The Chronicles Of Narnia - The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
2005
Director Andrew Adamson gives a new dimension to C.S. Lewis's enchanting story with this long-awaited Disney adaptation. As the story begins, Mrs. Pevensie in order to keep her children safe during World War II sends Lucy (Georgie Henley), Edmund (Skandar Keynes), Susan (Anna Popplewell), and Peter (William Moseley) off to stay .. Read more
| Starring | Tilda Swinton, Jim Broadbent, Ray Winstone, Anna Popplewell |
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| Director | Andrew Adamson |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Children, Family, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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The Chronicles Of Narnia - The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Director Andrew Adamson gives a new dimension to C.S. Lewis's enchanting story with this long-awaited Disney adaptation. As the story begins, Mrs. Pevensie in order to keep her children safe during World War II sends Lucy (Georgie Henley), Edmund (Skandar Keynes), Susan (Anna Popplewell), and Peter (William Moseley) off to stay at a professor's country estate. Away from London and under the care of a strict housekeeper, they are instructed to stick to themselves and stay out of trouble. But when an innocent game of hide-and-seek leads young Lucy to a spare room containing a large wardrobe, she discovers something that will change their lives forever. Inside the wardrobe there is a world frosted with ice and filled with magical beings. Known as Narnia, the land is stuck in eternal winter at the hands of the cruel White Witch, played with great force by the pale, strong-featured Tilda Swinton. When she steps back into reality, Lucy struggles to convince her sceptical siblings of the things she's seen. After much disbelief, the others finally enter the world as well, learning that the creatures of Narnia have long been waiting for humans like themselves to appear and break the witch's spell. But in order to be of any help to the lovable talking beavers, fawns, foxes, and centaurs that they meet, the four will have to face betrayal by one of their own as Edmond cracks under the witch's tempting offer of unlimited Turkish Delights. Under the leadership of the great lion Aslan (voice of Liam Neeson), can Lucy, Edmond, Susan, and the oldest, Peter, prove themselves heroes in the ultimate battle of good vs. evil? High-budget special effects, impressive performances by the film's young newcomers, and beautiful set design move this film far beyond previous television adaptations.
| Starring | Tilda Swinton, Jim Broadbent, Ray Winstone, Anna Popplewell, Dawn French, Rupert Everett, Skandar Keynes, James Cosmo, James McAvoy, Georgie Henley, William Moseley, Sophie Winkleman, Liam Neeson |
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| Director | Andrew Adamson |
| Studio | WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 17 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 17 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Big Adventures |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Children, Family, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | DVD: English, English Audio Description Blu-ray: English, English Audio Description |
| Dubbed | Danish, Hindi, Norwegian |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Danish, English, Hindi, Norwegian |
| Released | DVD: 03 Apr 2006 Blu-ray: 16 Jun 2008 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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The spirit of the book is very much intact....[The film uses] available technology to capture both the mythic power of Lewis's tale and, even better, its charm.
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Its epic scope and elaborate battles will raise comparisons with Peter Jackson's adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's trilogy...
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47 out of 50 people found this review helpful
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A Classic For All Ages
Stop pretending this is a children’s film. If you are eight or a hundred and eight this movie is a classic.
C S Lewis conjured up a magic land and Narnia still holds a kind of mystery for us all.
This film manages to satisfy even the most jaded amongst us. The kids in this production are spot on as is the directing. So do not compare this to films that have all the action and no heart. This is right up there with the best. A film with a soul that is a fine addition to the books. Wonderful stuff. -
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28 out of 30 people found this review helpful
A special film
Any one who loves this book should not be disappointed with this film adaptation. Disney have made their best film in a long time. Films never ever come near to truly capturing the full essence of a much-loved classic, but this one does manage to do get as close as a film is likely to get. Disney were taking a huge risk here as most of their audience will be adults who loved this story as a child and still carry that love into adult-hood, and would not be willing to give acclaim if not truly justified.
Aslan is superb, you'll be convinced that he is real. His death is well portrayed although nowhere near as cruel as in the book, probably to save the youngsters in the audience from bawling their eyes out, although it didnt save all the adults from shedding a tear (myself and a friend included). Opening scenes are very dark and dingy (air raids and black-out curtains), but once into Narnia the scenes are beautiful. Should not be compared to LOTR or HP&TGOF, this film is different in a sense that you can truly believe in it. The White Witch was well portrayed, she was suitably evil and cold in the battle scene, but the true winner in this film was Mr Tumnus, he couldn't possibly have been depicted in a better way. The scenes between him and Lucy are special - probably the best acted in the film. Lucy is great, and Edmund was ok, but Peter and Susan were terribly wooden and didnt manage to carry the characters well. Watch out for Philip - his couple of one-liners will give you a laugh. 9.9/10. -
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Harry Potter is the world's most popular fantasy franchise, according to a new internet poll. As the latest installment of the wizard adventure casts a spell over movie goers, visitors to websites Moviefone and Bebo have named it their favourite - trumping Lord of the Rings and even vampire tale Twilight. Seventy-three per cent of voters chose Harry Potter, followed by Lord of the Rings with just 16 per cent, Twilight with eight per cent and The Chronicles of Narnia with three per cent. Read more
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Director Andrew Adamson gives a new dimension to C.S. Lewis's enchanting story with this long-awaited Disney adaptation. As the story begins, Mrs. Pevensie in order to keep her children safe during World War II sends Lucy (Georgie Henley), Edmund (Skandar Keynes), Susan (Anna Popplewell), and Peter ...
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