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Empire of the Sun
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New York Times - 12/09/1987
"...[EMPIRE OF THE SUN] seems to speak a language all its own....Great and small triumphs...steadily deliver[ed]..."New York Times - 12/27/1987
Included in the New York Times "10 Best Films of 1987"Variety - 12/02/1987
"...[The] sweeping picture is studded by spectacular set pieces..."Premiere - 09/01/2005
"Malkovich walks a line between sentiment and grit in his relationship with the young Christian Bale, and brings it off."Uncut - 03/01/2006
5 stars out of 5 -- "[With] astounding performances from John Malkovich and a teenage Christian Bale. Essential."Sight and Sound - 04/01/2006
"The scenes in which the Japanese invade Shanghai and the English forlornly try to flee are handled with huge flair; but unusually for Speilberg, the performances and subtlety of his direction register equally strongly."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.
Adventure | China | Coming Of Age | Drama | Epic | Essential Cinema | Kids Adventure | Period Piece | Prison / Prisoners | Recommended | Theatrical Release | World War II
| Starring | Christian Bale & John Malkovich | |
| Directed by | Steven Spielberg | |
| Produced by | Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall | |
| Edited by | Michael Kahn | |
| Screenwriting by | Tom Stoppard & Menno Meyjes | |
| Composition by | John Williams | |
| Director of Photography | Allen Daviau | |
| Performer | Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers, Joe Pantoliano, Leslie Phillips & Ben Stiller | |
| Source Writer | J. G. Ballard |
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