The City Of Ember (DVD, 2009)

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Family sci-fi adventure starring Bill Murray and Tim Robbins. The City of Ember is an underground city built to last 200 years to house humankind following an unspecified disaster. However, the 200-year mark has been and gone and the city is running low on food and energy.

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Jeanne DuPrau's first novel in the Book of Ember series brightens the screen in this fantasy from Gil Kenan (MONSTER HOUSE). The City of Ember is in danger of its beautiful lights going out, and a pair of teenagers embarks on a journey to save the town from darkness. CITY OF EMBER stars Bill Murray and Tim Robbins.

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ProducerTom Hanks, Gary Goetzman
EAN5017239195884
eBay Product ID (ePID)72544606

Product Key Features

ActorToby Jones, Saoirse Ronan, Tim Robbins, Mary Kay Place, Harry Treadaway, Martin Landau, Bill Murray
Film/TV TitleThe City of Ember
DirectorGil Kenan
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
Run Time92 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2009
FormatDVD
FeaturesWidescreen, With Subtitles
GenreFamily

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1
CertificatePG
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ComposerAndrew Lockington
Additional InformationMONSTER HOUSE director Gil Kenan takes the helm for this children's fantasy about two young heroes who attempt to solve an ancient mystery in time to prevent their underground city from being swallowed by darkness. The City of Ember was built over 200 year ago, deep below the earth, where the destruction of a mass-scale disaster couldn't reach it. Equipped with a massive generator and vast supplies, the people of Ember have thrived happily for generations -- but the city wasn't meant to be lived in forever. The generator is breaking down and the supplies are running out, but two centuries in isolation have robbed the Emberites of their knowledge -- nobody knows how the electric lights work anymore, and nobody understands that there's something beyond the city besides darkness. Nobody, that is, besides Lina (Saoirse Ronan) and Doon (Harry Treadaway), two teenagers who still have the hope that everyone else has lost to ignorance and apathy -- not to mention a sheet of instructions left by the Builders themselves explaining how to leave the city. But the 200-year-old paper is falling apart, and pieces are missing. So with the lights threatening to flicker out for the last time and leave Ember in darkness forever, Lina and Doon set out on an adventure through the streets, sewers, and dark caverns of Ember to put the pieces back together. To solve the mystery, they'll have to get inside the Builders' heads, and avoid the grasp of corrupt Mayor Cole (Bill Murray), who wants to keep Ember the way it is -- no matter what the cost.
ScreenwriterCaroline Thompson
Costume DesignerRuth Myers
AuthorJeanne DuPrau
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleThe City Of Ember
Director of PhotographyXavier Perez Grobet
Consumer AdviceContains mild scary action scenes

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  • Good feelgood film to sit down with a box of chocolates on a cold night.

    Excellent adventure film for both children and adults. If you ignore the fact that most of the residents would not have made it out by the method supplied by the builders it is well worth the watch. I believe there are a few other books that follow on where the story left off, but it doesn't look as if there are any plans for a follow on which is a pity.

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  • Good entertainment film

    Engaging story which is the reason I bought it. Good quality picture and sound on this dvd.

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  • I haven’t read the book. I did find the film very watchable.

    Very watchable.

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  • An excellent film for the whole family, engaging storyline a truly unique concept

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  • City of ember

    Love this film so wanted to own it to show family.

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  • good

    no other film is on this subject.

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  • City of Ember DVD.

    Great DVD for the kids to watch.

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  • Very entertaining

    Very pleased with product

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  • Nice film

    Value for money

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  • came really early

    Wasn’t expecting it for another week or so but I came just a couple of days after purchase

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