"Jack and the Beanstalk" is an English fairy tale with ancient origins. It appeared as "The Story of Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean" in 1734 and as Benjamin Tabart's moralized "The History of J
Mildred Lyon's illustration in Charles H. Sylvester's Journeys through Bookland (1922)
1854 illustration of Jack climbing the beanstalk by George Cruikshank
In Walter Crane's woodcut the harp reaches out to cling to the vine
Jack running from the giant in the Red Fairy Book (1890) by Andrew Lang
Jack the Giant Slayer is a 2013 American fantasy adventure film directed by Bryan Singer and written by Darren Lemke, Christopher McQuarrie and Dan Studney, from a story by Lemke and David Dobkin. The
Jack and the Beanstalk
…Shawn and Chloë Grace Moretz. Jack is played by Colin Ford. A Warner Bros. film directed by Bryan Singer and starring Nicholas Hoult as Jack is titled Jack the Giant Slayer and was released in March 2013. In this tale, which is amalgamated with "Jack the Giant Killer", Jack climbs the beanstalk to the land of Gantua to…
Theatrical release poster
The giant beanstalk, before and after it was rendered with computer graphics