Empire of the sun

Resource Information

The work Empire of the sun represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bates College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Empire of the sun

Statement of responsibility

Warner Bros. Pictures ; a Robert Shapiro production ; produced by Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall ; screenplay by Tom Stoppard ; directed by Steven Spielberg

Contributor

• Stoppard, Tom,
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
• Bale, Christian, 1974-
• Bale, Christian, 1974-
• Ballard, J. G., 1930-2009
• Havers, Nigel, 1949-
• Havers, Nigel, 1949-
• Kennedy, Kathleen, 1954-
• Kennedy, Kathleen, 1954-
• Malkovich, John,
• Malkovich, John,
• Marshall, Frank,
• Marshall, Frank,
• Richardson, Miranda,
• Richardson, Miranda,
• Shapiro, Robert, 1938-
• Shapiro, Robert, 1938-
• Spielberg, Steven, 1946-
• Spielberg, Steven, 1946-
• Stoppard, Tom,
• Williams, John, 1932-
• Williams, John, 1932-

Actor

• Malkovich, John,
• Malkovich, John,
• Havers, Nigel, 1949-
• Richardson, Miranda,
• Richardson, Miranda,
• Bale, Christian, 1974-
• Havers, Nigel, 1949-
• Bale, Christian, 1974-

Composer

• Williams, John, 1932-
• Williams, John, 1932-

Director

• Spielberg, Steven, 1946-
• Spielberg, Steven, 1946-

Producer

• Marshall, Frank,
• Shapiro, Robert, 1938-
• Shapiro, Robert, 1938-
• Kennedy, Kathleen, 1954-
• Spielberg, Steven, 1946-
• Spielberg, Steven, 1946-
• Kennedy, Kathleen, 1954-
• Marshall, Frank,

Screenwriter

• Stoppard, Tom,
• Stoppard, Tom,

Subject

• Feature films
• Feature films
• Video recordings
• Video recordings

Genre

• Feature films
• Video recordings

Language

• tha
• eng
• eng
• eng
• fre
• chi
• fre
• jpn
• kor
• por
• spa
• eng

Summary

The story of a British 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

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Allen Daviau ; editor, Michael Kahn ; music, John Williams

Language note

• English or French dialogue ; Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai or English subtitles
• Closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers

Runtime

152

Technique

live action