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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1993 DVD Release: 04/13/1999 Format: DVD Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 13 mins Studio: HBO Home Video Members Wishing: 60 Genres: Drama, Romance, Period Film, Medical Drama, Marriage Drama, Biopic [feature]

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, All Movie Guide

Anthony Hopkins - Jack Lewis
Debra Winger - Joy Gresham
Edward Hardwicke - Warnie Lewis
Michael Denison - "Harry" Harrington
John Wood - Christopher Riley

Richard Attenborough's romantic drama Shadowlands comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. A closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono, a French soundtrack has been recorded in Dolby Digital Surround, and a Spanish soundtrack is available in Dolby Digital Mono. Subtitles are accessible in all three of those languages as well. Supplemental materials include cast and crew biographies and a making-of featurette. Although more background information about C.S. Lewis would have been a nice addition, this is still a solid release from HBO/Rysher. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide