For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights - underground. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing . . . and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, in a race against time, the citizens must search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of the city's existence, and escape before the lights go out forever.
A Walden Media presentation
of a Playtone production, CITY OF EMBER was directed by Academy
Award® nominee Gil Kenan ("Monster House") and was produced by
Playtone's Tom Hanks and Gary
Goetzman. The film stars Academy Award® nominee Bill
Murray, Academy Award®
nominee Saoirse
Ronan,Academy Award® winner Tim
Robbins, Academy Award® winner Martin
Landau, Toby Jones and Harry Treadaway. The film is
from a script by Caroline Thompson ("Edward
Scissorhands") based on the
best selling novel, The City of Ember, by Jeanne
Duprau.