This Jim Henson Co. production of "Jack and the Beanstalk" certainly isn't a lighthearted Muppet-like take on the familiar fairy tale. Instead, director Brian Henson, who also co-wrote the ...

Jack lives in a small village with his Ma. They are very poor and hungry but when they look in the kitchen cupboards they can only find mouldy cheese, a rotten apple core and a pair of smelly socks.