Add/Update Information: Movie - Empire of the Sun - 1987


    Basic Details

    Title إمبراطورية الشمس
    Title in English Empire of the Sun
    Title's Translation
    Original Title
    Release Year 1987
    Runtime 152
    Category Movie
    Subcategory
    Status Released
    Is this a coloured title? Yes
    Egyptian Censorship
    MPAA Censorship PG
    Movie Budget 0
    Poster
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    Release Date
    25 December 1987 US false
    Genre
    Drama
    War
    History
    Country
    US
    Language
    English
    Region
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    Social Media Links
    imdb tt0092965

    Cast

    Section Actor

    Name Role/Job Order of appearance Options
    1) Joe Pantoliano 1
    2) Christian Bale 2
    3) Miranda Richardson 3
    4) John Malkovich 4
    5) Ben Stiller 5
    6) Anna Turner 6
    7) Sylvia Marriott 7
    8) Leslie Phillips 8
    9) Masatô Ibu 9
    10) Rupert Frazer 10
    11) Peter Gale 11
    12) David Neidorf 12
    13) Ralph Seymour 13
    14) Robert Stephens 14
    15) James Greene 15
    16) John Moore 16

    Section Writer

    Name Role/Job Order of appearance Options
    1) Tom Stoppard 1
    2) J.G. Ballard 2
    3) Menno Meyjes 3

    Section Editor

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    1) Dan Farrell assistant editor 1

    Section Director

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    1) Steven Spielberg Director 1

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    Synopsis

    Name Synopses Official ? Options
    Tarek Sharkawy The story of Jamie "Jim" Graham, a young boy who goes from living in a wealthy British family in Shanghai, to becoming a prisoner of war in Lunghua Civilian Assembly Center, a Japanese internment camp, during World War II. 222

    Summaries

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    Tarek Sharkawy To survive in a world at war, he must find a strength greater than all the events that surround him. 100

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    Trivia

    Name Trivia Body Criteria Options
    Tarek Sharkawy Eric Flynn, who plays a British POW, was actually a POW as a child in a Japanese camp.
    Tarek Sharkawy David Lean (Lawrence of Arabia) originally wanted to direct the film.
    Tarek Sharkawy Over 5,000 local extras were used, some old enough to remember the Japanese occupation of Shanghai 40 years earlier. Members of the People's Liberation Army played Japanese soldiers.

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