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Closing the Ring( 2007)

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Discover the love of a lifetime.

Overview

During the 1940s, a group of young men go off to war, leaving behind Ethel Ann, who is in love with one of them, Teddy. In modern-day Belfast, a man named Jimmy endeavors to return a ring found in the wreckage of a crashed plane. He travels to Michigan, where the grown Ethel Ann, who married another man after Teddy was killed in battle, now lives. Ethel Ann must decide whether to go with Jimmy to meet the soldier who last saw Teddy alive.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Shirley MacLaine

      Ethel Ann

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      Christopher Plummer

      Jack

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      Mischa Barton

      Young Ethel Ann

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      Stephen Amell

      Teddy Gordon

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      Neve Campbell

      Marie

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      Pete Postlethwaite

      Quinlan

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      Martin McCann

      Jimmy

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      Allan Hawco

      Peter Etty

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      Gregory Smith

      Young Jack

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      David Alpay

      Chuck

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      John Travers

      Young Quinlan

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      Dylan Roberts

      Wilbur

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      Brenda Fricker

      Eleanor

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      Gene Dinovi

      Weeping Veteran

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      Chris Benson

      Local Sheriff

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      George Shane

      Maginty

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      Kirsty Stuart

      Young Eleanor

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      Marie Jones

      Mrs. Dyole

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      Alec McClure

      Co-Pilot

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      Susie Kelly

      Second Woman in Rain

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      Steve Franks

      Bugler

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      Karen Lewis

      Mrs. Dean

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      Anthony Finigan

      Mr. Cobb

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      John Kavanagh

      Reverend Smith

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      Martin Reid

      Father Ignatius

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      Sidney Dodsworth

      Shelterer from the Air Raid

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      Derek Halligan

      Shelterer from the Air Raid

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      Maureen Dow

      Shelterer from the Air Raid

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      Rosina Brown

      Shelterer from the Air Raid

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      Michael Magee

      Shelterer from the Air Raid

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      Claire Lamont

      Shelterer from the Air Raid

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      Mathew McElhinney

      Young Cathal

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      James Millard

      Lt. Wilkins

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      Gerry Quigley

      Barman

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      Bill Lynn

      Truck Driver

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      Ian McElhinney

      Cathal Thomas

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      Ian Beattie

      Seamus McCarty

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      Olivia Nash

      First Woman in Rain

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      B.J. Hogg

      Maguigan

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      Alan McKee

      Dougal

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      Tom Maguire

      Billy

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      Sean McGinley

      Campbell

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      Darryl Flatman

      Pilot

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      Paul Dunn

      Co-Pilot

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      Kieran Gallant

      Navigator

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      Layke Anderson

      Army Corporal

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      Alex Palmer

      Lt. Jones

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      Paul Charlton

      Army Private

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      Allan Gildea

      First Policeman

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      Stephen Don

      Second Policeman

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      Tom Collins

      Fireman Fergus

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      Harry Dickson

      Taxi Driver

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      Kerry-Lee Finkle

      Waitress

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      Stephen Harland

      Resident

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Aug 30 2023
    Richard Attenborough has assembled a good cast for this nostalgic wartime drama. In a troubles-torn Belfast, the young Wilbur (Dylan Roberts) finds a ring in a burnt out aircraft left over from WWII. His search for the owner leads him to Shirley MacLaine's "Ethel Ann", and our story slowly reveals, via a mix of current and retrospective scenarios, just what happened when and to whom. The beginning is a bit disjointed, the chopping and changing of timeframes and characters happens too soon after the film starts without us having quite enough information to follow the story easily, but once that ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    23000000.00

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • airplane
    • world war ii
    • bomber
    • love
    • soldier
    • battle
    • belfast, north ireland
    • ring