Shadowlands (1993)
- Directed by
- Richard Attenborough
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film, melodrama
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 2h 11m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 311 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A British academic and a Jewish poet begin a friendship that deepens into love. They face her terminal illness together. The loss tests his lifelong Christian faith.
emotionalbittersweetintimateslow-pacedcontemplativepoignantromanticmelancholicgraceful
What happens
Shadowlands is a 1993 biographical drama film about the relationship between academic C. S. Lewis (played by Anthony Hopkins) and Jewish American poet Joy Davidman (played by Debra Winger), her death from cancer, and how this challenged his Christianity. It is loosely based on Lewis's own account in his book A Grief Observed. The film was directed by Richard Attenborough with a screenplay by William Nicholson based on his 1985 television film and 1989 stage play. The 1985 script began life as I Call It Joy written for Thames Television by Brian Sibley and Norman Stone. Sibley later wrote the book Shadowlands: The True Story of C. S. Lewis and Joy Davidman. The film won the 1993 BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film. The film marked the last film appearance of English actor Michael Denison. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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