Whoever wears this crown is the ruler of the giants, and the magic is so powerful that the giants are forced to obey. Jack then takes the magic crown, which the giant had been wearing as a ring, and wears it. As the giant king is about to destroy Jack and Isabelle, Jack throws the final magic bean down the giant’s throat, causing the beanstalk to burst out of him, and kill him. However, all is not well yet because the giants climb down the beanstalk and invade the kingdom. After many perils, Jack slays one of the giants to rescue his new friend, Elmont, and Princess Isabelle, and they return to the kingdom. Jack and the royal guard embark on a quest up the beanstalk to rescue the princess. When the princess runs away and takes shelter from the storm in Jack’s small home, the beans begin to grow and the giant beanstalk grows up through his home, taking the princess to the land of the giants. He trades his uncle’s horse to a priest for magical beans. In Jack the Giant Slayer, the action does not begin until Jack is grown. Jack and his mother chop down the beanstalk, and of course, live happily ever after. Jack escapes from the giant, and steals a bag of gold and treasures, such as a hen that lays golden eggs and a magical harp, that he takes back down the beanstalk with him. The giant yells the famous words: “Fee-fi-fo-fum!” when he senses Jack’s presence.
When he reaches the top, he finds himself in the home of a giant, who smells a human and wants to eat him. The magic beanstalks begin to grow into a gigantic beanstalk, which Jack climbs.
The mother is so furious at Jack for not making a profit, and she throws the beans out the window. Jack, however, sells the cow to an old woman in exchange for magic beans. The original fairytale begins with Jack’s mother sending him to town to sell their only cow, because they are in desperate need for money. In order to make this film a modern day epic, action film, there were changes and drama added to the story. The film stars Nicholas Hoult, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, and Eleanor Tomlinson. The most recent is the Warner Brothers film Jack the Giant Slayer which was released in theaters March 1, 2013. Several film adaptations of this fable have also been produced. This version is the one that is most commonly printed today.
In 1890 Joseph Jacobs rewrote the fable in English Fairy Tales. Benjamin Tabart wrote an early version in 1807, which was the first time the story appeared in print. The old English fairytale is so well-known that it has spawned numerous versions across the ages. It is quite possible that anyone who used to have bedtime stories read to them as a child had “Jack and the Beanstalk” read to them at one point.