MY BOY JACK

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• Release Year: 2007
• Genre: Drama, War
• Plot: Its 1915 and World War I has been declared. Aged only 17, Kiplings son, like most of his generation, is swept up in the enthusiasm to fight the Germans, a mood stoked vigorously by his father. Jack is cripplingly short sighted and the army has rejected him twice, rendering him too myopic even for an army suffering thousands of casualties a week and desperate for recruits. Yet Rudyard is undeterred, determined that his son should go to the front, like countless other sons, and fight for the values that he, Kipling, espouses so publicly. Using his fame and influence, Kipling persuades Lord Roberts, on his death bed, to get Jack a commission in the Irish guards. This intervention is barely tolerated by Carrie and daughter Elise (Carey Mulligan), as they disagree that Jack is fit to fight and fear for his safety on the front line. Jack is instantly popular with his troop he is a great leader and trains tirelessly to overcome the disability that is his eyesight. Six months later Jack sails to France as a lieutenant. Jack went missing in action during the Battle of Loos and his mother and father carried out an increasingly desperate search for him, spanning many years and many miles
• Cast: David Haig, Daniel Radcliffe, Kim Cattrall, Carey Mulligan, Julian Wadham, Martin McCann, Richard Dormer, Rúaidhrí Conroy, Laurence Kinlan, Ciaran Nolan, Nick Dunning, Michael McElhatton, Peter Gowen, Brian de Salvo, Simon Coury, Michael Grennell, Lucy Miller, Bill Milner, Sean O'Neill, Sean O'Neil, Peter Hanly, Bosco Hogan, Rory Rae, Adam Goodwin, John-Paul Macleod, Peter O'Meara, Robbie Kay, Billy Gibson, Hannah McCabe, Fred Ridgeway, Mark Huberman, David Heap, Chris McHallem, Jason Maza, James Holmes, Brian Kirk
• Director: Brian Kirk
• Runtime: 2:03
• Company: BBC Films
• Media Format: movie