A young boy finds a crate of green beans. When they're planted, they grow a beanstalk to the clouds, where a castle of giants are habited.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| J.D. Daniels | ... | Jack Taylor | |
| Amy Stoch | ... | Rebecca Taylor (Jack's Mom) (as Amy Stock-Poynton) | |
| Patrick Renna | ... | Danny | |
| Richard Moll | ... | Richard Leech | |
| Richard Paul | ... | Mayor Cecil Boggs | |
| Cathy McAuley | ... | Giant's wife | |
| David Naughton | ... | Mr. Ladd | |
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Dominique Adler | ... | Lonnie (Girl on Bench) |
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Cindy Sorenson | ... | Giant's Daughter (as Cindy Lue Sorensen) |
| Stuart Pankin | ... | Giant | |
| Margot Kidder | ... | Doctor Kate 'Doc' Winston | |
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Joe Witherell | ... | Armed Guard |
| Daniel O'Callaghan | ... | Chainsaw Worker | |
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Kurt Boesen | ... | Engineer / Man with Walkie |
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Eidan Hanzei | ... | Field Reporter (as Henry Hayashi) |
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A young boy finds a crate of green beans. When they're planted, they grow a beanstalk to the clouds, where a castle of giants are habited.
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
1 August 2015 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Babszem Jankó See more »Filming Locations:
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Written by Michael Bishop (BMI)
Performed by Michael Bishop with Jamie James and The King Bees
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Bumped from November 1994 video release. See more »Goofs
The giant tablecloth's red and white checker pattern is far too small. It is, upon closer inspection, simply a regular sized table cloth design. See more »Soundtracks
Rock GodzillaWritten by Michael Bishop (BMI)
Performed by Michael Bishop with Jamie James and The King Bees
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"Beanstalk" is, of course, a live-action version of "Jack and the Beanstalk". The only thing of any substantial interest is the performance of Margot Kidder. She is so loopy in this film that it is downright disturbing. Kidder takes on the role of a mad scientist/archaeologist with reckless abandon. She truly seems a bit unhinged.
The two main child actors are Patrick Renna and J.D. Daniels. Daniels plays the title role of Jack with all of the emotion of a banana. Renna is more experienced and does a decent job. It doesn't matter, though, because he is trapped in a hellishly awful movie.
The story is too dumb even for kids to enjoy. Richard Moll plays a banker who wants to foreclose on the whole town, tear down all the buildings, and fill the entire area with water. The plan is to make a mint by owning pricy lakefront property. Umm...okay. Anyway, for reasons I won't go into, a giant beanstalk grows in someone's backyard and a couple of kids climb all the way up it to see what's at the top. I was personally hoping they would find a better script up there but they didn't.
One more thing...the scene towards the end featuring the giant stomping around the small town has to be seen to be believed. Give Roger Corman a hundred bucks and even he probably could've come up with something more believable. It's that bad. 1/10