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The chronicles of Narnia: The lion, the witch and the wardrobe - Skandar Keynes, Anna Popplewell, William Moseley, Andrew Adamson

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There are a thousand stories in the land of Narnia... the first is about to be told.

Peter (William Moseley), Susan (Anna Popplewell), Edmund (Skandar Keynes) and Lucy Pevensie (Georgie Henley) are sent to live with an old professor in the country during World War II air raids on England. They discover that they can walk into a strong wardrobe closet and find themselves in a strange fantasy land called Narnia, filled with a wide variety of magical and fantastic people and creatures. With Narnia frozen over by a winter that never stops, the children are enlisted to help Aslan (the Great Lion who founded Narnia hundreds of years ago) defeat the evil White Witch, break her evil spell, and free the people and magical beasts of Narnia.

Based on the classic novel by CS Lewis.

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film adventure fantasy classic World War II wardrobe Narnia Aslan battle Pevensie witch

Persons of interest

Georgie Henley .... Lucy
Skandar Keynes .... Edmund
Anna Popplewell .... Susan
William Moseley .... Peter
Tilda Swinton .... Jadis The White Witch
Rupert Everett .... Fox
Dawn French .... Mrs Beaver
James McAvoy .... Mr Tumnus
Shane Rangi .... General Otman
Patrick Kake .... Oreius
Elizabeth Hawthorne .... Mrs Macready
Kiran Shah .... Ginarrbrik
James Cosmo .... Father Christmas
Judy McIntosh .... Mrs Pevensie
Jim Broadbent .... Professor Digory Kirke
Sandro Kopp .... Centaur
Stephen Ure .... Satyr
Ray Winstone .... Mr Beaver
Liam Neeson .... Aslan
CS Lewis .... Author
Christopher Markus .... Screenwriter
Stephen McFeely .... Screenwriter
Ann Peacock .... Screenwriter
Andrew Adamson .... Screenwriter
Andrew Adamson .... Director

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Awards and film festivals:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS - Oscars) 2005: Won: Achievement in make-up (Howard Berger, Tami Lane); Nominated: Achievement in sound mixing (Terry Porter, Dean A Zupancic, Tony Johnson), Achievement in visual effects (Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney, Scott Farrar)
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Saturn Awards 2006: Nominated: Best Fantasy Film, Best Actress (Tilda Swinton), Best Performance by a Younger Actor (William Moseley), Best Direction (Andrew Adamson), Best Writing (Ann Peacock, Andrew Adamson, Christopher Markus, Steven McFeely), Best Costume (Isis Mussenden), Best Make-Up (Howard Berger, Nikki Gooley), Best Special Effects (Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney, Scott Farrar)
Annie Awards 2005: Character Animation (Matt Shumway)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 2005: Won: Make-up and hair (Howard Berger, Gregory Nicotero, Nikki Gooley); Nominated: Costume design (Isis Mussenden), Achievement in special visual effects (Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney, Scott Farrar)
Cinematic Intelligence Agency Trenchcoat Awards 2005: Nominated: Biggest blockbuster
Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globes) 2005: Nominated: Original Score (Harry Gregson-Williams), Original Song (Wünderkind - Alanis Morissette)
Online Film Critics Society Awards 2005: Nominated: Best breakthrough performer (Georgie Henley)
Visual Effects Society Awards 2005: Nominated: Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture (Dean Wright, Randy Starr, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney), Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Picture (Aslan - Richie Baneham, Erik De Boer, Matt Logue, Joe Ksander)

See also The chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Studios and distributors:

Buena Vista International

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Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

Winston Churchill never went to Narnia (as far as I'm aware) but his eminently quotable quote is no less applicable to the heroic adventures of Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter Pevensie than they are to the original heroes of the Battle of Britain. (Take that Mr Hitler; piss off back to Jerryland.) World War II was all about a nation of shopkeepers standing up to the bully boys from Nazidom and beating them at their own game. I keep returning to this parallel because CS Lewis has set his novel in this trying time. Mr Pevensie has gone off to war, leaving a power vacuum in the family hierarchy. Peter is too young to take over, Edmund is too old to accept Peter (yet too young to replace him). Susan and Lucy don't count because they're only girls. Jerry's dropping bombs on London. There are dark times ahead, Harry. Oops, wrong movie. The point is that the trials in Narnia give the children the opportunity to find the hero inside themselves, which they can then apply to wartime life.

It's also a great excuse to have adventures and meet strange, new people and u minutes... do derring-do with lots of special effects. The chronicles of Narnia: The lion, the witch and the wardrobe is not The lord of the rings: The fellowship of the rings, nor is it Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, but it does bring to life a classic children's book with humour and verve. It's all good, especially the BBC accents.

Given the financial success that this movie will achieve, you can look forward to Disney filming at least some of Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician's Nephew and The Last Battle.