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Empire of the Sun

Cast

Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers View All

Crew

Tom Stoppard (Screenplay), Steven Spielberg (Director), Menno Meyjes (Screenplay) View All

Release: Dec. 9th, 1987

Runtime: 2 hours, 33 minutes

Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor named Basie, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity and youthful spirits, providing a beacon of hope for the others held captive with him.

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Iroquois
Spielberg's capacity for creating scenes of wartime carnage and horror is relatively neutered by the film's status as a relatively accessible story about a young boy, but one can still appreciate the scale whether it's in the streets that are crowded with panicked citizens or the post-invasion after....

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aronisred
He always had his laurels to fall back on in terms of legacy and pedigree but for the most part he started behaving like a director dependent on the star power of the movie stars for box office rather than his own name brand and the strength of the movie.

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