FREE END OF THE SPEAR PDF Steve Saint | 368 pages | 09 Jun 2007 | Tyndale House Publishers | 9780842384889 | English | Wheaton, IL, United States End of the Spear () - IMDb End of the Spear is a American drama film that recounts the story of Operation Aucain which five American Christian missionaries attempted to evangelize the Huaorani Waodani people of the tropical rain forest of Eastern Ecuador. Based on actual events from in which five male missionaries were speared by a group of the Waodani tribe, the movie End of the Spear the story from the perspective of Steve Saint the son of Nate Saintone of the missionaries End of the Spear in the encounterand Mincayanione of the tribesmen who took part in the attack. The Waodani people of the tropical rain forest along the Curaray River in a remote and mostly undeveloped the Amazonian region of Ecuador live with a traditional animist worldview. As children, Mincayani saves Dayumae after a vicious nighttime spear attack on a Waodani village by a neighboring tribe, and Dayumae's younger sister in Dayumae's care is killed in the attack. Other events of tribal life are pictured. In a conflict with her family, Dayumae—who, in part, has been blamed for the death of her sister—decides to leave the End of the Spear for her safety, and runs to the "foreigners" around her: foreigners who speak Spanish and dress very differently. Nate Saint is a missionary jungle pilot and End of the Spear mechanicliving with his family at a mission outpost where his job includes flying various missionaries and supplies into remote locations. He builds a small airplane out of wood with his 8-year old son, Steve Saint. Nate becomes obsessed with making contact with a jungle tribe who have resisted contact with the outside world before, often violently: the Waodani. Rachel Saint, Nate's older sister has had extensive contact with the now much older Dayumae, and has learned some of the Waodani language from her. Nate does not want to tell his sister End of the Spear his and others plans to attempt contact with the Waodani, for fear she would pass the information along to her superiors, and the planned contact would be forbidden. Young Steve learns a few words of Waodani—"I am your sincere friend"—from Rachel, and ultimately begs his father to learn them before his father and several others land their airplane on a sandbar in the Curaray, and attempt to make peaceful contact with the Waodani, who they know people that area of End of the Spear forest that surrounds the sandbar. Mincayani is now a much older and developed warrior, exhibiting not a little leadership in the tribe. After some days, one Waodani man and two women approach the missionaries who have camped on the sandbar, and have a reasonably friendly, if difficult to communicate, first encounter. Subsequently, misinformation about the meeting is shared with the other Waodani tribal members, and a group of Waodani warriors decide to attack and spear the foreigners. They do so, and all five men associated with the airplane at the sandbar camp are killed with spears; the airplane—which the Waodani refer to as the large wood bee—is destroyed with punctures and slashing by spears. Authorities from Ecuador and the US military come up river in canoes in a large party, protected by many rifles, and recover four of the five bodies. Mincayani asks Steve to live in Ecuador, and become family to the Waodani, like Rachel had. Steve says that would be "impossible;" but does do so a year or so later. Later, Mincayani tells Steve he needs to show him End of the Spear, with no other detail, and takes Steve on the Curaray river in a canoe to the sandbar where his father had been killed many years earlier. Mincayani digs furiously in the bank of the river, and uncovers a bit of the metal frame and fabric of Nate's airplane that the Waodani had buried; tells Steve this is where his father died; and that he had speared his father. Mincayani gives Steve his spear, with the point at his own chest, and tells Steve to kill him. The DVD and some theaters where the movie was shown also included extra footage after the movie ended showing the real life Mincayani Mincaye and the real life Steve Saint in our modern day. Mincaye visited Steve Saint in America with humorous results while trying to understand American culture. Some secular critics believed the story may be seen as presenting an uncritical view of a situation where native peoples were eventually exploited regardless of "good intentions" [7] such as concerns [ clarification needed ] about SIL International. There was some concern among various Christian groups that lead actor Chad Allenwho portrays aviator missionary Nate Saint in the movie and his son Steve Saint as an adultis openly gay. Some Christian groups that had initially planned to promote the film began to question whether they should. The real Steve Saintwho was heavily involved in the production of the film, has stated in interviews that he himself had reservations, but that God indicated to him that Allen was End of the Spear proper choice. In the end, he couldn't see a better actor filling the role of his father. His public pronouncements did much to quell the controversy. However, the Gospel presented in the movie is the same as it was presented to the Waodani; in concepts and symbols that are present in everyday Waodani language with the name of "God" being replaced with " Waengongi ", the name of the Waodani creator god who no longer communicated with the people. Due to the limitations of the movie format, they have had End of the Spear compress various events and limit the number of characters. As a result, the main Waodani protagonist, Mincayani, is not actually one person in real End of the Spear but rather a composite of the real-life Waodani named Mincaye and various other Waodanis. From Wikipedia, the End of the Spear encyclopedia. This article is about the film. For the book of the same name, see End of the Spear book. End of the Spear release poster. Release date. Running time. Retrieved on June 5, Retrieved on April 30, Operation Auca. Through Gates of Splendor End of the Spear. 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Mark Schultz. ​End of the Spear on iTunes As IMDb celebrates its 30th birthday, we have six shows to get you ready for those pivotal years of your life Get some streaming picks. When five young missionaries, among them Jim Elliot and Nate Saint, are End of the Spear to death by the Waorani ina series of events unfold to change the lives of not only the slain missionaries' families, but also Mincayani and his people. Written by Anonymous. I had a chance to view this film at the National Missionary Convention. All I have to say about it A great film. Very inspiring. I will see it again and I will spend top dollar to see it. When it is available to purchase, End of the Spear will be the first in line. The film was beautifully made, and was true to the actual story of the five missionaries who gained their lives by reaching the Waodani. I was moved, shocked, brought to tears as I viewed this realistic portrayal. I would not recommend allowing children under 10 to view. Nothing horrific, just some hard imagery to digest. Would open the door for 20 questions after they viewed the film. I am going to allow my 10 year to see it. Looking for some great streaming picks? Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Visit our What to Watch page. Sign In. Keep End of the Spear of everything you watch; tell your friends. Full Cast and Crew. Release Dates. Official Sites. Company Credits. Technical Specs. Plot Summary. Plot Keywords. Parents Guide. External Sites. User Reviews. User Ratings. External Reviews. End of the Spear Reviews. Photo Gallery. Trailers and Videos. Crazy Credits. Alternate Versions. Rate This. Two people come to the end of a spear in order to realize that the divisions between them are not real. Director: Jim Hanon. Available on Amazon. Added to Watchlist. From metacritic. Actually good Christian themed movies. True Stories. Missionary Movies. Don't Mess with the Missionary Men and Women. Share this Rating Title: End of the Spear 6. Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Edit Cast Cast overview, first billed only: Louie Leonardo Mincayani Chad Allen Kimo Christina Souza Dayumae Chase Ellison Young Steve Saint Chemo End of the Spear Gikita Ninabet Bedoya Gimade Sara Kathryn Bakker Rachel Saint Cara Stoner Elisabeth Elliot Ocniel Barrigon Nenkiwi Yariela Caizamo Ompodae Andrea Lino Mache Dawa Marco Flaco Young Mincayani Gabriela Valdespino Edit Did You Know? Trivia During casting it was difficult to find a pilot in the Screen Actor's Guild qualified and willing to fly the Piper plane in the jungle.