Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story 949 votes. 4.03 / 5 Jack Robinson is a wealthy business man with no time for anything but work. However, a family curse is looming over him - no man in the Robinson line ever lives past the age of thirty.

Jack Robinson is a wealthy business man with no time for anything but work. However, a family curse is looming over him - no man in the Robinson line ever lives past the age of thirty.

With his upcoming birthday appears the remains of literally giant skeleton and a mysterious woman who claims to have once known the giant. Jack decides to go with her to another world where all is revealed to him along with the story of his ancestor, the original Jack and the Beanstalk.

In order to save his own life and the world of the giants, Jack must right the wrongs of the past and return the magical harp and goose that lays the golden eggs to their rightful home. In real life, mystery writer Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days in December 1926.

To this day, no one knows the details of what she did during that time. The film gives a fictional account of Christie's time away, showing her as a woman fleeing her own life after the death of her mother and the announcement from her husband that he is leaving her. She flees to a spa in Harrogate. With the whole country looking for her, an American reporter finds her and ultimately tries to help her. • Actors:,,,, • Genres:.

When long-time British agent Harry Palmer loses his job because the Cold War is over, he's promptly approached by a Russian bossman, Alex. Petersburg Alex tells Harry of his plan for Russia's future, which is threatened because a deadly biochemical weapon called the Red Death has been stolen from him. He'll pay Harry handsomely to retrieve it. An ex-spy friend tips Harry off that it's being sent to Beijing by train, aboard which we begin to learn whose side everyone's really on. • Actors:,,,, • Genres:.

Is a 2001 television miniseries directed by as a co-production of CBS and Jim Henson Television. It presents an alternate version of the classic English fairy tale. Dialogue [ ] Jack Robinson: I'm sorry Veedus. Seeds, all I see are seeds. Ondine: How can you not know the source of your family's wealth?

Jack Robinson: Everything I have is built on the blood and sweat of my ancestors. Ondine: That is a lie told by your lying, thieving ancestor. Jack Robinson: As far as I know, I'm telling you the truth. Now if you know something that I don't, I wish you'd just tell me. Coroner: Now the first six vertebra were pulverized.

There, see it. Massive compound fractures to the posterior cranium. Death was probably caused by deep trauma impact severing the neck and crushing the spinal cord, there. Jack Robinson: You sure it's not some kind of dinosaur? Maybe you just haven't found the tail yet. Robinson, everyone here is highly qualified.

What we have found here defies everything we thought we knew about the evolution of humankind for the last hundred thousand years. Jack Robinson: Don't tell me you think this thing is human, a real giant. Coroner: I know it sounds unbelievable, but yes. Jack Robinson: Siggy, we have a giant skeleton in our closet. Coroner: Now death occurred between three to four hundred years ago. It was separated at the torso and each joint by a sharp object. This creature was murdered.