My Boy Jack

TV Movie
20072007
TV-14TV-14
1h 35m

Daniel Radcliffe in My Boy Jack (2007)

Biography Drama History

Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 18-year-old son after he goes missing during World War I.Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 18-year-old son after he goes missing during World War I.Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 18-year-old son after he goes missing during World War I.

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Won 1 BAFTA Film Award
- 4 wins & 10 nominations total

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Kim Cattrall, David Haig, and Daniel Radcliffe in My Boy Jack (2007)

Daniel Radcliffe in My Boy Jack (2007)

Kim Cattrall, David Haig, Daniel Radcliffe, and Carey Mulligan in My Boy Jack (2007)

Daniel Radcliffe in My Boy Jack (2007)

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English gentleman author Rudyard Kipling, famous for the Jungle Book, uses his considerable influence, being on a War Office propaganda think tank, to get his nearly 18 year-old son John 'Jack', admitted for military service during World war I after he is repeatedly refused on account of his bad eyesight. He is enrolled in the Irish Guards: their patriotic dream but mother and sister's nightmare. After a short officer training course Jack gets command of a platoon and embarks in France. Soon, and just after his 18th birthday, his unit suffers terrible losses and Jack is reported missing. Now mother Caroline 'Carry' Kipling proves unstoppable pushing Rudyard's influence and half of England to help find out the truth. When it finally comes, there is far less glory than gore and guilt. —KGF Vissers (edited P Vanderl)

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Taglines
- A young man fights for his country.
Genres
Certificate
- TV-14
Parents guide

Trivia
Several scenes were shot at the actual Rudyard Kipling estate, Bateman's, where Kipling lived from 1902 until his death.

Goofs
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.

Quotes
[last lines]
Rudyard Kipling: Have you news of my boy Jack?/ Not this tide./ When d'you think that he'll come back?/ Not with this wind blowing, and this tide./ Has any one else had word of him?/ Not this tide./ For what is sunk will hardly swim, Not with this wind blowing, and this tide./ Oh, dear, what comfort can I find?/ None this tide,/ Nor any tide,/ Except he did not shame his kind-/ Not even with that wind blowing, and that tide./ Then hold your head up all the more,/ This tide,/ And every tide;/ Because he was the son you bore,/ And gave to that wind blowing and that tide!

Connections
Featured in Masterpiece Classic: My Boy Jack (2008)

Soundtracks
Happy Birthday to You
by Patty S. Hill (as Patti Hill Smith) & Mildred J. Hill (as Mildred Hill)
EMI Music Publishing Ltd

Top review

6/10

first half good

It's 1914. John Kipling (Daniel Radcliffe) volunteers for the Navy but is rejected for poor eyesight. His famous writer father Rudyard Kipling (David Haig) is a war hawk. Rudyard eagerly pulls strings to get him into the Army which angers his beloved sister Elsie (Carey Mulligan). He leads a platoon into battle and goes MIA. Rudyard and his wife (Kim Cattrall) go in search for their missing son.

Rudyard Kipling is a fascinating war hawk. David Haig gives a brilliant performance. Radcliffe and Mulligan do good work. I really like the first half. The movie stops being interesting after Jack goes missing. The story drags and ultimately doesn't have a good climax. Jack going over the top is probably a much better climax. The search doesn't have enough drama.

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Release date
- April 20, 2008 (United States)
Country of origin
- United Kingdom
Official sites
- ITV (United Kingdom)
- PBS (United States)
Language
- English
Also known as
- Moj sin Džek
Filming locations
- Kilruddery House, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
Production companies
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Runtime
1 hour 35 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Stereo
- Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1

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