Shadowlands

1993 131 min ★ 6.9 Drama, Romance

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

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Cast

Anthony Hopkins

C. S. 'Jack' Lewis

Debra Winger

Joy Gresham

Edward Hardwicke

Warnie Lewis

John Wood

Christopher Riley

Michael Denison

Harry Harrington

Peter Firth

Dr Craig

Matthew Delamere

Simon Chadwick

Julian Fellowes

Desmond Arding

Julian Firth

Father John Fisher

Robert Flemyng

Claude Bird

Details

Director

Richard Attenborough

Screenplay

William Nicholson

Tagline

"He distanced himself from love as he distanced himself from pain, until one woman got close enough to open his heart to the world."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$22,000,000

Revenue

$25,842,000

Production

Savoy Pictures, Shadowlands Productions, Price Entertainment, Spelling Films International

Reviews

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Filipe Manuel Neto

September 27, 2022

★ 8/10

**Hopkins and Attenborough in an emotional and feeling-filled work.** When I decided to see this movie, I knew little about the life of the writer C. S. Lewis, who I only knew from having written the books "The Chronicles of Narnia". And I confess that, in order to fully understand the film and also be able to write something about it, I had the curiosity and interest to read one thing or two a...