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Disc #1, Side A -- Empire of the Sun
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Disc #1, Side B -- Empire of the Sun / Special Features
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The China Odyssey Documentary
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Disc #1, Side A -- Empire of the Sun
1. Foreword [1:12]
2. The Choirboy [3:05]
3. Luckier [3:24]
4. Upward Dreams [1:38]
5. Partygoer Procession [3:56]
6. Hospitality [2:12]
7. Engaging the Enemy [5:13]
8. Shanghai: December 8, 1941 [2:48]
9. Lost in the Crowd [4:27]
10. Plunderers [4:12]
11. Home Alone [4:25]
12. English Boy Surrenders [5:04]
13. Making Frank's... [2:03]
14. Shanghai Jim [5:10]
15. Journey to Opulence [3:22]
16. New Occupants [1:55]
17. Chow Time [6:44]
18. The Truck to Soochow [4:34]
19. One With the Planes [2:42]
20. Kindred Spirits [1:34]
21. Tricks of the Trade [3:48]
22. The Antidote [:26]
23. New Word Pragmatist [2:09]
24. The University of Life [3:59]
25. Night Bombing [3:56]
26. Reprisal [2:39]
27. Setting the Traps [3:22]
28. In America Now [6:45]
29. Nagata's Revenge on... [2:18]
30. Lords of the Yangtze [3:34]
31. Basie Returns [4:12]
32. Kamikaze Dawn [1:39]
33. Bombs and Rapture [3:30]
34. Return to the British Dorm [5:01]
35. Broken Promise [1:45]
36. Failed Mission [2:18]
37. March to Nantao [1:46]
38. The Olympic Stadium [1:46]
39. "Pretend You're Dead" [2:15]
40. Heavenly Light [1:55]
41. Reunions [2:59]
42. "I Can Bring Everyone..." [4:10]
43. "I Surrender" [3:47]
44. Tired Eyes [2:00]
45. End Credits [4:06]
Disc #1, Side B -- Empire of the Sun / Special Features
1. Introduction [2:40]
2. International Settlement [2:45]
3. Christian Bale [2:23]
4. Shanghai Occupied [4:16]
5. Cruelties of War [3:31]
6. A Western City [5:14]
7. Jumping Back 50 Years [2:38]
8. Ballard's Memories [3:35]
9. Almost Like a Movie [2:25]
10. Planestruck [6:51]
11. Coming of Age [4:57]
12. Rapture Sequence [4:38]
13. Biggest Adjustment [2:39]
14. End Credits [:30]
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Behind-the-scenes documentary The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun, a film by Steve Spielberg
Art Director - Charles Bishop
Art Director - Norman Dorme
Art Director - Maurice Fowler
Art Director - Huang Qia Gui
Art Director - Fred Hole
Associate Producer - Chris Kenny
Book Author - J.G. Ballard
Camera Operator - Michael Roberts
Casting - Yuriko Matsubara
Casting - Maggie Cartier
Casting - Judy Taylor
Casting - Mike Fenton
Casting - Jane Feinberg
Cinematographer - Allen Daviau
Composer (Music Score) - John Williams
Costume Designer - Bob Ringwood
Draftsman - Peter Childs
Executive Producer - Robert Shapiro
Featured Music - Jimmy Kennedy
Featured Music - Eric Maschwitz
First Assistant Director - David Tomblin
Foley Artist - Kevin Bartnof
Makeup - Paul Engelen
Production Designer - Gavin Bocquet
Production Designer - Rick Carter
Second Unit Director - Frank Marshall
Second Unit Director Of Photography - James Devis
Songwriter - Harry Link
Songwriter - Manning Sherwin
Songwriter - Jack Strachey
Songwriter - Michael Carr
Sound/Sound Designer - Tony Dawe
Sound/Sound Designer - Colin Charles
Sound/Sound Designer - John Boyde
Special Effects - Ye Mao Gen
Special Effects - Industrial Light & Magic
Special Effects - Dennis Muren
Special Effects - Antonio Parra
Special Effects - David Watkin
Special Effects - Kit West
Special Effects - Michael Pangrazio
Special Effects Supervisor - Kit West
Stunts - Vic Armstrong
Supervising Art Director - Charles Bishop
Supervising Art Director - Norman Dorme
Supervising Art Director - Maurice Fowler
Those looking for the source of the full-fledged artist behind "Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan" need look no further than this relatively forgotten Spielberg effort from 1987. Brilliantly utilizing the kids'-eye-view approach honed in "E.T." to decidedly different effect, Spielberg captures the terrors and thrills of a wartime childhood separated from every element that had previously allowed life to make sense. A young Christian Bale gives a deeply impressive performance, nicely holding his own against an equally memorable John Malkovich, but it's the tone of the film -- a sense of dreadful wonder in the midst of extreme circumstances, and a detachment that makes Bale's environment seem as alien to viewers as it does to his character -- that makes the most lasting impression. Though not seen as such at the time, this is a major step forward for Spielberg that is well worth rediscovery.
~ Keith Phipps, Rovi
John Williams : Best Score - British Academy of Film and Televisio, 1988
Steven Spielberg : Best Director - Directors Guild of America, 1987
Steven Spielberg : Best Director - National Board of Review, 1987
Christian Bale : Outstanding Juvenile Performance - National Board of Review, 1987
Harry Cordwell : Best Art Direction - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1987
Norman Reynolds : Best Art Direction - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1987
Allen Daviau : Best Cinematography - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1987
Bob Ringwood : Best Costume Design - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1987
Michael Kahn : Best Editing - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1987
John Williams : Best Score - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1987
Tony Dawe : Best Sound - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1987
Don Digirolamo : Best Sound - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1987
Robert Knudson : Best Sound - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1987
John Boyde : Best Sound - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1987
Allen Daviau : Best Cinematography - American Society of Cinematographers, 1987
