To End All Wars
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| Directed by | David L. Cunningham |
| Produced by | Jack Hafer, David L. Cunningham |
| Written by | Brian Godawa Ernest Gordon |
| Starring | Robert Carlyle Kiefer Sutherland Ciaran McMenamin Mark Strong Sakae Kimura |
| Music by | Moya Brennan |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | 2001 |
| Running time | 125 min |
| Language | English / Japanese |
To End All Wars is a 2001 war film starring Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland and Sakae Kimura and directed by David L. Cunningham.
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Storyline [edit]
The film is set in a Japanese prisoner of war labour camp where the inmates are building the Burma Railway during the last three and a half years of World War II.
The screenplay is based on the autobiography of Ernest Gordon and recounts the experiences of faith and hope of the interned men. The autobiography was originally published under the name Through the Valley of the Kwai, then later as Miracle on the River Kwai (not to be confused with the separate novel The Bridge over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle). Gordon's book was finally re-issued with the title To End All Wars to tie in with the film.
Cast overview (first billed only) [edit]
- Robert Carlyle - Maj. Ian Campbell
- Kiefer Sutherland - Lt. Jim Reardon - American Merchant Mariner in Singapore at the time of capture
- Ciarán McMenamin - Ernest Gordon
- Mark Strong - Dusty Miller
- Sakae Kimura - Ito
- Masayuki Yui - Noguchi
- James Cosmo - Colonel Stuart McLean
- John Gregg - Dr. Coates
- Shu Nakajima - Nagatomo
- Yugo Saso - Takashi Nagase
- Pip Torrens - Foxworth
- Adam Sinclair - Jocko
- Winton Nicholson - Duncan
- Brendan Cowell - Wallace Hamilton
- Greg Ellis - Primrose
- James McCarthy - Norman
- Daryl Bonilla - POW
- Joji Yoshida - Guard #1
Production [edit]
It was filmed primarily on the island of Kauai, Hawai'i, with some excerpt shots of Thailand. The film was rated R in the U.S. for war violence and brutality, and for some language.
Reception [edit]
As of May 2012, the movie was at 58% ("rotten") on the Tomatometer on the Rotten Tomatoes review aggregator website. However, the site did not consider the number of reviews from "Approved Tomatometer Critics" to be sufficient to form a consensus about the film.[1] The film was awarded the Crystal Heart Award and Grand Prize for Dramatic Feature at the Heartland Film Festival.[citation needed]
Soundtrack [edit]
The film's soundtrack was never released as a stand-alone release. Various songs have been re-recorded by Moya Brennan on her subsequent solo albums, most recently 'Mo Mhian' on My Match Is A Makin'.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
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| 1. | "Mo Mhian (Healing Heart)" | Moya Brennan | ||
| 2. | "I Will Go (Campbell's Theme)" | Moya Brennan | ||
| 3. | "Lá na Cruinne" | Moya Brennan | ||
| 4. | "Find The Place" | John Cameron & Moya Brennan | ||
| 5. | "Amazing Grace" | John Newton / Traditional | ||
| 6. | "Pomp And Circumstance" | Edward Elgar | ||
| 7. | "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" | Johann Sebastian Bach | ||
| 8. | "Yankee Doodle Boy" | George M. Cohan |
References [edit]
- ^ To End All Wars (2001) rottentomatoes.com
External links [edit]
- To End All Wars at the Internet Movie Database
- To End All Wars at Rotten Tomatoes
- To End All Wars at the Arts & Faith Top100 Spiritually Significant Films list
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