On Wings of Eagles (2016)

Eric Liddell - China's first gold medalist and one of Scotland's greatest athletes - returns to war-torn China.

Directors:

Stephen Shin, Michael Parker (co-director)

Writers:

Rubby Xu, Christopher C. Chan

Stars:

Joseph Fiennes, Bruce Locke, Shawn Dou

Cast

Credited cast:
Joseph Fiennes	...	Eric Liddell
Bruce Locke	...	Old Xu Niu (voice)
Shawn Dou	...	Xu Niu
Augusta Xu-Holland	...	Catherine Standish
Elizabeth Arends	...	Florence Liddell
Jesse Kove	...	Hugh Johnson
Richard Sanderson	...	Dr. Hubbard
Simon Twu	...	Chen Quan
Kuo-Chu Chang
Zach Ireland	...	David Marshall (as Zach Ireland Splittgerber)
Darren Grosvenor	...	Gentleman
Asano Nagahide
Hongxuan Chen	...	(Juvenile)
Laura Justine Friis Lodahl	...	Patricia Liddell
Shigeo Kobayashi	...	Yoshinori Yumoto

Storyline

Eric Liddell may have won gold for the United Kingdom and possessed a lilting Highland brogue, but he was born in China and lived more than half his life there evangelizing and teaching. On Wings of Eagles is everything you ever wanted to know about what happened to Liddell - who famously refused to run an Olympic race on a Sunday to honor God - after the 1924 Olympics when he returned to China, the home of his heart. But Eric's beloved homeland is about to be occupied by Imperial Japan.

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Plot Keywords:

japanese occupation | japanese occupation of china | prisoner of war | prison camp | japanese soldier | 

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Genres:

Drama | History | Sport | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some violent images

Did You Know?

Trivia

1924 Olympic Gold Medalist Eric Liddell was made famous by Ian Charleson in the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire (1981).

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Goofs

Modern Air Conditioning Unit shown in clip, as his wife & children are leaving in the Car.

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Alternate Versions

Three different cuts exist for the film: one for China, one for Taiwan and one for North America.

User Reviews

A very disappointing representation of Lindell's life.

I bought this movie with great excitement. Having read much on Liddell and sharing his Christian faith I was hopeful of a movie telling of his faith and endurance and life as a missionary in China. Alas this was beyond disappointing. The depiction of Liddell was simply pathetic. His faith was barely mentioned and the accounts of his life in China I have read were not well presented. A better effort by more informed film makers will hopefully be made one day. This was not that movie.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site Official Site [Japan]

Country:

China Hong Kong USA

Language:

English Mandarin Japanese

Release Date:

3 November 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

On Wings of Eagles

Filming Locations:

Tianjin, China

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$5,975

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$155,111

Company Credits

Production Co:

Goodland Pictures, Innowave Limited, BondIt Media Capital

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min 96 min (cut)

Color:

Color