CLOSING THE RING

Year: 2007
UK: The Works UK Distribution
UK DVD: Universal Pictures
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Mischa Barton, Christopher Plummer, Stephen Amell, Pete Postlethwaite, Neve Campbell, Gregory Smith, Brenda Fricker, Martin McCann, John Travers, Tom Collins,
Director: Richard Attenborough
Countries: UK / Canada / USA
UK: 118 mins
UK Certificate: 12A contains moderate violence and sex, and one use of strong language
UK Release Date: 28 December 2007
UK DVD Release Date: 28 December 2007


Synopsis

From Academy Award®-winning director Richard Attenborough (GANDHI, SHADOWLANDS) comes CLOSING THE RING, a deeply moving love story of an American woman who honors a wartime promise of love with a lifetime of heartache until the discovery of a gold ring reawakens her. Spanning two continents and half a century, CLOSING THE RING stars Academy Award®-winner Shirley MacLaine (IN HER SHOES, TERMS OF ENDEARMENT), Christopher Plummer (A Beautiful Mind, The Insider), Mischa Barton (television's THE O.C.), Academy Award®-nominee Pete Postlethwaite (THE CONSTANT GARDENER) and Academy Award®-winner Brenda Fricker (MY LEFT FOOT).

During World War II, more than 300,000 American military personal passed through or were based in Northern Ireland. On June 1, 1944, ten of these young American servicemen died when their B-17 bomber lost its bearings in heavy fog and crashed into Belfast's Cave Hill. Over fifty years later, a news item about a discovery at the crash site of one airman's wedding ring struck a chord in writer Peter Woodward, son of the actor Edward Woodward, inspiring him to write CLOSING THE RING. Richard Attenborough calls it 'unequivocally one of the most exciting, most original, most authentic first screenplays I've ever read.'

DVD EXTRAS

30 minutes of interviews with Lord Attenborough, Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer & Mischa Barton