Empire of the sun
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The work Empire of the sun represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bowdoin College Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.
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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 Bowdoin College Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.
- Label
- Empire of the sun
- Statement of responsibility
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Contributor
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- Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
- Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Bale, Christian, 1974-
- Bale, Christian, 1974-
- Ballard, J. G., 1930-2009
- Havers, Nigel, 1949-
- Havers, Nigel, 1949-
- Kennedy, Kathleen, 1954-
- Kennedy, Kathleen, 1954-
- Malkovich, John
- Malkovich, John
- Marshall, Frank
- Marshall, Frank
- Richardson, Miranda
- Richardson, Miranda
- Spielberg, Steven, 1946-
- Spielberg, Steven, 1946-
- Stoppard, Tom
- Stoppard, Tom
- Williams, John, 1932-
- Williams, John, 1932-
- Subject
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- Boys -- China | Shanghai -- Drama
- Boys -- China | Shanghai -- Drama
- Drama
- Drama
- Feature films -- United States
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Popular movies
- Video recordings
- Video recordings
- Videorecording
- War films
- War films
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- China | Shanghai -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- China | Shanghai -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 -- China | Shanghai -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 -- China | Shanghai -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- mul
- eng
- eng
- Summary
- Based on J.G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, tells the story of a 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
- TEF
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Director, Steven Spielberg ; screenplay, Tom Stoppard ; producers, Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall ; editor, Michael Kahn ; music, John Williams
- Language note
- English (Dolby surround 5.1 or Dolby surround stereo 2.0) and French (Dolby surround stereo) language soundtracks with optional subtitles in Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish or Thai ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired
- PerformerNote
- John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers, Christian Bale
- Runtime
- 153
- Target audience
- general
- Technique
- live action
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