| | |  | CANADA | Home » » Closing the Ring | | | | | | | Description: | | From Academy Award-winning director Richard Attenborough (Gandhi) comes this sweeping romance starring Shirley MacLaine (Terms of Endearment), Christopher Plummer (A Beautiful Mind), Mischa Barton (TV's The O.C.), and Neve Campbell (The Company). Moving seemlessly through time, this lush epic follows a beautiful 1940's Michigan girl (Barton) secretly married to a WWII pilot who crashes in the hills near Belfast, Ireland. 50 years later his wedding ring resurfaces -- along with the smoldering secrets that have kept the widow (MacLaine), her estranged daughter (Campbell) and devoted friend (Plummer) each from finding true love. | | | Features: | |
• From Academy Award-winning director Richard Attenborough (Gandhi) comes this sweeping romance starring Shirley MacLaine (Terms of Endearment), Christopher Plummer (A Beautiful Mind), Mischa Barton (TV's The O.C.), and Neve Campbell (The Company). Moving seemlessly through time, this lush epic follows a beautiful 1940's Michigan girl (Barton) secretly married to a WWII pilot who crashes in the hill
| | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Mischa Barton | | Director:
| Richard Attenborough | | Format:
| Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen | | Language:
| English | | Subtitle:
| Spanish | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| The Weinstein Company | | Run Time:
| 117 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| January 27, 2009 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 20 reviews |
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18 of 18 found the following review helpful:
Great to see Shirley MacLaine againJan 08, 2009
By Catherine Mcshane
"Kate McShane"
I watched this film online and, since it appeared to be a low-budget film, I didn't expect very much, but as soon as Shirley MacLaine appeared, the power of the film became much more intense. Seeing her in this role reminded me of how moving she is on screen. I didn't realize until the credits came up that the film had been directed by Richard Attenborough. Shirley MacLaine makes this film worth watching. Christopher Plummer has an emotional scene that surprised me. And Martin McCann's performance was exceptional. I never expected to enjoy it as much as I did.
15 of 18 found the following review helpful:
Closing the RingAug 06, 2008
By J. P. Frederick
I don't know why this great movie wasn't shown here in the USA. It was made by one of the great movie makers, Sir Attenborough, stars Shirley McLain and Christopher Plummer and is a story about USA pilots in WWII. So far, you can't even rent the DVD here in the US. I saw the movie in Australia last year, 2007.
8 of 9 found the following review helpful:
A beautiful tale of love, loss and healingFeb 01, 2009
By Z Hayes
I picked up this movie as a rental the other day, mainly because it was directed by Sir Richard Attenborough, but also because it had Shirley Maclaine and Christopher Plummer in it. I was very pleased with the movie - it is a poignant story that deals with the themes of love, loss, redemption and healing.
The story begins with a memorial for WW II vet, Chuck Norris in a small town in the US. His daughter Marie [Neve Campbell] is grief-stricken but her mother, Chuck's widow Ethel [Shirley Maclaine] seems unmoved and casually smokes outside the funeral hall. She is joined by Chuck's good friend Jack [Christopher Plummer] and we are taken back via flashback to the 1940s when Ethel[Mischa Barton] was a young girl in love with Teddy [Stephen Amell] and whose close friends are Jack [Gregory Smith] and Chuck [David Alpay]. All three men are in love with Ethel, but it's Teddy who wins Ethel's heart. When WW II begins, the boys go off to war, but not before a secret marriage between Ethel and Teddy. When Teddy gets killed in action whilst flying over Belfast,Ireland Ethel is grief-stricken and comforted by Jack and Chuck.
Back in the present, Ethel finds herself reminiscing about the past to herself, but is surly and silent with her daughter Marie who is bewildered by her mother's lack of grieving over Chuck's death. It is only when a young Irish lad Jimmy [Martin McCann] finds the gold wedding ring belonging to Teddy on Black Mountain in Belfast and contacts Ethel, that the past starts to unravel and Ethel finds herself having to confront some hard truths, including some surprising revelations.
The story itself flows well and the plot is cohesive. I did find the sub-plot in the present with the IRA conflict in Northern Ireland [and Jimmy's inadvertent involvement in it] a bit distracting, but it did prove important in tying the loose ends together at the end.
The acting by the leads was very convincing, especially by Maclaine and Plummer as the older Ethel and Jack. The actors playing the younger roles back in the 1940s also did a credible job, especially Mischa Barton as the young Ethel.Martin McCann as young Jimmy was quite adorable in his role as the naive Irish lad with a tendency towards plain speaking. There are nude scenes in this movie [Ethel as played by Mischa] and some violence [bombings and shootings by the IRA and also government agents].
All in all, I found "Closing the Ring" to be a well-acted romance/family drama and would recommend it to fans of the genre.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Not Very Good At All, Despite The Impressive PedigreeMar 28, 2009
By Erik Morton
"Erik Morton"
I'd never heard of this film, but given the impressive cast and crew involved (Richard Attenborough, for Pete's sake? Speaking of Petes, Pete Postelwaithe is here, too!), I thought it might be worth a go. And while the cast and crew do a serviceable job for the most part (ranging anywhere from great to poor), it's the script that really kills this one. More specifically, the dialogue. There is a good story somewhere in here (maybe a great story), but the words actually spoken are quite often so trite, cliched and cornball that not even such magnificent actors as Christopher Plummer and Shirley MacLaine can overcome it. Sounds harsh, I know, but it really is that bad, particularly during the wartime flashbacks, which are painfully cheesy. I only sat through the movie to see how it wrapped up and how all the connections worked and everything, but even the ending is underwhelming.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
You're FreeMay 09, 2011
By Not Miss Havisham
This was an wonderful film. It brought together two cultures and two periods in history in beautiful ways. The story was very sad and I felt it told more than just an isolated story. In many ways this was the story of the generation robbed of their youth, hopes and dreams by the terrible reality of WWII. However, the film was also incredibly funny. The Irish added tremendous comical detail, if you got it that is. Richard Attenborough created a lovely piece.
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