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Mood:
- EmotionalTouchingCaptivatingAtmosphericGloomy
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Plot:
- Young HeroesComing of AgeSurvivalInnocence LostCaptivityChild in DangerWartime LifeConfined more...
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Genres:
- DramaPeriodWar
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century40sWorld War 2
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- AsiaChinaPrison
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- Award WinnerCritically Acclaimed
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- Epic
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- Based on BookBiographyBased on True Story
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- Special Effects
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Empire of the Sun, 1987
English, Japanese, Mandarin
USA
Profile of Empire of the Sun
The mood of Empire of the Sun is emotional, captivating, and touching. The plot centers around captivity, a child in danger, and . It is a drama, period, and war movie. Stylistically, Empire of the Sun is epic. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a prison. Empire of the Sun is set in China. It happens in the 20th century. Visually, it involves special effects. Empire of the Sun is drawn from a biography, originally a true story, and based on a book. The movie is known for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. Note that it includes profanity and violent content.
Summary of Empire of the Sun
Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun, based on the autobiographical novel by J.G. Ballard, stars Christian Bale as Jim Graham, a British schoolboy separated from his upper-class colonial parents when the Japanese sweep into Shanghai during World War II. Temporarily orphaned, Jim attaches himself to Basie (John Malkovich), a fast-talking American opportunist determined make a buck off the spoils of war. Later, when the two are interned in a prison camp, Jim's boyish fantasies are fueled by the grace and daring of the Japanese fighter pilots whom he comes to idolize despite their enemy status. Spielberg's visually spectacular wartime epic is a testimony to the human will to survive and a child's ability to find wonder even in the midst of horror. Thirteen-year-old Welsh actor Christian Bale is brillant as Jim in his feature film debut. Spielberg himself identified more with Jim, a boy who is obsessed with flying and who experiences the death of his innocence, than with E.T.'s Elliott. After a year of negotiations with the Chinese, Spielberg and his crew were allowed to film in Shanghai, which was virtually unchanged since World War II.
Details
| Language: | English, Japanese, Mandarin |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 9 December 1987 |
| Runtime: | 153 min |
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as Jim 'Jamie' Graham
as Basie
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