Mark Wells as Adult Edmund Pevensie, who has grown up as a king in Narnia. She also won other awards either for Best Young Performance or Best Actress in a Leading Role. One night, Edmund follows Lucy into the wardrobe, entering Narnia. [71], In 2012 Michael Fentiman with Rupert Goold co-directed The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at a Threesixty 'tented production' in Kensington Gardens, London. (1969). It was the best-selling DVD in North America in 2006 taking in $332.7 million that year.[3].
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1950. The programme was nominated for an Emmy Award and won a BAFTA.

While many readers made this connection, Lewis denied that the themes of Christianity were intentional, saying that his writing began by picturing images of characters, and the rest just came about through the writing process. [66] Most of the extended footage, besides the extended battle sequence, is longer establishing shots of Narnia and footage of the Pevensies walking in Narnia. HarperCollins, which had previously published editions of the novels outside the United States, also acquired the rights to publish the novels in that country in 1994 and used this sequence in the uniform worldwide edition published in that year. The Narnian army prevails, and Aslan kills the Witch. 17 wins & 46 nominations. "[54] Duane Dudak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel gave the movie 3 out of 4 stars.
This is very popular with children. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Judy McIntosh as Helen Pevensie, the mother of the four Pevensie children. audience. Lucy's three siblings are with her on her third visit to Narnia. [citation needed] In 1979, an animated TV movie,[58] directed by Peanuts director Bill Meléndez, was broadcast and won the first Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program. Lewis's appreciation of the illustrations is evident in a letter he wrote to Baynes after The Last Battle won the Carnegie Medal for best children's book of 1956: "is it not rather 'our' medal? [5] Adamson did this in order to naturally create a sense of mature development from his young actors, which mirrored their real-life development. Summary Read a Plot Overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter Summary and Analysis. It has so far been followed by two more films: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. The White Witch's wolf captain Maugrim approaches the camp and attacks Susan, but is killed by Peter. In the novel, the battle is not seen until Aslan, Susan, Lucy and their reinforcements arrive. Aslan takes the girls to the Witch's castle and revives the Narnians that the Witch had turned to stone. [60], In 1997, Trumpets Inc., a Filipino Christian theatre and musical production company, produced a musical rendition that Douglas Gresham, Lewis's stepson (and co-producer of the Walden Media film adaptations), has openly declared that he feels is the closest to Lewis's intention. Although it was originally the first of The Chronicles of Narnia, it is volume two in recent editions that are sequenced by the stories' chronology.