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24/10/2005 Adventure, Drama, History 1h 48m
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Dare to Make Contact

Overview

"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.

  1. Jim Hanon

    Director, Writer

  2. Bill Ewing

    Writer

  3. Bart Gavigan

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Louie Leonardo

    Mincayani

  2. Chad Allen

    Nate Saint / Steve Saint / Narrator

  3. Jack Guzman

    Kimo

  4. Chase Ellison

    Young Steve Saint

  5. Sylvia Jefferies

    Barbara Youderian

  6. Christina Souza

    Dayumae

  7. Chemo Mepaquito

    Gikita

  8. Ninabet Bedoya

    Gimade

  9. Sara Kathryn Bakker

    Rachel Saint

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2023-11-27
**_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 “...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$10,000,000.00

Revenue
$12,128,105.00

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