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City of Ember (2008)

★ 6.4PG95 minDirector: Gil Kenan

2008 film by Gil Kenan

City of Ember is a 2008 American science fantasy film based on the 2003 novel The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau. Directed by Gil Kenan, the film stars Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Mary Kay Place, Bill Murray, Martin Landau, Toby Jones, and Tim Robbins.

City of Ember was theatrically released on October 10, 2008, by 20th Century Fox. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, grossing $17.9 million against a budget of $55 million.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is City of Ember about?
City of Ember (2008) — When mankind is about to come to an end, a group of scientists decide to create and populate a city deep underground. The City of Ember is to last for two hundred years, after which its inhabitants are to retrieve from a strong box instructions to return to the surface. Over time
Is City of Ember based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is City of Ember scary?
Content rating: PG. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.