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Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Shadowlands |
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Famed author C.S. "Jack" Lewis (Hopkins) is a middle-aged professor at an Oxford college when an American fan named Joy Graham (Winger) meets him for tea. She's frumpy (for Winger, anyway), and too loud and brash for a typical Oxford drawing room, but a romance blossoms. After a few short years of happiness together, Joy develops terminal cancer. Lewis's grief drives him to find a way to go on. William Nicholson wrote this screenplay based on his play, and Richard Attenborough quietly directed this 1993 tearjerker. Brit watchers will recognize John Wood and Peter Firth among the supporting cast.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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The well recognized and published Christian scholar, C.S. Lewis is "surprised by Joy" when he meets the verbally savvy American, Joy Gresham. Lewis'keen British intellect is matched by Joy's as they journey down the road of love and loss together.
--Tyra Hopkins, Resident Scholar
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A bitter-sweet tale about CS Lewis's later life and his romance with an American, Joy Gresham.
--Jenny, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Shadowlands |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Lover is...
- physically ill or deformed
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Is this movie based on a
- play
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