Empire of the sun / Warner Bros. Pictures ; directed by Steven Spielberg ; screenplay by Tom Stoppard ; produced by Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall.

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Empire of the sun (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Spielberg, Steven, 1946-
Kennedy, Kathleen, 1954-
Marshall, Frank
Stoppard, Tom
Malkovich, John
Richardson, Miranda
Havers, Nigel, 1949-
Bale, Christian, 1974-
Daviau, Allen
Williams, John, 1932-
Ballard, J. G., 1930-2009
Language:English
French
Multiple languages
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
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.
Published: [Burbank, Calif.] : Warner Home Video, [2001], ©2001.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > China > Shanghai > Drama.
Boys > China > Shanghai > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Children > China > Shanghai > Drama.
Feature films.
Ballard, J. G., > 1930-2009 > Film adaptations.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Also issued on VHS.
Format: Video DVD

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