A young man searches for the proper owner of a ring that belonged to a U.S. World War II bomber gunner who crashed in Belfast, Northern Ireland on June 1, 1944.
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Title: Closing the Ring (2007)
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| Shirley MacLaine | ... | Ethel Ann | |
| Christopher Plummer | ... | Jack | |
| Dylan Roberts | ... | Wilbur | |
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Gene Dinovi | ... | Weeping Veteran |
| Neve Campbell | ... | Marie | |
| Allan Hawco | ... | Peter Etty | |
| Pete Postlethwaite | ... | Quinlan | |
| Martin McCann | ... | Jimmy | |
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Steve Franks | ... | Bugler |
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Chris Benson | ... | Local Sheriff |
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John Travers | ... | Young Quinlan |
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George Shane | ... | Maginty |
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Kirsty Stuart | ... | Young Eleanor |
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Marie Jones | ... | Mrs. Doyle |
| Karen Lewis-Attenborough | ... | Mrs. Dean (as Karen Lewis) | |
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Three intertwined stories of lost and unspoken love and the resulting secrets are presented. In one, which begins in 1941 Branagan, Michigan, twenty-one year old Ethel Ann socializes primarily with three male friends, who are all in love with her. She only loves one, Teddy Gordon, their mutual love known within the group. Her parents would never approve of Teddy, the poor country boy, who is building a house for her eventually to be able to show her parents that he is worth something in his love for her. Their relationship is interrupted by the U.S. entry into the war, into which all three men are going into battle. Before their departure, the three men enter into a pact unbeknownst to Ethel Ann. In two, which also takes place in Branagan, but in 1991, World War II U.S. Army Air Forces veteran, septuagenarian Chuck Harris, after an illness, has just passed away. Those that knew him always considered him the reliable one. His death leaves a void in his family, as there has always been ... Written by Huggo
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world war two | sex | nudity | male female relationship | female nudity |Taglines:
Discover the love of a lifetimeMotion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for brief sexuality, nudity and violent images | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
28 December 2007 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
A szerelem gyűrűje See more »Edit
Box Office
Budget:
$23,500,000 (estimated)Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$1,449,091Company Credits
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Music by Glenn Miller
Lyrics by Mitchell Parish
Performed by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
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Chuck Harris died in 1991. See more »Goofs
The B-17 being shown off in Michigan in 1941 is actually a B-17G, the final model, which did not have its first flight 'til 1943. the "chin gun" is the give-away. See more »Quotes
Young Ethel Ann: I will always love you Teddy. I'll be yours till the day I die, I swear.See more »
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Moonlight SerenadeMusic by Glenn Miller
Lyrics by Mitchell Parish
Performed by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
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This wasn't a successful movie at all. A love story aimed at an older audience, the kind of movie watchers preferring exposition to explosions. It can be defined a quality World War II drama that deserves to be more just another TV broadcast. The promise is the kind that might seem overly melodramatic if heard in a movie set in contemporary times but it is at home with the wartime realities so effectively rendered in Closing the Ring. Attenborough is a past master at this type of drama and shifts a lot between the decades, avoiding the confusion so common to non-linear films like this. The resemblance between the younger and older actors isn't striking, but their performances make this a minor issue.