Empire of the Sun
The movie Empire of the Sun was based on the book Empire of the Sun.
Movie details for Empire of the SunThe movie was released in 1987. Empire of the Sun was produced by Warner Home Video. More information on the movie is available on Amazon.com and also IMDb. Actors on this movie include Christian Bale and Miranda Richardson. |
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In a time when competitors were releasing "comedic," derivative coming-of-age films, Empire of the Sun stands out as an epic in the classic David Lean sense--despite confusion or perceived competition with the equally excellent The Last Emperor (also released in 1987, and also a coming-of-age in a similar setting). It is also a remarkable testament to, yes, the human spirit. And despite its disappointing box-office returns, Empire of the Sun helped to further establish Spielberg as more than a commercial director and set the standard, tone, and look for future efforts Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan. --N.F. Mendoza
Book details for Empire of the SunEmpire of the Sun was written by J. G. Ballard. The book was published in 1984 by Simon & Schuster. More information on the book is available on Amazon.com. J. G. Ballard also wrote Crash (1973). |
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Jim is separated from his parents in a world at war. To survive, he must find a strength greater than all the events that surround him.
Shanghai, 1941 -- a city aflame from the fateful torch of Pearl Harbor. In streets full of chaos and corpses, a young British boy searches in vain for his parents. Imprisoned in a Japanese concentration camp, he is witness to the fierce white flash of Nagasaki, as the bomb bellows the end of the war...and the dawn of a blighted world.
Ballard's enduring novel of war and deprivation, internment camps and death marches, and starvation and survival is an honest coming-of-age tale set in a world thrown utterly out of joint.