The War (1994)
- Starring:
- Elijah Wood, Kevin Costner, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jon Avnet
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The War
Jon Avnet's The War is set in the rural south and brimming with lessons on social consciousness, much like his previous effort, Fried Green Tomatoes (1991). During the summer of 1970 in backwoods Mississippi, Stephen Simmons (Kevin Costner) is struggling to be a breadwinner for his family while still suffering post-traumatic stress disorder from his service in the Vietnam War. His wife Lois (Mare Winningham) provides most of the family income. Stephen gets a job in a mine and saves a friend who has been injured, helping him erase his guilt over abandoning another friend during a firefight in Vietnam. Meanwhile, the Simmons children, Stu (Elijah Wood) and Lidia (Lexi Randall) are feuding with an even poorer family of neighbors, the Lipnickis, over access to a tree fort that Stu and Lidia built. Mr. Lipnicki (Raynor Scheine) is drunken and abusive and helps escalate the disagreement into a major battle for the fort. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 126 mins
Complete Cast of The War
- Elijah Wood - Stu Simmons
- Mare Winningham - Lois
- Christine Baranski - Miss Strapford
- Bruce A. Young - Moe
- Charlotte Lewis - Amber
- Nick Searcy - John Ray Wilkens
- Judson Vaughn - Soldier
- Tim Ware - Fat Man at Auction
- Afemo Omilami - Quarry Man
- Bill Coates - Catfish Man
- Tom Even - Doctor
- Kevin Costner - Stephen
- Lexi Randall - Lidia
- Raynor Scheine - Mr. Lipnicki
- LaToya Chisholm - Elvadine
- Gary Basaraba - Dodge
- Lucas Black - Ebb Lipnicki
- Debra Zane
- Mary Nell Santacroce - Mrs. Higgens
- Jay Brooks - Old Man
- Dorothy Davis - Nurse
- J. Don Ferguson - Mine Foreman
- Director(s):
- Jon Avnet
- Writer(s):
- Kathy Mcworter
- Producer(s):
- Jordan Kerner, Kathy Mcworter, Jon Avnet
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Questionable for Children, Adult Situations)
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