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Empire Of The Sun (DVD, 2002)
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Title: Empire Of The Sun
Leading Role: Ben Stiller,Christian Bale,Joe Pantoliano,John Malkovich,Leslie Phillips,Miranda Richardson,Nigel Havers
Director: Steven Spielberg
EAN: 7321900737371
Release Year: 2002
Rating: UK:PG
Product ID: EPID44098328
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 du...
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A stunning Speilberg classic
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6 of 12 people found this review helpful.
Empire of the Sun tells the moving story of a young British boy living in Shanghai in the early 1940s. Young Jim leads an idyllic lifestyle in an area of China under heavy British influence and control. However in 1941 after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour, the mother country goes to war with the Japanese, the country which has been developing its influence over China since the 30s. At that point Jim's world is turned upside down. He is soon separated from his parents and ends up in the company of an American (John Malkovich from Johnny English & The Man in the Iron Mask). Before long they are placed in a Japanese PoW camp, where Jim's love of both planes and the USA develops. It is a great story of danger, tragedy and in the end some sort of happiness. Jim manages to survive the war in the camp, despite his friends (including Miranda Richardson from the Blackadders & The Lost Prince) dying and suffering around him. It is a happy and moving ending as after America's liberation of the camp, Jim is re-united with his parents. A joy to watch, Steven Spielberg at his best with music by John Williams (Harry Potter, Star Wars & Indiana Jones).
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Spielberg's most underrated movie pairs him with his most unlikely source material: a semi-autobiographical novel from the master of chilly psychological exegesis, JG Ballard. It's an unusual but surprisingly effective marriage, with cinema's arch sentimentalist unable to soften Ballard's look at his time in a Japanese internment camp. The result is the director's most effective, desperate exploration of the death of childhood.
The disappointment here, as ever with Spielberg DVDs, is the lack of a commentary, but single extra The China Odyssey is excellent. A 49-minute Making Of, it includes snippets with Ballard, but is most fascinating because it shows Spielberg at work, equally at home staging the "Cadillac of the sky" bombing sequence or coaxing the right expression out of a then 13-year-old Christian Bale, whose performance must rank as one of the best ever by a child. As Spielberg observes: "Veritable Steve McQueen, this kid!"
The disappointment here, as ever with Spielberg DVDs, is the lack of a commentary, but single extra The China Odyssey is excellent. A 49-minute Making Of, it includes snippets with Ballard, but is most fascinating because it shows Spielberg at work, equally at home staging the "Cadillac of the sky" bombing sequence or coaxing the right expression out of a then 13-year-old Christian Bale, whose performance must rank as one of the best ever by a child. As Spielberg observes: "Veritable Steve McQueen, this kid!"
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EMPIRE OF THE SUN DVDReview created: 10/07/09
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) CLASSIC, GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY. THE PRODUCT WAS AN ORGINAL WHICH I ALWAYS HAVE MY DOUBTS ABOUT WHEN BUYING DVD'S OR CLOTHING ITEMS. THE FILM WAS A PRESENT SO THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN NORMAL FOR ME.
I WILL TAKE THE RISK AGAIN TO BUY A DVD ON EBAY
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EMPIRE OF THE SUNReview created: 27/08/08
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) I LOVE THIS FILM SO MUCH CHRISTIAN BALE IS ONLY A CHILD IN IT
AND IS FANTASTIC,
EVERYBODY I HAVE RECOMMENDED IT TO LOVES IT.
AND IS FANTASTIC,
EVERYBODY I HAVE RECOMMENDED IT TO LOVES IT.
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Empire O The Sunthis is an amazing film, in my opinion, Christian Bale is one of his best films, also John Malkovich playing a superb role
one to watch,
one to watch,
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Empire of the SunClassic film that i havent seen for ages. Well worth a watch. Makes you think how bad things were in those times. Wouldnt have fancied it myself.
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Unique account or warReview created: 10/02/08
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) Christian bale shines as a child actor in a film full of memorable moments!! highly recomended for fans of Bale, war films, or Spielberg
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