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The protagonist of this film pins up a print of “Freedom from Fear” and declares that “we should all eat the weevils” to his disgusted neighbor, who later dies in a football stadium shortly before the protagonist witnesses a large flash of light in the sky. That protagonist befriends a teenager who is later shot while they cut open a mango. A character in this film asks the protagonist, “hey kid, would you like a (*) Hershey bar?” only to follow up the latter’s enthusiastic response with “So would I, you got one?” A shot in this film captures a young boy hugging a Zero as sparks fly from behind it before he salutes three Japanese soldiers. This film stars Christian Bale in his breakout role, (10[1])and ends with his character Jim slowly recognizing his parents in an orphanage. For 10 points, a J.G. Ballard novel inspired by his childhood in China during WWII was adapted into what film by Steven Spielberg? ■END■

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