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EMPIRE OF THE SUN

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THE BACK OF THE BOX
WHAT THE STUDIO WANTS YOU TO KNOW

    Steven Spielberg's film Empire Of The Sun is an inspiring, action-packed epic of a small boy in a great war. That boy is Jim Graham, a young Briton whose unconquerable spirit soars high and free above the harsh confines of a Japanese internment camp during World War II. Through his eyes we see the fascination and horror of war. And we see a child's hold onto childhood weaken as his struggle to survive grows fiercer.
    Based on J.G. Ballard's memorable bestseller, the first major Hollywood studio production ever to shoot in the People's Republic of China earned 1987 National Board of Review awards for Best Picture and Director, as well as a special citation for Outstanding Juvenile Performance for Christian Bale as Jim.

STARRING:

John Malkovich: Basie
Miranda Richardson: Mrs. Victor
Nigel Havers: Dr. Rawlins
Christian Bale: Jim "Jamie" Graham

SCREENWRITER: Tom Stoppard

DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg

RUNNING TIME: 152 minutes

STUDIO: Warner Brothers

Average Hollywood Guys Rating: B

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GIGGLES, GLOBES AND OSCARS
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

ACADEMY AWARDS
(6 nominations and 0 wins)

Best Art Direction/Set Decoration - Norman Reynolds and Harry Cordwell
(nominated)

Best Cinematography - Allen Daviau
(nominated)

Best Costume Design - Bob Ringwood
(nominated)

Best Editing - Michael Kahn
(nominated)

Best Original Score - John Williams
(nominated)

Best Sound - Robert Knudson , Don Digirolamo, John Boyd, Tony Dawe
(nominated)

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GOLDEN GIGGLES

No awards or nominations given to this film.

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GOLDEN GLOBES
(2 nominations and 0 wins)

Best Picture (Drama)
(nominated)

Best Original Score - John Williams
(nominated)

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THE GEEK BOX
TRIVIA TO IMPRESS YOUR EASILY IMPRESSED FRIENDS

• While this movie credits Christian Bale as "introducing" him to the world, this is in fact not his first film. Before this film, he starred in the movie Mio Min Mio, a children's science fiction movie. He was also in Heart Of The Country and Anastasia: The Mystery Of Anna which were both made for TV.
• This movie was originally much longer but was cut for time and pacing. The majority of the cuts came from the scenes inside the interment camp, and as a result many of the people who were once stars in the movie were left with very small, almost cameo roles. The most prevalent role reductions happened to Miranda Richardson, Ben Stiller, Robert Stephens and Jean Anderson.
• CPR is done by the doctor and by Bale's character in this movie, but CPR was not invented until after the end of WWII.
• This movie was based on the novel by J.G. Ballard, who actually had a cameo in this film during the party at the film's beginning.
• Steven Spielberg picked the film's theme song Suo Gan, which is a Welsh lullaby, only after Spielberg had decided on Welsh born Christian Bale in the role of Jim. Contrary to popular belief the song is not sung by Bale himself but by James Rainbird.
• The Gone With The Wind poster that Jim (Bale) walks in front of is not historically accurate. While the film itself came out in 1939, the famous poster did not appear until the film's re-release in 1967.

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