Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

City of Ember [videorecording] / Playtone ; Walden Media ; produced by Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Steve Shareshian ; screenplay by Caroline Thompson ; directed by Gil Kenan.

Publisher, Date:

Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2009]

Description:

1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

For centuries, the residents of the underground City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights and quiet contentment. But when the City's massive power generator begins to fail, the streetlamps fade - along with the hopes of the townspeople. Now it will be up to two courageous teenagers to follow a trail of clues left by the ancient builders to find the way out of Ember before their world is plunged into complete darkness.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: PG; for mild peril and some thematic elements.

Subjects:

Technology and civilization -- Drama.

Civilization, Subterranean -- Drama.

Electric generators -- Drama.

Teenagers -- Conduct of life -- Drama.

Architects and builders -- Drama.

Tecnología y civilización -- Teatro.

Dínamos -- Teatro.

Fantasy films.

Action and adventure films.