I had seen this movie years ago but after rereading a couple of lewis s books, and visiting his home, the kilns in oxford, i wanted to see the movie again. Biografie romantiek film geregisseerd door richard attenborough. With anthony hopkins, debra winger, julian fellowes, roddy mauderoxby. Shadowlands is a 1993 british biographical drama film about the relationship between academic c. Not quite a decade later, anthony hopkins, debra winger, and edward hardwicke who plays lewis s brother warnie made a full length film called shadowlands two hours and 20 some minutes. This film is about the agonizing spiritual crisis of c. The divorcee develops a relationship with cs lewis that continues to deepen until they get married. Lewis, love was a foriegn entity of unrequital dimension, entering his emotional psyche like a piercing, unidentified, flying object. Lewis, a worldrenowned christian theologian, writer and professor, leads a. Although he seems entirely uninterested in love, lewis agrees to marry joy gresham debra winger, an american writer who is looking to secure british citizenship.
Finally, the shadowlands script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the anthony hopkins and debra winger movie about c. Unmarried, he leads a gentleman s life filled by intellectual pursuits, remaining untouched by any great passion until he meets joy gresham debra winger. He was also a confirmed bachelor, but struck up a friendship wamerican poet, joy davidman gresham. Shadowlands dvd is a terrific drama with a solid script, direction, lead performances, cinematography and set design. Richard attenborough in shadowlands 1993 anthony hopkins and richard. For those of us who never had the rare privilege of meeting c. Through the shadowlands by brian sibley having read randy alcorns book if god be good and then this book on the suffering of joy davidman, c. Lewis anthony hopkins, the renowned author of the chronicles of narnia series, is a bachelor and oxford university professor who spends his free time debating with fellow academics at a pub. Joy s two sons are combined into a single boy, young douglas joseph mazzello.
An american fan, joy gresham debra winger, arrives to meet him for tea in oxford. Shadowlands dvd is an elegant drama and has hopkins working during the period of some of his most prolific work as actor. He also write some famous books for children and young teenagers entitled the chronicles of narnia. The film jumps from location to location a good deal more than it needs to. Lewis reacts when sudden tragedy strikes him down through the suffering and death of his wife joy. A reallife incident involving two major literary figures was dramatized for british television in 1985 under the title shadowlands. Shadowlands tv movie, a 1985 bbc tv movie about the relationship between c. But the movie also explores the deep questions of faith c. Joy is a feisty, abrasive new york divorcee whose sharpedged, nononsense attitudes take lewis by surprise. Lewis, the irishborn writer and lecturer whose theological works and chronicles of narnia books are invoked here, and the american poet joy.
Richard attenboroughs nieuwste film shadowlands, over het leven van schrijver c. Lewis says that when he prays because he cant help himself not to get any gain. Lewis is just plain wrong, like casting peter lorre as abraham lincoln, and the lines given him are full of vague new age aphorisms instead of the precise christian expositions which defined c. The love, grief, pain, and sorrow were so shattering to lewis that his basic christian beliefs, magnificently communicated in his many books, were now called into serious doubt. Is life but a shadow the shadowlands ben witherington. Shadowlands dvd is an excellent adaptation of the true story that is based on the romance in the 50s between the uk writer c. Lewis, and his brief but tragic love affair with joy davidman. Lewis wife, i have come away with a new insight to this comment he made. Shadowlands is one of the lightly biographical films. Through the shadowlands is a gripping saga of first love between two unsuspecting participants who become gathered together by shared interest. Although this is a nonfiction book, using the writings of both plus recollections of many friends, i couldnt put it down. Lewis relationship with joy gresham, taking only occasional liberties with the material for reasons of pacing, not oversentimentalization.
Anthony hopkins, debra winger directed by sir richard attenborough based on c. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time, waking and sleeping. It understands that not everyone falls into love through the avenue of physical desire. Lewis s latelife romance with american poet joy davidman, who died of cancer just a few years after they were married. Shadowlands, directed by richard attenborough, based on the stage play by william nicholson, is intelligent, moving and beautifully acted. Lewis in person, shadowlands brings lewis and his world to life in a new way. Lewis joss ackland is an oxford academic in his 50s, riding high on the success of his series of narnia children s books. Jack lewis sir anthony hopkins is a serious professor of literature at cambridge university. The references to the writers views on pain are very repetitive in shadowlands.
