This lavishly mounted adaptation of the play by William Nicholson tells the true story of the 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 ...
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This lavishly mounted adaptation of the play by William Nicholson tells the true story of the 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, Joy Gresham (Debra Winger), who arrives to visit him, with her young son Douglas (Joseph Mazzello) in tow. She tells Jack that she has actually fled from an abusive marriage and plans to divorce, and Jack astonishes friends and family by agreeing to a platonic marriage with Joy so that she can obtain British citizenship. As their friendship deepens and Joy discovers that she has a terminal illness, the relationship between Joy and Jack becomes a genuine romance, and their marriage turns into a real commitment. Shadowlands (1993) had previously been filmed as a well-regarded British television movie in 1985 starring Joss Ackland as Lewis. Karl Williams, Rovi
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THE MOVIE, WAS MORE DETAILED REGARDING HIS PERSONAL LIFE AND HOW HE TO HAD TO LEARN TO HAVE FAITH AGAIN AND BELIEVE IN HOPE.
THE FIRST MOVIE THE LIFE OF C. L. LEWIS WAS INTERESTING. THIS MOVIE THE SHADOWLANDS WAS MORE EMOTIONAL AND HAD A DEEPER PERSONAL HEARTFELT
LOST THAT OF SOMEONE WHO WAS VOID OF A HUMAN FEELING AND HAD TO HUMBLE
HIS SELF IN UNDERSTANDING DEATH AND LOST WITHOUT GOING BACK TO BEING A NON BELIEVER
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