End of the Spear

"Dare to Make Contact"

2005 1h 48m EN

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★6.3TMDB · 65

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"End of the Spear" is the story of Mincayani, a Waodani tribesman from the jungles of Ecuador. When five young missionaries, among them Jim Elliot and Nate Saint, are speared to death by the Waodani in 1956, a series of events unfold to change the lives of not only the slain missionaries' families, but also Mincayani and his people.

“Dare to Make Contact”

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Cast

Louie Leonardo
Mincayani
Chad Allen
Nate Saint / Steve Saint / Narrator
Jack Guzman
Kimo
Chase Ellison
Young Steve Saint
Sylvia Jefferies
Barbara Youderian
Christina Souza
Dayumae
Chemo Mepaquito
Gikita
Ninabet Bedoya
Gimade

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jim Hanon
Writers: Bill Ewing, Bart Gavigan, Jim Hanon
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 21 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jim Hanon, shot by Robert Driskell. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Miles Hanon shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Louie Leonardo and Chad Allen and Jack Guzman carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Dare to Make Contact".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0399862 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 65 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Jim Hanon directs. Robert Driskell behind the camera. Miles Hanon cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

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1Released 21 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
3Directed by Jim Hanon, shot by Robert Driskell. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Miles Hanon shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Louie Leonardo and Chad Allen and Jack Guzman carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Dare to Make Contact".
7IMDB entry: tt0399862 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 65 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Robert Driskell
Editing: Miles Hanon
Stunt coordinator: Lauro David Chartrand-DelValle
Runtime: 108 min · 1h 48m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $10,000,000
Box office: $12,128,105
Return: 121% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: End of the Spear (2005)

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Wuchak2023-11-27
★ 7/10
There’s more to life than rashly killing people with a spear In 1956, several American missionaries deep in the Amazon basin try to contact the warring Waodani tribe, who live near the Curaray River in eastern Ecuador. Thirty-eight years later, the son of one of the missionaries goes back to the area to reacquaint with the people he met as a child. “End of the Spear” (2005) is a drama with some thrills based on the true story. Movies with a similar milieu include “Fitzcarraldo,” “The Emerald Forest,” “At Play in the Fields of the Lord,” “Medicine Man” and “The Lost City of Z,” even “The Mosquito Coast.” Sure, this one is more ‘faith-based’ due to the subject matter, but the director lets the facts speak for themselves with no glossing over and no sanitizing; just the facts. The viewer is left to interpret them. If you like any of those flicks, you can’t go wrong with this one. Even if you’re a strict atheist, the evangelical element is played down. When the biblical message is conveyed, it’s presented in the same way it was given to the Waodani in real-life: In concepts or symbols from their everyday language. For instance, ‘God’ is replaced with ‘Waengongi,’ which is the creator god of the tribe. Interestingly, a couple of the Amazonians resemble members of 80’s metal bands Anthrax (Dan Spitz and Joey Belladonna) and Manowar (Joey DeMaio). Seriously. The movie runs 1 hour, 48 minutes, and was shot in Colon, Panama, which is about 800 miles north from where the events actually occurred. GRADE: B/B-

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