Radcliffe | ... | John Kipling | |
| Kim Cattrall | ... | Caroline Kipling | |
| Carey Mulligan | ... | Elsie Kipling | |
| Julian Wadham | ... | King George V | |
| Martin McCann | ... | Bowe | |
| Richard Dormer | ... | Corporal John O'Leary | |
| Rúaidhrí Conroy | ... | McHugh (as Ruaidhri Conroy) | |
| Laurence Kinlan | ... | Doyle | |
| Ciaran Nolan | ... | Daly | |
| Nick Dunning | ... | Colonel Ferguson | |
| Michael McElhatton | ... | Leo Amery MP | |
| Peter Gowen | ... | H.A Gwynne | |
| Brian de Salvo | ... | Field Marshal 'Bobs' Roberts | |
| Simon Coury | ... | Naval Doctor |
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UK:93 minCountry:
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1.78 : 1 moreFun Stuff
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Several scenes were shot at the actual Rudyard Kipling estate, Bateman's, where Kipling lived from 1902 until his death. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: Many of the photos of wounded men that the Kipling family search through clearly show a WW2 pattern 'Brodie' steel helmet. Not only is a WW2 steel helmet wrong, ANY steel helmet is wrong for late 1915 as steel helmets weren't issued to British troops until 1916. moreQuotes:
Caroline Kipling: [crying] I miss him.Rudyard Kipling: [bursts into tears] So do I.
Caroline Kipling: I can feel his head on my chest. I can feel his thick hair under my fingers. I can hear him laugh. I can feel his heat against me.
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Excellent cast, beautifully shot and well scripted TV movie about the Kipling family at the start of the First World War. Premiered in the UK on Remembrance Day (11/11) this poignant tale has Daniel Radcliffe in the title role, showing once again (after his on stage appearance in Equus) that there's more to this young actor than the caricature that Harry Potter has become. His clipped and stilted performance completely captured what it must have been like to be the put upon son of a successful, middle-class author in late Edwardian England.
David Haig plays Rudyard Kipling (there's a remarkable resemblance) who many will remember from previous UK TV series 'Thin Blue Line' and 'Soldier Soldier' as well as the massively successful 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'. Haig captures the British Imperialist that Kipling had become perfectly, as well as the emotional turmoil that Kipling went through as he realised just what he had helped to achieve by sending his young son to war. Haig also wrote the original play and screenplay so the resulting TV movie must be pretty much what he wanted.
The supporting players, Kim Catterill as Rudyard's American wife, and Martin McCann as the Irish Guardsman who goes to war with young John to name two, give excellent, measured performances which compliment the two lead roles, giving the whole production a rounded, glossy finish.
This is superb TV catch it if you can (but don't forget the hankies!)