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 Ciarán McMenamin Mark Strong Sakae Kimura Masayuki Yui James Cosmo |
Music by |
John Cameron Moya Brennan |
Cinematography | Greg Gardiner |
Edited by | Tim Silano |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release dates | 2 September 2001 |
Running time | 125 minutes |
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.
Plot
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.[1]
Cast
- Robert Carlyle as Maj. Ian Campbell
- Kiefer Sutherland as Lt. Jim "Yanker" Reardon, an American Merchant Mariner in Singapore at the time of capture.
- Ciarán McMenamin as Capt. Ernest "Ernie" Gordon
- Mark Strong as Dusty Miller
- Sakae Kimura as Sgt. Ito
- Masayuki Yui as Cpt. Noguchi
- James Cosmo as Col. Stuart McLean
- John Gregg as Dr. Coates
- Shu Nakajima as Nagatomo
- Yugo Saso as Takashi Nagase
- Pip Torrens as Lt. Foxworth
- Adam Sinclair as Jocko
- Winton Nicholson as Duncan
- Brendan Cowell as Pte. Wallace Hamilton
- Greg Ellis as Sgt. Roger Primrose
- James McCarthy as Norman
- Daryl Bonilla as POW
Production
It was filmed primarily on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, with some excerpt shots of Thailand. The film was rated R in the U.S. for war violence and brutality, and for some language. The film was produced by Jack Hafer and David Cunningham.[2]
The screenplay is based on the autobiography of Ernest Gordon and recounts the experiences of faith and hope of the interned men.[3] The autobiography was originally published under the name Through the Valley of the Kwai,[4] 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.
Post-production of the film footage was delayed because of lack of funding, which was eventually provided by Gold Crest Films.[5]
Reception
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.[6] The film was awarded the Crystal Heart Award and Grand Prize for Dramatic Feature at the Heartland Film Festival.[7] A review in Variety is mainly negative.[1] Reviews from faith-based publications were mainly positive.[8]
Soundtrack
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
- 1 2 "Review: ‘To End All Wars’". Variety, Dennis Harvey. June 18, 2002
- ↑ Alex Field (2004). The Hollywood Project: A Look Into the Minds of the Makers of Spiritually Relevant Films. Relevant Media Group. pp. 141–. ISBN 978-0-9746942-1-4.
- ↑ "TO END ALL WARS". Urban Cinefile
- ↑ "No Headline". New York Times, By DAVID STOUTJAN. 20, 2002
- ↑ "Isle filmmaker makes his triumphant return". Star-Bulletin, Honolulu, November 1, 2001 Tim Ryan
- ↑ To End All Wars (2001) rottentomatoes.com
- ↑ "Heartland Winner Returns". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Indiana. November 10, 2002. Page 140
- ↑ "To End All Wars". Christian Cinema, 2010.
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