The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe (1988) ( The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe )

The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe (1988) (DVD) (*)

$21.99

Original Title: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Emmy Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )
Hindi ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Hindi ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
137 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Alternative Footage
Commentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1988 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Marilyn Fox

Written By:
C.S. Lewis
Alan Seymour

Actors:
Richard Dempsey ..... Peter Pevensie
Sophie Cook ..... Susan Pevensie
Jonathan R. Scott ..... Edmund Pevensie
Sophie Wilcox ..... Lucy Pevensie
Michael Aldridge ..... The Professor
Ailsa Berk ..... Aslan
Christopher Bramwell ..... Peter as an adult
Garfield Brown ..... Aslan's Satyr
Suzanne Debney ..... Susan as an adult
Jill Goldston ..... Young Squirrel
Keith Hodiak ..... Aslan's Satyr
William Todd Jones ..... Aslan
Barbara Kellerman ..... The White Witch
Kairen Kemp ..... Hag
Hamish Kerr ..... Fox
Ken Kitson ..... Giant Rumblebuffin
Irene Marot ..... Hag
Big Mick ..... Little Man
Maureen Morris ..... Mrs. Macready
Lesley Nicol ..... Mrs. Beaver
Bert Parnaby ..... Father Christmas
Jeffrey S. Perry ..... Mr. Tumnus (as Jeffrey Perry)
Ronald Pickup ..... Aslan (voice)
Charles Ponting ..... Edmund as an adult
Kerry Shale ..... Mr. Beaver
Martin Stone ..... Maugrim
Juliet Waley ..... Lucy as an adult

Synopsis:

It has never been a secret that C. S. Lewis, who taught Renaissance literature and other subjects at Oxford for many years, composed his great cycle of seven children's fantasy novels with the New Testament in mind and with some of the literary traditions it inspired close at hand. But anyone who grew up with the Narnia books is likely to be concerned less with Lewis's beliefs than with the filmmakers' fidelity to his work, which was idiosyncratic and imperfect in ways that may not easily lend themselves to appropriation by the shiny and hyperkinetic machinery of mass visual fantasy. But if a few liberties have been taken here and there, as is inevitable in the transition from page to screen, the spirit of the book is very much intact. 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,' directed by Andrew Adamson, does not achieve the sublimity of, say, Peter Jackson's 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy, but it does use available technology to capture both the mythic power of Lewis's tale and, even better, its charm. Adult viewers are likely to imbibe the film's wonders indirectly, through the eyes of accompanying children, who are likely to be delighted, and sometimes awed.

In World War, the four Pevenses children: Peter Susan, Edmund and Lucy are evacuated from London to the country house of an eccentric old professor. There, bored and restless, first Lucy and Edmund, and then all four of the kids make their way through an attic wardrobe in Narnia, a magical land of mythical creatures and talking animals. But Narnia is not perfect: it's always winter and never Christmas since the White Witch began her rule. And there are evil creatures as well as good, and a traitor in their midst. Only the return of Aslan can bring victory in the coming battle to win spring and freedom back to Narnia. 3x54min episodes.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 05 May, 2022.