Closing the Ring (2007)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Richard Attenborough

Writer:

Peter Woodward (writer)

Release Date:

28 December 2007 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Discover the love of a lifetime

Plot:

A young man searches for the proper owner of a ring that belonged to a United States World War II bomber pilot who had crashed onto the Cave Hill just outside Belfast in Northern Ireland on 1st June 1944.

Plot Keywords:

WWII | Female Rear Nudity | Sex | Male Female Relationship | Nudity

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Shirley MacLaine	...	Ethel Ann
Christopher Plummer	...	Jack
Dylan Roberts	...	Wilbur
Gene Dinovi	...	Weeping Veteran
Neve Campbell	...	Marie
Allan Hawco	...	Peter Etty
Pete Postlethwaite	...	Quinlan
Martin McCann	...	Jimmy
Steve Franks	...	Bugler
Chris Benson	...	Local Sheriff
John Travers	...	Young Quinlan
George Shane	...	Maginty
Kirsty Stuart	...	Young Eleanor
Marie Jones	...	Mrs. Doyle
Karen Lewis	...	Mrs. Dean

Also Known As:

L'amour à jamais (Canada: French title)
Richard Attenborough's Closing the Ring (International: English title) (poster title)

MPAA:

Rated R for brief sexuality, nudity and violent images.

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

UK | Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:14A | Ireland:15A | UK:12A | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-13

Filming Locations:

Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

Company:

CTR

Trivia:

The B-17 used in the filming of this movie is the "Yankee Lady", owned and operated by the Yankee Air Museum of Ypsilanti, MI. This aircraft also appeared in the movie "Tora! Tora! Tora!" The B-17 named Sally B also made an appearance in this film.

Quotes:

Marie: Everybody needs to talk.
Jack: No, honey, everbody needs to cry. And your mother never did.

Movie Connections:

Features The Glenn Miller Story (1954)

Soundtrack:

Lost Without Your Love

Wonderful movie

Wonderful movie with absolutely brilliant actors and very realistic settings. A must to add to anyone's DVD library. It is a typical Richard Attenborough movie with great attention to detail and accuracy similar to his excellent movie 'A Bridge To Far'. In a number of ways this movie is identical to the 1950s movie 'The Key' starring William Holden, Sofia Loren, Trevor Howard and Bernard Miles and a very young Michael Caine. Instead of aircrew and aircrafts in WW2, it was Royal Navy ocean going rescue tugs and naval reserve officers in the Atlantic in WW2. And the woman (Sofia Loren) being passed from one lover to the next. Instead of a ring it was the key to her flat.