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Nigel Havers and Christian Bale in the 1987 film Empire of the Sun. Press kit photo from [1]

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This is an image of Christian Bale from the film Empire of the Sun. It qualifies as fair use in the article Christian Bale because:

It is intended to represent Bale at the age of thirteen-years-old in his role in the film.
It is intended for educational and not commercial purposes.
It is a scaled down version of the original image.

--Antrophica 13:45, 26 May 2006 (UTC)