 Empire of the Sun 1987  PG, 152 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers, Joe Pantoliano, Leslie Phillips, Burt Kwouk, Ben Stiller, Robert Stephens, Masato Ibu, Emily Richard, Rupert Frazer, Peter Gale, Takatoro Kataoka, David Neidorf
During the Japanese invasion of Shanghai in 1941, Jamie Graham (Christian Bale) was 11-years-old when he was separated from his upper-class parents, captured, and placed in a Japanese confinement camp. While in prison, Jamie overcomes illness and food shortages. He learns how to survive and shares his spirit with others in the camp.
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 Hamlet 1969  G, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Nicol Williamson, Gordon Jackson, Anthony Hopkins, Judy Parfitt, Mark Dignam, Marianne Faithfull, Roger Livesey, Anjelica Huston, Michael Elphick, Ben Aris, Michael Pennington, Gordon Jackson, Clive Graham, Peter Gale, John J. Carney
Filmed as a play, this is another version of Shakespeare's play about the Danish prince, Hamlet (Nicol Williamson), whose father was killed. Soon after the king's murder, his widow Gertrude (Judy Parfitt) marries Claudius (Anthony Hopkins) who was the king's brother. The ghost of the king talks to Hamlet and tells him to be kind to Gertrude but to murder Claudius. To accomplish the goal and avoid suspicion, Hamlet fakes madness. His "madness" sets off a string of deaths–including those of Claudius, Gertrude, Hamlet's chief counsel Polonius (Mark Dignam), and Polonius' daughter Ophelia (Marianne Faithfull) who had loved Hamlet, and Hamlet as well.
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