By Rebecca Grace
April 4, 2006
(AgapePress) - With today's DVD release of the blockbuster film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which grossed over $600 million at the box office, writer C.S. Lewis is thrust back into the limelight piquing an interest among audiences worldwide.
Just who is the mastermind behind the magical wardrobe and beneath the snow covered mountains of Narnia? Two notable film projects, one old and one new, attempt to answer this question and many others.
C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia
The literary genius is brought back to life in the one-hour docudrama titled C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia (2006), which released on DVD March 28. It originally aired on the Hallmark Channel in December 2005 and has since been packaged with bonus features including Narnia facts, trivia and a recipe for Turkish Delight.
Written and directed by Norman Stone, Beyond Narnia gives viewers a glimpse into the life of Lewis as they join him on his journey from childhood to adulthood.
Did Lewis really own a wardrobe? Was the author's home a safe haven for endangered children escaping war-torn London during World War II? Where did Lewis get the idea to write about a world inhabited by talking creatures? Did Lewis intentionally include biblical symbolism in the Narnian chronicles? Are his personal experiences reflected in his writings?
These are some of the many inquiries addressed in Beyond Narnia as Lewis, played by Anton Rodgers, narrates...(Story continues...)
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