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Shadowlands (1993) -- C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham.
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Overview

User Rating:
7.4/10   7,335 votes
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Writers:
William Nicholson (screenplay)
William Nicholson (play)
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Release Date:
14 January 1994 (USA) more
Tagline:
Based on a true story. more
Plot:
C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 6 nominations more
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(7 articles)
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Spellbinding ride through the Shadowlands more (74 total)

Cast

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Julian Fellowes ... Desmond Arding
Roddy Maude-Roxby ... Arnold Dopliss
Michael Denison ... Harry Harrington
Andrew Seear ... Bob Chafer
Tim McMullan ... Nick Farrell
John Wood ... Christopher Riley
Andrew Hawkins ... Rupert Parrish
Peter Howell ... College President

Anthony Hopkins ... Jack Lewis
Edward Hardwicke ... Warnie Lewis
Robert Flemyng ... Claude Bird

James Frain ... Peter Whistler
Toby Whithouse ... Frith

Daniel Goode ... Lieven

Scott Handy ... Standish
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Runtime:
131 min | Canada:115 min (Ontario)
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Factual errors: Jack never learnt to drive, despite numerous attempts at learning. more
Quotes:
Jack: I love you, Joy. I love you so much. You made me so happy. I didn't know I could be so happy. more
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14 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Spellbinding ride through the Shadowlands, 26 June 1999
Author: millennia-2 from In shame (2005 update)

Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger are perfectly cast in this beautiful film that contains what maybe the best and most haunting scenes in the history of motion pictures.

I didn't realize that there was almost no music until the third time I watched it. Hopkins delivers a career-best performance and Joseph Mazzello (as Winger's son) is terribly underbilled (his performance is superb), and I have no idea why Shadowlands didn't even land a Best Picture Academy Award nomination, it's certainly worth the price of the rental.

+ (GOOD THINGS) 1.) Death scene 2.) Chemistry between Hopkins and Winger 3.) Richard Attenborough's direction 4.) Hopkin's performance 5.) William Nicholson's script 6.) Winger's performance 7.) Joseph Mazzello's performance

- (BAD THINGS) 1.) Winger's accent

Total: 9.5/10

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Surprised by Joy Frankster200277
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A terrible film that bored me to tears Critic-Girl
A fantastic movie, with a lot to say about life, death, books... paramitch
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