Movie Description:
Steven Spielberg`s film EMPIRE OF THE SUN is an inspiring, action-packed epic of a small boy in a great war. That boyis Jim Graham, a young Briton whoseunconquerable spirit soars highand freeabove the harsh confines of a Japanese internment campduring World War II. Throughhis eyes we see the fascinationand horror of war. And we see a child`shold onto childhood weaken as his struggle to survive grows fiercer. Basedon J. G. Ballard`s memorablebestseller, this first major Hollywood studio production ever to shoot in the People`s Republic of China earned 1987 National Board of Review awards for BestPicture and Director, as well as a special citation for Outstanding Juvenile Performance for Christian Bale as Jim.
