Release Date: 11/6/2001 Original Release: 1987 Format: DVD Widescreen Length: 153 minutes Rating:PG (MPAA) Rating Reason: (Reason unavailable) UPC: 085391175322 Studio: Warner Home Video
Dramas, Adventure, Coming Of Age, Kids Adventure, Prison/Prisoners, World War II, Epic, Recommended, Period Piece, Theatrical Release, China, Essential Cinema
Description
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.
DVD Features
Region 1 Snap Case Single Side - Dual Layer Letterbox - 1.85 Widescreen - 1.85 Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 - English Dolby Digital 2.0 - French Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Additional Release Material: Featurette: A CHINA ODYSSEY
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