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Empire of the sun
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The work Empire of the sun represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Wadleigh Memorial Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

The Resource Empire of the sun
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Empire of the sun
Statement of responsibility
Warner Bros. Pictures ; a Robert Shapiro production ; produced by Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall ; screenplay by Tom Stoppard ; directed by Steven Spielberg
Creator
  • Empire of the sun (Motion picture)
Contributor
  • Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
  • Warner Home Video (Firm)
  • Bale, Christian, 1974-
  • Ballard, J. G., 1930-2009
  • Daviau, Allen
  • Havers, Nigel, 1949-
  • Kennedy, Kathleen, 1954-
  • Malkovich, John
  • Marshall, Frank
  • Richardson, Miranda
  • Shapiro, Robert, 1938-
  • Spielberg, Steven, 1946-
  • Stoppard, Tom
  • Williams, John, 1932-
Subject
  • 1939-1945
  • Anti-war films
  • Boys
  • Boys -- China | Shanghai -- Drama
  • Children
  • China -- Shanghai
  • Coming-of-age films
  • Coming-of-age films
  • Coming-of-age films
  • DVD Video discs
  • Drama
  • Feature films
  • Feature films
  • Feature films
  • Fiction films
  • Fiction films
  • Fiction films
  • Film adaptations
  • Film adaptations
  • Film adaptations
  • Motion pictures
  • Motion pictures
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • War films
  • War films
  • World War (1939-1945)
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- China | Shanghai -- Drama
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- China | Shanghai -- Drama
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama
Genre
  • Anti-war films
  • Coming-of-age films
  • DVD Video discs
  • Drama
  • Feature films
  • Fiction films
  • Film adaptations
  • Motion pictures
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • War films
Language
  • tha
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • chi
  • fre
  • jpn
  • kor
  • por
  • spa
  • eng
Summary
The story of a British boy, James Graham, whose privileged life is upturned by the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, December 8, 1941. Separated from his parents, he is eventually captured, and taken to Soo Chow confinement camp, next to a captured Chinese airfield. Amidst the sickness and food shortages in the camp, Jim attempts to reconstruct his former life, all the while bringing spirit and dignity to those around him
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Allen Daviau ; editor, Michael Kahn ; music, John Williams
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG ; CHV rating: PG
Language note
  • English (Dolby surround 5.1 or Dolby surround stereo) or French dialogue (Dolby surround stereo); Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai or English subtitles
  • Closed-captioned
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.E46 2009
PerformerNote
Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers
Runtime
152
Technique
live action

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