Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 153 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity and youthful spirit, providing a beacon of hope for the others held captive with him.
- based on novel or book
- shanghai
- china
- atomic bomb
- stadium
- bravery
- peasant
- world war ii
- prisoner of war
- coming of age
- pacific war
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Joe Pantoliano — Frank Demarest
- Leslie Phillips — Maxton
- Masatô Ibu — Sgt. Nagata
- Emily Richard — Jim's Mother
- Rupert Frazer — Jim's Father
- Peter Gale — Mr. Victor
- Takatarô Kataoka — Kamikaze Boy Pilot
- Ben Stiller — Dainty
- David Neidorf — Tiptree
- Ralph Seymour — Cohen
- Robert Stephens — Mr. Lockwood
- Directed
- Steven Spielberg
- Written
- Tom Stoppard
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 2,194 ratings
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
