City of Ember
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Gil Kenan |
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| Written by | Caroline Thompson |
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The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau |
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| Music by | Andrew Lockington |
| Cinematography | Xavier Pérez Grobet |
| Edited by | Adam P. Scott Zach Staenberg |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Release date
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October 10, 2008 |
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Running time
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90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $55 million |
| Box office | $17.9 million |
City of Ember is a 2008 American Science fiction fantasy film based on the 2003 novel The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau. It was produced by Walden Media, Playtone, Seth Hanchett, Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks and Steven Shareshian, directed by Gil Kenan, distributed by 20th Century Fox, written by Caroline Thompson with music by Andrew Lockington and stars Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Bill Murray, Mackenzie Crook, Martin Landau, Mary Kay Place, Toby Jones and Tim Robbins. It was theatrically released in October 10, 2008 by 20th Century Fox, just two months after the release of the final book in the series; The Diamond of Darkhold. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office flop.
In the midst of an unspecified catastrophe, an underground city is constructed to shelter a large group of survivors, with secret instructions to future generations in a small box timed to open 200 years later. This box is entrusted to the mayor of the City of Ember. Each mayor, in turn, passes the box on to his or her successor. Over time, the significance of the box is forgotten, and the succession is broken when the seventh mayor dies before revealing the importance of the box. The box opens at the allotted time, but goes unnoticed. 41 years after the box opens, Ember's electric generator begins to fail, and the reserves of canned goods and light bulbs are depleted.
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