<P> In 2006, the short film War Prayer (2005), won the Best Director Award at the Beverly Hills Film Festival, Harold Cronk directed the film and adapted the screenplay from Twain's The War Prayer . </P> <P> In April 2007, a ten - minute, short film adaptation, entitled The War Prayer, was released by Lyceum Films . Written by Marco Sanchez, and directed by Michael Goorjian, the adaptation starred Jeremy Sisto as "The Stranger," and Tim Sullivan as "The Preacher". </P> <P> That same year, journalist and Washington Monthly president Markos Kounalakis directed and produced an animated short film based on Twain's piece, also entitled The War Prayer . Narrated by Peter Coyote, it featured Lawrence Ferlinghetti as the Minister, and Eric Bauersfeld as the Stranger . </P>

What basic message is twain sending his readers by writing this prayer