Jack and the Beanstalk

Name: Jack and the Beanstalk
Genre: Animation, Short, Family
Duration: 12 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Deryck Guyler

19561956
12m

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Animation Short Family

Jack leaves home with a pig given by his mother where he encounters a mysterious man in the forest. Interested in Jack's pig, the man offers to buy the pig from Jack. So Jack trade the pig h... Read allJack leaves home with a pig given by his mother where he encounters a mysterious man in the forest. Interested in Jack's pig, the man offers to buy the pig from Jack. So Jack trade the pig his mother gives him for a bag of beans. Returning home to his mother with the news she thr... Read allJack leaves home with a pig given by his mother where he encounters a mysterious man in the forest. Interested in Jack's pig, the man offers to buy the pig from Jack. So Jack trade the pig his mother gives him for a bag of beans. Returning home to his mother with the news she throws the beans to the ground in a fit of anger. But these seeming simple beans quickly begi... Read all

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6.8/10

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373,610

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Director
- Lotte Reiniger
Star
- Deryck Guyler(voice)

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Quotes
Narrator: I got it by digging. If you dig, you find.

Connections
Version of Jack and the Beanstalk (1902)

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Silhouette Version of the Tale

Jack and the Beanstalk (1955)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Lotte Reiniger silhouette version of the classic tale will probably bore kids who grew up on Pixar but adults might find it's unique look to be worth a look. The story is the same familiar one we all know as Jack trades his cow for some magic beans and climbs up the beanstalk to take on the giant. From what I've read it appears that Reiniger and her form of animation has pretty much been forgotten by most today but I enjoyed what I saw here enough to check out more of her work. The film runs just under 12-minutes and features a color backdrop to the cut out silhouette images. I thought the visuals in the film were extremely nice and I especially loved the colors that Reiniger used for the background. The climb up and down the beanstalk were a lot of fun as the visuals really brought everything to life. Another good thing is the narration by Deryck Guyler.

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