Books & Movie : Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun : Epic Film & Novel A coming of age story of a young boy in the times of World War II in the Pacific Theatre, we follow the exploits of a very young Christian Bale the most memorable part was the Mustang fly past with a wave. I think it is my favourite Speilberg film. Empire of the Sun is a 1987 American epic coming-of-age war film based on J. G. Ballard 's semi-autobiographical 1984 novel of the same name . It was directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Christian Bale , John Malkovich , Miranda Richardson and Nigel Havers . The film tells the story of Jamie " Jim " Graham , a young boy who goes from living in a wealthy British family in Shanghai , to becoming a prisoner of war in a Japanese internment camp , during World War II . ( Wikipedia text )