Later, after evading a gigantic star-nosed mole, they also discover that Mayor Cole has been hoarding canned food in a secret vault for his own benefit while the people go hungry. Gradually, they learn that it contains a set of instructions and directions for an exit from the city in the pipeworks. At home, Lina (a descendant of the seventh Mayor) finds the opened box and enlists Doon's help to decipher its contents.
Shortly afterwards, the two secretly exchange assignments and Doon is apprenticed to the elderly technician Sul. Doon Harrow, the son of inventor and repairman Loris Harrow, is assigned "Messenger" while his classmate Lina Mayfleet is assigned "Pipeworks".
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Several decades later, Ember's generator begins to fail, and food, medicine and other necessities are in dangerously short supply.Īt a rite of passage event for all graduating students of Ember City School, Mayor Cole stands before the students as their adult occupations are assigned by lottery. The box opens by itself at the allotted time, but it goes unnoticed. When the seventh Mayor dies suddenly, the succession is broken, and over time, the box's significance is forgotten. This box is entrusted to the Mayor of the City of Ember, and each Mayor passes it on to their successor. In addition, a small metal box intended for a future generation of Emberites is timed to open after 200 years.
When an unspecified global catastrophe looms, an underground city known as Ember is constructed to shelter a large group of survivors. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office bomb, grossing only $17.9 million against a budget of $55 million. Produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman's Playtone and Walden Media, City of Ember was theatrically released on October 10, 2008, by 20th Century Fox, two months after the release of the final book in the series, The Diamond of Darkhold. Directed by Gil Kenan in his live-action directorial debut, the film stars Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Bill Murray, Mackenzie Crook, Martin Landau, Mary Kay Place, Toby Jones and Tim Robbins. City of Ember is a 2008 American science fantasy adventure film based on the 2003 novel The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau.
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