Christian Bale	Jim
John Malkovich	Basie
Miranda Richardson	Mrs. Victor
Nigel Havers	Dr. Rawlins
Joe Pantoliano	Frank Demarest
Leslie Phillips	Maxton
Masatô Ibu	Sgt. Nagata
Peter Gale	Mr. Victor

Director	Steven Spielberg
Producer	Steven Spielberg Frank Marshall
Writer	Menno Meyjes Tom Stoppard
Cinematography	Allen Daviau
Musician	John Williams

Empire of the Sun is based on the childhood experiences of the known English science fiction author JG Ballard. Growing up in China before the Second World War, the young Jamie (Christian Bale) is separated by his parents during the Japanese invasion. Left alone in the streets of Shanghai, he's taken under the protection of an American vagabond, Basie (John Malkovich). As all the remaining foreigners in Shanghai are sent to concentration camps, Jamie and Basie do not escape this fate. This is the story of how Jamie learns to survive under these difficult circumstances and how he is shaped by the experience.

Edition Details Audience Rating PG (Parental Guidance) Country USA Language English Distributor Warner Home Video Barcode 085391175322 Region Region 1 Release Date 6/3/2003 Packaging Snap Case Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3, Letterboxed) Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) Subtitles English; French; Spanish; Japanese; Portuguese; English (Closed Captioned); Korean; Thai; Mandarin; Chinese Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] Dolby Digital Stereo [English] Dolby Digital Stereo [French] Layers Dual Side, Single Layer No. of Disks/Tapes 1 Features "The Making of..." Documentary Director's Commentary Interactive Menus Scene Selection Theatrical Trailers

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