What follows is a sweeping tale of survival against the odds and, above everything else, a dramatic coming-of-age story. From there he attempts to surrender to the Japanese before being swept up by the entirely unreliable Americans Basie and Frank. He was subsequently interned in a POW camp with his parents, and Ballard used this to adapt a literary device whereby English schoolboy Jim is stranded by himself in Shanghai. It’s based on Ballard’s childhood experiences in Shanghai as the Second World War erupted. We put off reading the novel, for whatever reason. Thusly, this was our knowledge of Empire of the Sun since having first seen it back in 2004. Rawlins, and smaller parts went to Miranda Richardson (famous for her portrayal as the childishly insane Queenie in Blackadder II), Ben Stiller, Paul McGann (I), and author J.G. Sorry, it’s easy to misjudge these things.ģ3 year old John Malkovich was his co-star as the devious Basie, alongside Joe Pantoliano as the hapless Frank, Nigel Havers as studious Dr. It starred a then 13 year old Sir Christian Bale as the precocious Batman… er, Jim. The chances are most of you will know of this from the often forgotten Steven Spielberg gem from 1987.
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