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Starring Anna Popplewell as Susan Pevensie Starring Georgie Henley as Lucy Pevensie Starring James McAvoy as Mr. Tumnus Starring Jim Broadbent as Professor Kirke Starring Liam Neeson as Aslan Starring Skandar Keynes as Edmund Pevensie Starring Tilda Swinton as Jadis, the White Witch Starring William Moseley as Peter Pevensie with Ajay Ratilal Navi as Red & Black Dwarf with Alina Phelan as Centaur Archer with Allison Sarofim as Centaur with Bhoja Kannada as Red & Black Dwarf with Cameron Rhodes as Gryphon with Charles Williams as Centaur with Dawn French as Mrs. Beaver with Douglas Gresham as Radio Announcer with Doungdieo Savangvong as Red & Black Dwarf with Elizabeth Hawthorne as Mrs. MacReady with Elizabeth Kirk as Hag with Felicity Hamill as Hag with James Cosmo as Father Christmas with Jaxin Hall as Soldier with Jim May as Vardan with Judy McIntosh as Mrs. Pevensie with Kate O'Rourke as Hag with Kiran Shah as Ginarrbrik with Lee Tuson as Rumblebuffin the Giant with Lucy Tanner as Hag with M. Ramaswami as Red & Black Dwarf with Margaret Bremner as Distraught Mother with Mark Wells as Edmund (Older) with Morris Lupton as Train Conductor with Nikhom Nusungnern as Red & Black Dwarf with Noah Huntley as Peter (Older) with Patrick Kake as Oreius with Philip Steuer as Philip the Horse with Prapraphorn Chansantor as Red & Black Dwarf with Rachael Henley as Lucy (Older) with Ray Winstone as Mr. Beaver with Richard King as Faun with Rupert Everett as Mr. Fox with Russell Pickering as Faun with Sam Lahood as Satyr with Shane Rangi as General Otmin with Shelley Edwards as Distraught Mother with Sim Evan-Jones as Wolf with Sonya Hitchcock as Hag with Sophie Winkleman as Susan (Older) with Stephen Ure as Satyr with Susan Haldane as Distraught Mother with Terry Murdoch as German Pilot with Tiggy Mathias as Hag with Vanessa Cater as Centaur with Zakiuddin Mohd Farooque as Red & Black Dwarf Full title is: Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe [P&S] Original Release: 2005 DVD Released: 4/2006 Genre: Fantasy DVD Coded for Region: 1 - North America Screen Formats: Pan and Scan Languages: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: French, Spanish Sound options: Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS This DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Studio: Walt Disney Video MPAA Rated: PG Length: 135 Category: Features The All Music Guide rating for this work on a 1-9 scale (9=best) is 7 Four siblings -- Edmund ( Skandar Keynes ), Lucy ( Georgie Henley ), Peter ( William Moseley ), and Susan ( Anna Popplewell ) -- are sent from their London home to the country estate of an eccentric professor in order to ensure their safety during World War II. The house is very dull, except for a large, ornate wardrobe discovered by young Lucy during a game of hide-and-seek. Venturing inside of it in the hopes of finding a hiding place, Lucy is transported to a snowy alternate universe: a magical world called Narnia. The land is populated by talking animals and ruled over by the benevolent lion god Aslan (voiced by Liam Neeson ), but sadly, the world is also in a state of perpetual winter. The white witch Jadis ( Tilda Swinton ), lustful for power and governed by narcissism, has cursed Narnia with a tyrannical decree that it will always be winter but never Christmas. Now, the children must fight alongside Aslan for the salvation of Narnia, but one of them, seduced by the charisma of the white witch, may choose to fight on the wrong side. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide This noble adaptation of C.S. Lewis ' classic novel is both graceful and fun, employing many of the epic themes of the Lord of the Rings trilogy with a simpler, more child-friendly story. The studio may have shot itself in the foot when it went on a PR trip, extolling the Christian symbolism of the film's script in order to avoid a fundamentalist backlash against all subject matter dealing with magic. Without being forced to bear this apparent intention of the author in mind, the audience is in no way obligated to interpret the events of the film this directly. There is obvious spiritual and perhaps even moral subtext, but this is not a heavy-handed movie and the ultimate meaning is left up to the viewer. What is undeniable about the film is the fantastic depth of its young characters, sometimes surpassing Lord of the Rings in this regard, as Narnia doesn't require the intense mythological and historical back story of Middle Earth, thus freeing up screen time for character development. Each of the film's young actors give performances that are real and organic, never relying on cuteness or sappiness for audience approval. This goes doubly for eight-year-old Georgie Henley , whose charm, talent, and ease could K.O. Dakota Fanning in a single round. Tilda Swinton surpasses already high expectations, playing the part of the evil White Witch with fascist sensibilities, narcissistic greed, and glam-rock style so that both children and adults alike are likely to feel a combination of fear and hatred every time she enters a scene. A film adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia seemed like a natural step after the success of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, since Hollywood loves to capitalize on a successful trend -- not to mention the fact that both works of literature were written around the same period of time, and that C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were known to have been friends. The overall tone of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe , however, is more suitable to younger viewers than the Lord of the Rings trilogy, containing far less violence and less generally dark material. The plot itself is also less complex, and the timeline is far simpler, but these changes do less to make the film unsuitable to adults, and more to simply invite children to join its viewership. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide Experience the exploits of Lucy, Edmund, Susan, and Peter, four siblings who find the world of Narnia through a magical wardrobe while playing a game of 'hide-and-seek' at the country estate of a mysterious professor. Once there, the children discover a charming, once peaceful land inhabited by talking beasts, dwarfs, fauns, centaurs, and giants that has been turned into a world of eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the wise and magnificent lion Aslan, the children lead Narnia into a spectacular climactic battle to be free of the Witch's glacial powers forever! |
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