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Gigantic
Released on March 30, 2007 by Walt Disney Pictures
Produced by Walt Disney Classic Animation (A-Squad)
Directed by
Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale
Screenplay by
Tom Sito
Chris Sanders
Burny Mattinson
Executive Producers
Pete Docter
John Pomeroy
In the old Kingdom of Kernow, the land enjoyed a peaceful life that was ruled by a King Gerran and Queen Hedra who had a daughter, Princess Kerra. However that would all change when on Kerra's fifth birthday, the land would find itself ravaged by a 50ft Giant known as Gogmagog who with his immense strength would bring the kingdom to it's knees and he would steal a magical golden harp and golden hen which with their magic helped create a kingdom of his own up in the clouds which would cover the land of Kernow below making it hard for sunlight to break though and keep the citizens under his evil rule. The King tried to fight back but would easily defeated with many of his army being devoured with one his general named George being the one who once owned the harp and hen which had helped his family through hard times and it's loss seems to coincide with much food shortages and hardships for the kingdom.
To make matters worse for the kingdom, the evil Gogmagog (or sometimes called 'Gog' as a slur) shows no mercy when King Gerran begs for forgiveness but the giant instead takes Queen Hedra to his cloud kingdom and eats her like with many of his unfortunate victims and thus caused the poor King to lose all hope and give in to Gog's wicked rule who now uses King Gerran as a puppet while Kerra grows up without a mother. Elsewhere with George's family, his wife, Jennifer, has to raise her young five year old called son Jack who over the years tries to help his mother making a living while the kingdom continues to live under Gog's wicked rule. King Gerran during the years that follows becomes deeply unpopular with the citizens over how he can't seem to find a solution to deal with the Giant while they all suffer.
In the thirteen years that follow, Jack has grown up to be something of a lazy, somewhat careless yet good natured lad willing to help his poor mother out in which their only companion is a trusty cow named Caja who's milk is the only thing that is keep the family afloat money wise yet on this day just a few days before Princess Kerra's eighteenth birthday, a wicked debt collector known as Branock who not only has the power to create magic but has become something of Gog's right hand man to keep an eye on the citizens and to collect their taxes. On this day, Jack and Jennifer beg for time due to the fact that they haven't anything to pay him, though Branock decides that Caja is more than worth it to pay their deeds and much to the despair of the mother and son, they can only watch in sadness as Branock takes away their beloved cow mocking them that Caja might be worth a meal for the Giant.
Feeling depressed and at their lowest point, the two of them head into town to try and find something to get money though they are surprised at a gathering of much of the townspeople in the square in which King Gerran and Princess Kerra have been brought by Branock (with Caja still with him) who has a message for people from Gogmagog. With the princess due to turn eighteen soon, the giant demands that Kerra will join him in his kingdom in the clouds and become his bride-to-be and thus claim himself as the ultimate ruler of the land. Many are outraged by this as in contrast to the king, Kerra is loved by many of the citizens due to the fact that, unbeknown to Gerran and Branock, she has helped sneak bags of money to the people to help pay for their horrendous taxes. To everyone's shock, Kerra is at first willing to go on the condition that the Giant will no longer harm the people of Kernow, however Gerran intervenes in which he pleads to Branock to take him instead of his daughter and Branock strangely agrees; muttering that this means they'll get the king out of the way...
With a cloud of magic, Branock takes both Gerran and Caja with him but not before in which Branock drops a small bag on the ground in which Kerra notices this. The people now look towards the princess as their leader though Kerra is upset that her farther is gone. A day later she sneaks out from the castle in which Branock has pretty much taken up ruling the land himself despite Kerra being the rightful ruler. She escapes out into the middle of the country in which she comes across Jack who despite being suppose to find a job for the family, is minding his own business by a river. he is shocked to see Kerra and tries his best to act in front of royalty but she tells him it's alright and the two begin a friendship in which they soon find out they have more in common with the fact they both lost a parent to the giant and Kerra is amazed when Jack reveals that his father was George and that they once had a harp and golden hen that was stolen from them which had magical powers they didn't know of what capability.
The two are soon being chased by Branock's forces after finding the princess missing and they make an escape to Jack's home in which they meet Jennifer who thinks the bag Kerra has with her money in it that could end their poverty, but being at the end of tether over what has happened, she is furious when the bag revels to have nothing but some magical beans and she throws them outside and scolds Jack that he is wasting time and that it could be all over for them if nothing changes soon. Kerra tries to comfort Jack saying that evil in this world can't last forever and decides to stay the night when they see that Branock is being ruthless in not only trying to find the princess, but bleed every last drop of money that the people may still have. That night right outside Jack's home, it starts to rain and it causes the beans in the bag to suddenly grow and by the time it's money, a large beanstalk has grown in the place where the beans once where and is so tall that it seems to go up towards the clouds.
