Shadowlands (1993) 7.3
C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham. Director:Richard Attenborough |
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Shadowlands (1993) 7.3
C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham. Director:Richard Attenborough |
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Desmond Arding
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Roddy Maude-Roxby | ... |
Arnold Dopliss
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Michael Denison | ... |
Harry Harrington
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Andrew Seear | ... |
Bob Chafer
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Tim McMullan | ... |
Nick Farrell
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Christopher Riley
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Andrew Hawkins | ... |
Rupert Parrish
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Peter Howell | ... |
College President
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Robert Flemyng | ... |
Claude Bird
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Peter Whistler
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Frith
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| Daniel Goode | ... |
Lieven
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Standish
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CS Lewis is the author of the Narnia books - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. Known as Jack, he teaches at an Oxford College, during the 1930's. An American fan, Joy Gresham, arrives to meet him for tea in Oxford. It is the beginning of a love affair. Tragically Joy becomes terminally unwell and their lives become complicated. Written by Matthew Stanfield <mattst@cogs.susx.ac.uk>
Two different, yet complimentary people meet and discover they have something in common: the conviction that life is a gift. C. S. Lewis, an Englishman, an Oxford don who lives the interior life, is confronted by an American writer-poet who shows him how to become a part of the world in a way that makes the imagery of his works become manifest.
Then, she dies. What does this do to his faith?
The casting is perfect.
"Shadowlands" contains the most powerful deathbed scene ever recorded on film.