C. S. Lewis

Shadowlands

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February 13, 2018January 5, 2022

Shadowlands (1993), starring Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, Joseph Mazzello, directed by Richard Attenborough

Synopsis of Shadowlands

Shadowlands. This lavishly mounted adaptation of the play by William Nicholson tells the true story of a doomed love affair. Between novelist and noted Christian scholar C.S. Lewis and a Jewish-American poet. Anthony Hopkins stars as C.S. ‘Jack’ Lewis, an Oxford professor and successful author of the Chronicles of Narnia series of children’s fantasy novels. A confirmed bachelor, Jack’s existence is an inward life of the mind. Somewhat detached from the world, his only social outlet is evenings out at a local pub discussing philosophy and religion with his fellow lecturers. Jack has been corresponding with a bluntly intelligent American woman. She’s Joy Gresham (Debra Winger), who arrives to visit him, with her young son Douglas (Joseph Mazzello) in tow.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

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May 25, 2015July 28, 2023

The Chronicles of Narnia — The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

Disney The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Widescreen. C.S. Lewis’s classic novel The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe makes an ambitious and long-awaited leap to the screen in this modern adaptation. It’s a CGI-created world laden with all the special effects and visual wizardry modern film making technology can conjure, which is fine so long as the film stays true to the story that Lewis wrote. And while this film is not a literal translation — it really wants to be so much more than just a kids’ movie. For the most part it is faithful enough to the story. Whatever faults it has are happily faults of overreaching, and not of holding back.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - the first installment in the Chronicles of Narnia

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe [book]

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October 22, 2008January 30, 2022

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe – the first installment in the Chronicles of Narnia

I must admit, I’m tickled pink. C. S. Lewis’ fantasy novels, “The Chronicles of Narnia,” is coming to the movie theaters on December 9th. I’m a huge fan, having read the entire series of seven books to my children several times. With their clamoring for “just once more!”. It is a story about the magical land of Narnia, ruled by Aslan, the Great Lion. And how four young children from our world (named Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy) come into that land via a magical Wardrobe to help rid Narnia of the evil White Witch. She has cast a spell of perpetual winter, but never Christmas, over the land.

Lucy opening the Wardrobe, unwittingly opening a portal to Narnia

The Wardrobe [Chronicles of Narnia]

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October 14, 2008April 12, 2021

The Wardrobe – the most important piece of furniture in “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe”

Although not technically a character, the Wardrobe plays a central role in “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe“. It serves as a sometimes-portal to the magical land of Narnia. First for Lucy, then Edmund, then for all four of the Pevensie children.

Susan Pevensie with her Christmas gift in Narnia

Susan Pevensie- eldest sister in The Chronicles of Narnia

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October 14, 2008June 12, 2022

Susan Pevensie – oldest girl of the four children in “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe“

Susan is the second Pevensie child. She is sent along with her sister and brothers by their parents out of war-torn World War II London. They’re sent to the English countryside for her own safety. Along with Peter, she tries to act as a surrogate parent to her younger siblings. And she tries to maintain a family atmosphere in their new surroundings.

Chronicles of Narnia poster, highlighting High King Peter Pevensie

Peter Pevensie, High King over Narnia

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October 14, 2008January 30, 2022

Peter Pevensie – oldest of the four children in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

First, Peter Pevensie is the oldest of the four Pevensie children. They come to live at Professor Kirke’s rural estate during the London bombings of World War II. Peter feels responsible for his siblings in his parents’ absence, especially for his youngest sister Lucy.

Peter and Edward Pevensie in their armor

Edmund Pevensie – traitor or hero in “The Chronicles of Narnia”?

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October 14, 2008November 3, 2021

Edmund Pevensie – youngest boy of the four children in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

Edmund is the third Pevensie child. He is sent by his parents to the English countryside during the bombing of London. Along with his three siblings, for his own protection. Unlike his siblings, Edmund has fallen in with a bad crowd at his school. Edmund is moody and sarcastic at times. He even teases his younger sister Lucy to the point of tears about her make-believe land of Narnia.