My Boy Jack (film)

My Boy Jack
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Based onMy Boy Jack
by David Haig
Written byDavid Haig
Directed byBrian Kirk
StarringDavid Haig
Daniel Radcliffe
Kim Cattrall
Carey Mulligan
Julian Wadham
Music byAdrian Johnston
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerMichael Casey
CinematographyDavid Odd, B.S.C.
EditorTim Murrell
Running time93 minutes
Original release
NetworkITV1
Release11 November 2007 (2007-11-11)
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My Boy Jack is a 2007 British biographical television film based on David Haig's 1997 play of the same name[1] for ITV. It was filmed in August 2007, with Haig as Rudyard Kipling and Daniel Radcliffe as John Kipling.[2] The American television premiere was on 20 April 2008 on PBS, with primetime rebroadcast on 27 March 2011.[3] The film attracted about 5.7 million viewers on its original ITV broadcast in the UK on Remembrance Day, 11 November 2007.[4]

  1. ^ "Period Drama / About the drama - ITV Drama". ITV. 31 October 2007. Archived from the original on 3 November 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
  2. ^ "Masterpiece – My Boy Jack". PBS. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference nytimes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Tryhorn, Chris (12 November 2007). "ITV war drama recruits 5.7m viewers". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 August 2009.