5.7
“Dare to Make Contact”
End of the Spear (2005)
October 24, 20051h 48mEN
6.3
64 votes
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.
Director
Jim HanonWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$10.0M
Revenue
$12.1M
Production Companies
Bearing Fruit EntertainmentEvery Tribe EntertainmentToy Gun Films
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User Reviews
Wuchak
7.0**_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,” eve…
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