The following morning, Jack, Kerra and Jennifer are amazed at this and Jack then realises that if it somehow does lead towards the Giant's kingdom then that might be where the king, Caja and maybe even the harp and golden hen are located and Kerra shares Jack's theory and the two decide to make the ambitions climb up the beanstalk that, after a emotional farewell to Jennifer between her and Jack, will hopefully save the kingdom. As the two make their long journey upwards and well out of sight, the beanstalk has captured the attention of the townspeople and Branock who demands Jennifer to tell her where the princess is though she lies saying she is not sure. Branock is suspicious about the beanstalk and how it got there though Jennifer lies again saying she is not sure, though Branock then finds out one of his magic bags are missing and quickly puts two and two together that maybe the princess could be up there.
After a long and tiring climb, Jack and Kerra arrive at the top in which they discover a huge forest with trees that seem much larger than down on Earth. However as they head deeper into the forest, it dawns on them that they have no clue where they are going being hopelessly lost in the forest in which in their horror also has many giant sized insects which torment them until they suddenly come across none other than Caja who has escaped from the Giant's castle and by the humours sight of being cover it ketchup has only managed to escape from becoming Gogmagog's dinner. Despite fearing of going back, Caja leads Jack and Kerra towards the castle through the forest and much to Caja's annoyance (breaking the fourth wall by given a 'oh, great' expression to the audience) the journey over to the castle shows Jack and Kerra getting more closer while Caja seems to become the unintended third wheel.
They soon arrive at the gates a huge castle and there seems no way they can get in until Caja leads them to a secret cavern that leads them under the castle which is how she escaped. Now on the inside of this great castle, they make their way round while the castle seems to shame the cries of 'fee-fi-fa-fum' which tells them that the Giant is here in which after more hijinks trying to escaping from an impending meeting with Gogmagog, they end up in a treasure room which to their surprise isn't really giant but rather small 'earth-sized' coins which look suspicious to the ones in Kernow. It is there however they come across the golden hen and harp in which to Jack and Kerra's amazement the hen talks, though being a very brash character, named Wenna who translate what the harp is saying who speaks by playing the strings on it. Wenna is amazed when she finds the boy in font of her is the son of George and remembers when he was a little boy.
When Jack and Kerra tell them what Branock is doing to the kingdom, Wenna attempts to try and warn them of a great secret about Branock but before she can, the wicked Branock suddenly shows up and the gang are captured by his forces and Jack and Caja are sent the dungeons though Caja manages to make a quick escape. Kerra on the other hand is horrified that the original planned wedding of her to Gogmagog will go ahead after all.
In the dungeons in which Jack has been locked up in, he meets up with King Gerran who is in the same cell as he is and Jack tells him that Kerra has come to save him though Gerran is horrified that not only she is in danger but also tells Jack a short history on Branock saying that he was warlock that worked for the royal family who became mad for power and regrets that he didn't stop him sooner and how it could've saved his wife. When Jack tries to ask him about the Giant, Caja arrives along with Wenna and Harp to help them escape and Wenna explains that their power is the source of the wicked deeds taking place and that if they can get away then the Giant and Branock's power is weakened.
Meanwhile in what looks like something of an arrange wedding ceremony, Kerra is dressed for a wedding with a hapless priest that has been brought up from Earth to perform the duties and Branock appears and is excited asks Kerra if she is excited, in which she angrily disagrees and says she would give Gogmagog a piece of her mind calling him an overgrown yeti. Branock then puts on a mock look of hurt saying that he hurt his feelings and that she should apologise to him. Kerra is confused why Branock refers to himself and then he chants the infamous words of 'fee-fi-fo-fum' and in her horror he transforms into the infamous Giant and that all this time that Gogmagog and Branock are one in the same.
Gogmagog forces the priest to marry them in which he feebly begins. However the wedding is stopped by Jack, Gerran and the rest of their unlikely gang rescue Kerra from her doom and a daring escape begins and with the golden hen and harp in tow, they all managed to get out of the castle with the Giant in hot pursuit. The further they get away from the castle, the influence of Wenna and Harp become more noticed as it causes the great castle to crumble and so does it seem the land. They make their way down the beanstalk but the further they get down the more the beanstalk starts to crumble and it gets worse as the Giant starts climbing down too as the weight causes the beanstalk to break.
With the exception of Jack, the rest of the gang make it down the beanstalk while Jack stays behind to distract the Giant while risking his life in order to buy his friends more time. At the final moment, Jack makes his final escape down the beanstalk in which the Giant is too slow to catch up with him and with that the beanstalk finally gives way and sends Gogmagog/Branock falling to his demise. With Branock finally gone, his influence and magic is gone and the previously thick cloud that hung over the kingdom is gone and Kernow is free from evil once and for all.
Following this, the kingdom celebrates being free with King Gerran being vindicated by his people while Wenna and Harp are reunited with Jack, Caja and Jennifer while also Jack and Kerra begin a relationship in which King Gerran approves of despite his background as a commoner. Jack and his family eventually regain their lost fortune and all live happily after.
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Voice Cast
Robert Pattinson - Jack
Felicity Jones - Kerra
Rik Mayall - Branock/Gogmagog
Olivia Coleman - Jennifer
Terry Jones - King Gerran
Jennifer Saunders - Wenna