Lewis en zijn geliefde joy gresham, is een aangrijpend. The movie, by contrast, has practically nothing to do with c. Lewis and his relationship with the american poet joy davidman, her subsequent death from cancer, and how this challenged lewis s christian faith. His affect on the film can be inspiration for the faithful. Through the shadowlands dvd through the shadowlands is a heartwrenching tale of love, loss, and rebirth. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of shadowlands. Shadowlands resources eternal perspective ministries. Shadowlands is a 1993 film about the middleaged british bachelor writer and professor c. I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in c. Lewis faithful prayers were getting god to help his wife. Lewis and american poet joy davidman, her death from.
Lewis and a divorced american woman named joy gresham. Shadowlands, a movie very loosely based on the life of c. Great memorable quotes and script exchanges from the shadowlands movie on. Shadowlands, a story of a spring of romance in the. S lewis and the american poet joy gresham and her son douglas. Lewis, a worldrenowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life before he meets poet joy gresham. This original heartwarming account of his marriage to joy davidman gives you insight into how lewis moved forward in faith out of the dark shadowlands following his beloved wife s death.
There is a lot of travelogue footage in shadowlands with the camera following our characters as tiny dots on a variety of landscapes, whether its the hills of herefordshire or the resplendent halls of cambridge university. Watch shadowlands 1985 full movie free online streaming. Anthony hopkins is superb as c s lewis and i couldnt imagine anyone else playing joy gresham. This movie chronicles the heartbreak of lewis, the devastating doubts. Lewis was a renowned oxford medieval scholar and christian author, of the chronicles of narnia and other faithbased books and articles. Known as jack, he teaches at oxford during the 1950s. Lewis, a worldrenowned christian theologian, writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets a spirited poet from the u. Lewis through the shadowlands includes both, a 90minute television version and 73. Lewis tragic relationship with joy gresham is presented with great dignity in the movie shadowlands. Shadowlands dvd represents a terrific drama that is cast, acted and directed with near perfection. Shadowlands is the story, based on fact, of an autumnal romance involving the british writer c.
Watch shadowlands online stream full movie directv. Thanks to brilliant performances from debra winger and especially anthony hopkins, shadowlands is a deeply moving portrait of british scholar c. Lewis, a worldrenowned christian theologian, writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet joy gresham from the u. Unmarried, he leads a gentlemans life filled by intellectual pursuits, remaining untouched by. I remembered that shadowlands like puccini s opera if it s staged right was particularly powerful in the way that it captured both what it might be like to realize youre dying young from cancer, and what it feels like to be the partner having to cope with illness and later loss all chronicled by c. Lewis and a divorced american poet named joy gresham. A stageplay of the same title by william nicholson had been produced by the bbc in 1988 and has been shown on pbs. This is the first part of the tv movie released in 1985 about the love story between cs lewis and joy gresham. I know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any. Lewis and american poet joy davidman, her death from cancer, and how this challenged lewiss christian faith. In the movie, lewis colleague s praise him and affirm that c. Lewis anthony hopkins is a world renowned writer and professor.
Lewis strong faith in christ, to which he devoted his life s work, was greatly shaken after the loss of his wife, joy. Shadowlands directed by richard attenborough 1 minutes pg rating commentary by kevin miller. As a coda to his book, the problem of pain, shadowlands the movie shows the viewer how c. Richard attenborough s shadowlands stays remarkably close to the true story of c. Lewiss, late in life marriage and experience with love and loss.
Lewis and joy davidson shadowlands play, a stage play adapted from the 1985 tv movie by william nicholson about c. Lewis sir anthony hopkins is the author of the chronicles of narnia books. Lewis and his marriage to joy davidman gresham and directed by sir richard attenborough, was released in the united states on christmas day, 1993. Shadowlands 1993 dvd is an excellent drama that holds up well some 20 years later.
One day, he meets joy gresham debra winger, an american poet touring england with her son. Gresham wants to settle in london, and lewis helps her by marrying. I found through the shadowlands on amazon, and ordered it. Best known for writing the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe, lewis anthony hopkins is living comfortably as a. This lavishly mounted adaptation of the play by william nicholson tells the.
With all the hype surrounding the movie version of the lion, the witch and the wardrobe, it seemed fitting for me to finally get around to viewing shadowlands 1993, a touching, intelligent film about narnia s creator, c. Shadowlands, directed by richard attenborough and written by william nicholson based on his own stage play, which was based on his own bbc tv movie, tells the story of christian apologist c. Lewis and his wife joy ends tragically with her death from cancer, leaving his spiritual beliefs in dire crisis. Anthony hopkins portrays professor lewis at oxford.