Director: Steven Spielberg

Writer: Tom Stoppard

From novel: Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard

Keywords: Drama, WWII, Japan

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Christian Bale	Actor	30-Jan-1974		The Dark Knight
Nigel Havers	Actor	6-Nov-1949		Chariots of Fire
Burt Kwouk	Actor	18-Jul-1930	24-May-2016	Cato in Pink Panther films
John Malkovich	Actor	9-Dec-1953		Subject of Being John Malkovich
Paul McGann	Actor	14-Nov-1959		8th Doctor on Doctor Who
Joe Pantoliano	Actor	12-Sep-1951		Ralph Cifaretto, Guido the killer pimp
Leslie Phillips	Actor	20-Apr-1924		Not Now Darling
Miranda Richardson	Actor	3-Mar-1958		The Crying Game
Robert Stephens	Actor	14-Jul-1931	12-Nov-1995	The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Ben Stiller	Actor	30-Nov-1965		There's Something About Mary

REVIEWS

Review by anonymous (posted on 8-Jul-2006)

Tedious dialogue with an impossible task given to Christian Bale, to make boring and cliched lines sound vital and fresh. What an apology to Japan, too. I was enraged throughout the movie with Steves constant even handed way of looking at the war and its players in it. What is to admire of a race of people who invade and bayonnet 100,000 civilians? How about a simple portrayal as the people they were? Imperial bastards who tried to take over the world and were stopped by the ever stomped on white christian males of the U>S> Stevew heavy handed symbolism and way of moviemaking back then would surely make him cringe now. I do and I dont know anything about directing a feature film. A big and ambitous project,done with mixed and boring results. I was five lines ahead of the film for three hours. And Joe Pantalonio, good Lord. A human cartoon. Acting lesssons!

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