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Watch Empire of the Sun: 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. |
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| Released: | December 11, 1987 | |
| Runtime: | 152 mins | |
| Genres: | Action Drama War Biography History | |
| Director: | Steven Spielberg | |
| Actors: | Ben Stiller John Malkovich Miranda Richardson Joe Pantoliano Ralph Michael Peter Copley Kieron Jecchinis Ralph Seymour Yvonne Gilan Ann Queensberry Francesca Longrigg James Greene Barrie Houghton Masatô Ibu Marc de Jonge | |
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Empire of the Sun (1987) Comments
| Posted by ArcadeJinx |
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I liked it alot!
| Posted by daveyboy1 |
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probably christian bales best film lol. 6/5
| Posted by fay1 |
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christian bale is a very good actor and i was moved by his perfomance!!5/5 for bale!
| Posted by Huschow |
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Really good film. after watching this the question I was asking myself was " how the hell haven't I watched this before? ".
| Posted by joshgsan |
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incredible movie a bit underrated i must say, i
| Posted by King_Of_Film |
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Fantastic movie, one of Bale's finest performances :D
| Posted by contagiious |
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GEZUZ...!one of the best movies..! EVER..! 10/10 AMAZING...!
| Posted by GlobusDei |
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The main character in the movie...the little English boy...is none other than Christian Bale....who played Batman as an adult. Christian Bale was only 13 years old when he starred in Empire of the Sun. Truly one of this generation's most multifaceted actors. His next Batman movie is already in post production & is set for release sometime in 2012.
| Posted by TroubleTwin2 |
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Not Christian Bales biggest fan, but I LOVED this movie.
| Posted by arwen44 |
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Amazing film. Everything you would expect an excellent movie to have. Great cast of actors. One of my all time favs.
| Posted by maxdecphoenix |
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I like a lot of movies. There's something captivating to me about the 30's & 40's, WW2 era. I like a lot of Spielberg work, but i'm sorry this was horrible. There were multiple times where the movie just grinds to a halt and hangs on certain things and the story just stagnates for 2-3 minutes while you're sitting there wishing the plot would continue on. jesus.. was a 10 minute montage of him alone in his house necessary? i get it, he's alone. move on. But the worst part is just Bale was flat out annoying. I realize it's just actors playing a part, but I spent the majority of the movie wishing someone would just take a belt to bale's character. And forget that emotional distress line about losing his parents, the character was annoying from the beginning of act one. It's like Spielberg tried to make this into some epic saga surrounded in mythology, and it's just a story about a brat. If you'd rather not spend almost 3 hours being annoyed by an overactive, ADHD preteen (steeped in WW2 lore or not), then skip this.
| Posted by Xamaca |
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the Spielberg sauce is very strong in this one, very good power cinematic but overload on sweet goo and chorus music pulls it down a bit for me.
| Posted by WizLaudan73 |
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I doubt if Christian Bale shouted at the film crew on the set of this...lol...Great movie though..can see why he became such a big star. Not done to bad for a welsh lad.
| Posted by 1jordy |
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Very good underated film, my one fault is the length, anything over 100 minutes is hard for me to sit through, but as for the film, good movie about WW2, acting is great from Bale, Bale is in almost every scene in this movie which is impressive for a 13 year old to have so much screen time, plot was good, plenty of film techniques used by the director, solid 9/10.
| Posted by kacall |
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A historically accurate accounting of what life was like during the military occupation and take over of Shanghi and parts of China by Japan, and the following concentration camp life for a boy named Jim. We witness the loss of his innocence as well as the growing friendship he develops with a young Japanese boy which spans the barrier of enemies. As Jim learns to survive in this new environment and risk his life to fit into an adult world to be accepted, we are left to ponder what we would do in the same circumstances. Very thought-provoking film that in the end, leaves us wondering what is it that makes us human beings and civilized. The senselessness of war, how cold and arbitrary decisions are made and who in the end do we hold accountable. The music is incredibly moving and haunting, while the acting is superb and well done by all the characters involved.
| Posted by pascos |
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great film, worth watching for the then young christian bales performance - 4/5
| Posted by Cacibubko |
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never want to be a japanese prisoner:-(((DEEP MOVIE 5/5 with young batman bale:-]funny
| Posted by dublin_vinnie |
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fantastic war film made in the late 80s with a 12 year old christian bale(star of batman begins) outshining the whole cast of this film. a stelar performance for a 12 year old. exceptionally good film.10/10 without question
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