City of Ember

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City of Ember (25-Sep-2008)

Director: Gil Kenan

Writer: Caroline Thompson

From novel: The City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau

Keywords: Fantasy

Film adaptation of the 2003 novel of the same name follows two teens as they race to save their utopian city from catastrophic ruin.

ABSTRACT
Scientists living during humanity's end times stave off total extinction by creating a city beneath the surface of the Earth. The blueprint for the city, named Ember, is rather simple: Ember will exist for two hundred years, at which point its leaders will act on instructions to return to the surface. The instructions are lost to time as the years wear on; now, as Ember's time is almost up and its miraculous power system shows signs of an impending critical failure, two teenagers must work to uncover the lost plans for escape and save their people.

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Mackenzie Crook Actor 29-Sep-1971 Gareth Keenan on The Office

Marianne Jean-Baptiste Actor 26-Apr-1967 Without a Trace

Toby Jones Actor 7-Sep-1967 Voice of Dobby the Elf

Martin Landau Actor 20-Jun-1931 15-Jul-2017 Mission: Impossible

Bill Murray Actor 21-Sep-1950 Meatballs, SNL alumnus

Mary Kay Place Actor 23-Sep-1947 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

Tim Robbins Actor 16-Oct-1958 The Player, Jacob's Ladder

Saoirse Ronan Actor 12-Apr-1994 Atonement

Liz Smith Actor 11-Dec-1921 24-Dec-2016 The Royle Family

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