To End All Wars

For the book the film is based on, see Through the Valley of the Kwai.
To End All Wars

DVD cover.
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

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.TitleWriter(s)Length
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. 1 2 "Review: ‘To End All Wars’". Variety, Dennis Harvey. June 18, 2002
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "TO END ALL WARS". Urban Cinefile
  4. ↑ "No Headline". New York Times, By DAVID STOUTJAN. 20, 2002
  5. ↑ "Isle filmmaker makes his triumphant return". Star-Bulletin, Honolulu, November 1, 2001 Tim Ryan
  6. ↑ To End All Wars (2001) rottentomatoes.com
  7. ↑ "Heartland Winner Returns". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Indiana. November 10, 2002. Page 140
  8. ↑ "To End All Wars". Christian Cinema, 2010.
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