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Closing the Ring (2007) | Slate

Closing the Ring

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Rated 6.2 on TMDB

Closing the Ring

Discover the love of a lifetime.

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.

Released: 2007
Runtime: 1h 58m
Rated: R
Genres: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Language: English

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Richard AttenboroughDirector

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Michael StevensonSecond Assistant Director

Peter WoodwardScreenplay

Diana HawkinsScript Consultant

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Shirley MacLaineEthel Ann
Christopher PlummerJack
Mischa BartonYoung Ethel Ann

Stephen AmellTeddy Gordon
Neve CampbellMarie
Pete PostlethwaiteQuinlan
Martin McCannJimmy
Allan HawcoPeter Etty

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