To End All Wars (2001)

Director:

David L. Cunningham

Writers:

Brian Godawa (screenplay)
Ernest Gordon (book)

Genre:

Drama | War | Action

Tagline:

In a jungle war of survival, they learned sacrifice. In a prison of brutal confinement, they found true freedom.

Plot:

A true story about four Allied POW's who endure harsh treatment from their Japanese captors during World...

Plot Keywords:

Jungle | Corporal Punishment | Vomit Scene | Exploding Building | Railroad Worker

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Ciarán McMenamin	...	Capt. Ernest 'Ernie' Gordon
Robert Carlyle	...	Maj. Ian Campbell
Kiefer Sutherland	...	Lt. Jim 'Yankee' Reardon
Mark Strong	...	Dusty Miller
Yugo Saso	...	Takashi Nagase
Sakae Kimura	...	Sgt. Ito
James Cosmo	...	Lt. Col. Stuart McLean
Masayuki Yui	...	Capt. Noguchi
John Gregg	...	Camp Doctor Coates
Shû Nakajima	...	Nagatomo (as Shu Nakajima)
Greg Ellis	...	Sgt. Roger Primrose
Pip Torrens	...	Lt. Foxworth
James McCarthy	...	Norman
Brendan Cowell	...	Wallace Hamilton
Winton Nicholson	...	Duncan

MPAA:

Rated R for war violence and brutality, and for some language.

Runtime:

125 min | USA:117 min | Germany:110 min (TV version) | UK:110 min (TV version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Black and White (archive footage) | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | USA:R | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA

Company:

Argyll Film Partners

Trivia:

The autobiography of which the film is based on was originally published under the name Through the Valley of the Kwai (and later as Miracle on the River Kwai) and then when this film was made, the same as this film's title (To End All Wars). This book also acted as a basis for David Lean's The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957).

Goofs:

Factual errors: Lt. Jim Reardon or "Yanker" as he is referred to in the film, would not have been in a wheelchair in the camp. The truth is, his back was too severely broken for him to be transported anywhere. He spent the rest of the time in camp bed-ridden. He appeared in a wheelchair in the film simply for camera flow.

Quotes:

Ernest Gordon: Lt. Jim Reardon, Merchant Marine, one of the few Americans in the area, attached himself to the Argyles during the Allied surrender. We called him "Yanker," because he was an American - and a bit of a wanker.

Soundtrack:

FIND THE PLACE

haunting and powerful story

i saw this film as i tend to like films of this type about humanitarian stories, the fact that this one is true actual events made it even more powerful for me. it truly does bring home the facts of what the men from ww11 endured to make our world today as free as it is, and it is films like this one that should be shown as part of history curriculum in high schools. the film was brilliant, brutal, honest, extremely well acted, filmed and managed to touch me to the point of tears. Robert Carlyle was fantastic, as were the rest of the leads, i would give this film 9 out of 10 simply because 10 out of 10 would be perfection and perfection does not exist.