Closing the Ring
Discover the love of a lifetime.
2007 | 118m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Richard Attenborough |
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| Writer: | Peter Woodward |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 14, 2007 |
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| Director: | Richard Attenborough |
| Writer: | Peter Woodward |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | world war ii, bomber, airplane, love, soldier, battle, belfast, north ireland, ring |
| Production Companies | CTR, Spinster, Prospero Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $23,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Shirley MacLaine | Ethel Ann |
| Christopher Plummer | Jack |
| Mischa Barton | Young Ethel Ann |
| Stephen Amell | Teddy Gordon |
| Neve Campbell | Marie |
| Pete Postlethwaite | Quinlan |
| Martin McCann | Jimmy |
| Allan Hawco | Peter Etty |
| Gregory Smith | Young Jack |
| David Alpay | Chuck |
| John Travers | Young Quinlan |
| Dylan Roberts | Wilbur |
| Brenda Fricker | Eleanor |
| Gene Dinovi | Weeping Veteran |
| Chris Benson | Local Sheriff |
| George Shane | Maginty |
| Kirsty Stuart | Young Eleanor |
| Marie Jones | Mrs. Dyole |
| Alec McClure | Co-Pilot |
| Susie Kelly | Second Woman in Rain |
| Steve Franks | Bugler |
| Karen Lewis | Mrs. Dean |
| Anthony Finigan | Mr. Cobb |
| John Kavanagh | Reverend Smith |
| Martin Reid | Father Ignatius |
| Sidney Dodsworth | Shelterer from the Air Raid |
| Derek Halligan | Shelterer from the Air Raid |
| Maureen Dow | Shelterer from the Air Raid |
| Rosina Brown | Shelterer from the Air Raid |
| Michael Magee | Shelterer from the Air Raid |
| Claire Lamont | Shelterer from the Air Raid |
| Mathew McElhinney | Young Cathal |
| James Millard | Lt. Wilkins |
| Gerry Quigley | Barman |
| Bill Lynn | Truck Driver |
| Ian McElhinney | Cathal Thomas |
| Ian Beattie | Seamus McCarty |
| Olivia Nash | First Woman in Rain |
| B.J. Hogg | Maguigan |
| Alan McKee | Dougal |
| Tom Maguire | Billy |
| Sean McGinley | Campbell |
| Darryl Flatman | Pilot |
| Paul Dunn | Co-Pilot |
| Kieran Gallant | Navigator |
| Layke Anderson | Army Corporal |
| Alex Palmer | Lt. Jones |
| Paul Charlton | Army Private |
| Allan Gildea | First Policeman |
| Stephen Don | Second Policeman |
| Tom Collins | Fireman Fergus |
| Harry Dickson | Taxi Driver |
| Kerry-Lee Finkle | Waitress |
| Stephen Harland | Resident |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Lesley Walker | Editor |
| Tom McCullagh | Production Design |
| Hazel Webb-Crozier | Costume Design |
| Walter Corbett | Camera Operator |
| Christine Beveridge | Makeup & Hair |
| Diana Hawkins | Script Consultant |
| Richard Attenborough | Director |
| Peter Woodward | Screenplay |
| Michael Stevenson | Second Assistant Director |
| Roger Pratt | Director of Photography |
| Jeff Danna | Original Music Composer |
| Lydia Pensa | Hairstylist |
| Jack Stew | Foley Artist |
| Derek Trigg | Foley Artist |
| Tim Cavagin | Sound |
| John Buchan | Casting |
| Maureen Duff | Casting |
| Mark Paladini | Casting |
| Chris Allies | Title Designer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jamie Carmichael | Executive Producer |
| Julia Blackman | Executive Producer |
| Jeff Abberley | Executive Producer |
| Patrice Theroux | Executive Producer |
| Graham Begg | Executive Producer |
| Andrew Hildebrand | Executive Producer |
| Richard Attenborough | Producer |
| Jason Garrett | Executive Producer |
| Jo Gilbert | Producer |
| Martin Katz | Producer |
| David Rogers | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 8 |
| 2024 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 6 |
| 2024 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 | 48 | 85 | 7 |
| 2024 | 9 | 37 | 65 | 24 |
| 2024 | 10 | 27 | 38 | 20 |
| 2024 | 11 | 19 | 37 | 12 |
| 2024 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 10 |
| 2025 | 1 | 14 | 25 | 10 |
| 2025 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 791 | 791 |
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 settles down and the role of Christopher Plummer ("Jack") becomes clearer, this makes for an engaging story of loves lost and bravery. It also doesn't ignore the fact that bombs continued to fall in Belfast for some years after the end of the War too. It's a simple vehicle for the two stars, that isn't the most plausible of stories, but it has a gentle warmth that just about carries it off.