Dan Radcliffe in "My Boy Jack"

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
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> I saw a teeny clip from "My Boy Jack" in which Dan Radcliffe appears as the young Rudyard Kipling (why he's called Jack, I don't know--maybe because Rudyard is such an awful name). ... Has anyone seen this film and is it worth seeing? Can Dan Radcliffe act well enough that the audience doesn't think of him as Harry Potter with a mustache?
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> Carol, wishing everyone who celebrates it a happy Christmas season (it's the fourth day of Christmas by my count)
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This movie is the typical caliber of a made for TV movie, so good but not great. 

And it is NOT about young Rudyard Kipling, it is about Rudyard Kilping's yound son JOHN Kipling (Dan Radcliffe), and Jack is a common nickname for John. Though it seems somewhat pointless, I can see Jim for James, or Bob for Robert, but 'Jack' and 'John' are the same length and one is no easier to say they the other. 

It is actually David Haig that plays Rudyard Kipling in the film, and I think he is also the producer/director of the film. 

It is an interesting film, and well worth seeing, but unless you are an obsessive fan, it is probably not worth buying. 

By the way, have you seen Dan Radcliffe in "David Copperfield"? It is available at video rental stores. Another, more or less, made for TV movie, but Dan does a very good job in it. 

I actually bought a copy of December Boys, the only theater likely to play it was 120 miles away, and the price of the movie was less than the cost of the gas. But, I did drive that 120 miles to see 'Driving Lessons' with Rupert, which I enjoyed. 

Would love to see 'Cherrybomb' with Rupert, but once again, it is probably much cheaper to buy it on CD than to drive to the nearest independent film theater. 

Steve/bluewizard