The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe


The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a 2005 high fantasy film directed by Andrew Adamson and based on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first published and second chronological novel in C. S. Lewiss childrens epic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. It was coproduced by Walden Media and Walt Disney Pictures and distributed by Buena Vista Pictures. William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes and Georgie Henley play Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, four British children evacuated during the Blitz to the countryside, who find a wardrobe that leads to the fantasy world of Narnia. There they ally with the Lion Aslan voiced by Liam Neeson against the forces of Jadis, the White Witch Tilda Swinton. The screenplay based on the novel by C. S. Lewis was written by Christopher Markus amp Stephen McFeely.

In the London suburb of Finchley, the Pevensie children, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, are endangered by a Second World War attack of German bombers. They are then evacuated to the country home of Professor Digory Kirke, who is not accustomed to having children in his house, as Mrs Macready, the strict housekeeper, explains.While the Pevensies are playing hideandseek, Lucy discovers a wardrobe and enters a wintry fantasy world called Narnia. Seeing a lamppost, Lucy encounters the faun Mr. Tumnus, who explains the land she has entered and invites her to his home. He puts Lucy to sleep by playing a lullaby on his flute. When Lucy wakes up, she finds Tumnus grieving, and he explains that Jadis, the White Witch, has cursed Narnia and it has been winter for 100 years. If a human is encountered they are to be brought to her. Tumnus cannot bring himself to kidnap Lucy, so he sends her home. When she returns to Professor Kirkes house, hardly any time has passed in the normal world her siblings do not believe her story, and when they look in the wardrobe it has a normal back. ........

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