The War (film)

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The War is a 1994 film starring Elijah Wood as Stu Simmons and Kevin Costner as his father. It is a coming of age tale set in the Mississippi after Costner's character's return from the Vietnam War in 1970.

Kevin Costner plays a shell-shocked Vietnam Veteran whose emotional issues prevent him from being able to hold down a job and care for his impoverished family. Stu Simmons (Elijah Wood), his sister and their friends spend the summer building a tree house, and learn their own lessons about war and peace in a conflict with a neighboring gang of kids who seek to destroy what they have built. The film gained Wood a young actor's award.

The movie was produced by Island World, and distributed by Universal Pictures, United International Pictures, and Argentina Video Home. Eric Eisner executive produced.

The film received a PG-13 by the MPAA. It has a 126 minute run time.

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The War at the Internet Movie Database