CITY
OF
EMBER
With
Tim
Robbins,
Bill
Murray,
B.J.
Hogg,
Saoirse
Ronan,
Harry
Treadaway,
Toby
Jones,
Lucinda
Dryzek,
Martin
Landau,
Mackenzie
Crook,
Catherine
&
Amy
Quinn
Written
by
Caroline
Thompson
(based
on
the
book
by
Jeanne
Duprau)
Directed
by
Gil
Kenan
This
fascinating
film
is
filled
with
fantasy
elements
and
pulls
the
viewer
into
an
underground
civilization,
holed
up
after
a
devastating
war.
The
reintegration
plan
set
up
by
the
powers
that
be
had
a
fundamental
flaw
in
that
the
important
information
passed
down
from
one
mayor
to
the
next
in
a
secure
time-triggered
box
is
lost
when
one
dies
(the
knowledge
of
this
info
cut
off).
The
city
of
Ember
was
set
up
to
be
self-sufficient
and
maintain
life
until
everyone
was
meant
to
be
head
back
to
the
surface.
But,
with
this
plan
lost
in
the
dust,
the
enormous
generator
powering
the
city
is
way
past
its
sell-by-date.
One
of
the
very
cool
aspects
of
this
movie
is
the
huge
set
design
and
visual
style
which
reflects
how
this
society
has
developed,
changed
and
adapted
to
the
confined,
sunless
void
in
which
they
find
themselves.
Jobs
in
this
new
world
includes
engineers
working
on
the
failing
generator,
pipe
workers
battling
to
keep
the
leaks
under
control,
and
messengers.
Doon
has
a
drive
to
get
to
the
generator,
knowing
that
something
is
not
well
with
the
constant
power
failures.
Together
with
his
friend
Lina,
they
are
destined
to
save
the
city
from
a
certain
doom,
while
sinister
forces
are
also
colluding
beneath
the
surface.
Extras:
A
look
at
the
sets
in
all
of
its
full
scale
wonderment;
and
the
dissection
of
the
scene
where
the
generator
is
revealed
for
the
first
time,
combining
live
and
digital
elements.
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B
-
Paul
Blom
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