
Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired (2017)
Overview
This is the story of a tiny country that made a decision to do something that no other country had ever done -- it decided to abolish its army and declare peace to the world. And this is the story of a young boy who grew up in that country, and how he ended up challenging -- and sometimes even convincing -- the greatest powers in the world to follow Costa Rica's example. "Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired" is a Don Quixote-like saga with great historical touchstones -- Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, Cold War politics and Communism, Central American War and Peace. It follows a slight, academic, and most unlikely hero over the course of more than fifty years, as he travels the world in a quest to stop the spread of the weapons of war. In the end, it is a story about the triumph of reason, of the sparrow triumphing over the eagle, and how the impossible dream can sometimes come true.
Where to watch Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired
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| United States | Kanopy, Hoopla, Amazon Prime Video Free, Tubi TV +1 | Amazon Video, Apple TV, Fandango At Home | Amazon Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube +1 |
| United Kingdom | — | Apple TV | Apple TV, YouTube |
| Canada | Hoopla, Tubi TV | Apple TV | Apple TV, YouTube |
| Australia | DocPlay | — | — |
| Ireland | — | Apple TV | Apple TV |
| New Zealand | DocPlay | — | — |
| Mexico | Tubi TV | — | — |
| Poland | — | YouTube | YouTube |
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What is Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired about?
This is the story of a tiny country that made a decision to do something that no other country had ever done -- it decided to abolish its army and declare peace to the world. And this is the story of a young boy who grew up in that country, and how he ended up challenging -- and sometimes even convincing -- the greatest powers in the world to follow Costa Rica's example. "Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired" is a Don Quixote-like saga with great historical touchstones -- Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, Cold War politics and Communism, Central American War and Peace. It follows a slight, academic, and most unlikely hero over the course of more than fifty years, as he travels the world in a quest to stop the spread of the weapons of war. In the end, it is a story about the triumph of reason, of the sparrow triumphing over the eagle, and how the impossible dream can sometimes come true. Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired is a Documentary, History movie, released on 2017-06-18, runtime 64 minutes.
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In the United States, Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired is free to watch on Kanopy, Hoopla and Amazon Prime Video Free and can be rented from Amazon Video and Apple TV. The table on this page lists 7 more countries. Movie World also lists the official trailer, online streaming sources and links to external sources on this page.
Directed by
Dawn Gifford Engle
Cast
- Oscar Arias as Self
- Maria Pretiz as Narrator
- Tom Brokaw as Self
- Mikhail Gorbachev as Self
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