To End All Wars
| To End All Wars | |
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DVD cover.
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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 |
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Release date
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2 September 2001 |
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Running time
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Post-production of the film footage was delayed because of lack of funding, which was eventually provided by Gold Crest Films.
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. The film was awarded the Crystal Heart Award and Grand Prize for Dramatic Feature at the Heartland Film Festival. A review in Variety is mainly negative. Reviews from faith-based publications were mainly positive.
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