The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005).
Coming Out at 7 December 2005 in theaters
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is fantasy film co-written and directed by Andrew Adamson, based on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first published and second chronological novel in C. S. Lewis’s children’s epic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. It was co-produced 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 film was released on December 9, 2005, in both Europe and North America to positive reviews and was highly successful at the box office grossing more than $745 million worldwide, making it 2005’s third-most-successful film. It won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Makeup and various other awards. An extended edition was released on December 12, 2006, and was only made available on DVD until January 31, 2007, when it was discontinued. It was the best-selling DVD in North America in 2006 taking in $332.7 million that year.
During World War II, the Pevensie children, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, are evacuated from a London suburb to Professor Digory Kirke’s country home. Mrs. Macready, the strict housekeeper, explains he is unaccustomed to hosting children.
While the Pevensies play hide-and-seek, Lucy discovers a wardrobe and enters the fantasy world called Narnia. Seeing a lamppost, Lucy encounters a faun named Mr. Tumnus, who 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. He explains that Jadis, the White Witch, has cursed Narnia to a hundred years of winter. 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 Kirke’s house, hardly any time has passed, and her siblings disbelieve her story.
Director: Andrew Adamson
Writers: Ann Peacock, Andrew Adamson, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, C.S. Lewis (book)
Stars: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent
Cast:
Georgie Henley | … | Lucy Pevensie |
Skandar Keynes | … | Edmund Pevensie |
William Moseley | … | Peter Pevensie |
Anna Popplewell | … | Susan Pevensie |
Tilda Swinton | … | White Witch |
James McAvoy | … | Mr. Tumnus |
Jim Broadbent | … | Professor Kirke |
Kiran Shah | … | Ginarrbrik |
James Cosmo | … | Father Christmas |
Judy McIntosh | … | Mrs. Pevensie |
Elizabeth Hawthorne | … | Mrs. Macready |
Patrick Kake | … | Oreius |
Shane Rangi | … | General Otmin |
Brandon Cook | … | Boy on Train |
Cassie Cook | … | Girl on Train |
Morris Lupton | … | Train Conductor |
Shelly Edwards | … | Distraught Mother |
Susan Haldane | … | Distraught Mother |
Margaret Bremner | … | Distraught Mother |
Jaxin Hall | … | Soldier |
Terry Murdoch | … | German Pilot |
Katrina Browne | … | Green Dryad |
Lee Tuson | … | Rumblebuffin the Giant |
Elizabeth Kirk | … | Hag |
Felicity Hamill | … | Hag |
Kate O’Rourke | … | Hag |
Sonya Hitchcock | … | Hag |
Lucy Tanner | … | Hag |
Tiggy Mathias | … | Hag |
Gregory Cooper | … | Faun |
Richard King | … | Faun |
Russell Pickering | … | Faun |
Ben Barrington | … | Centaur |
Charles Williams | … | Centaur |
Vanessa Cater | … | Centaur |
Allison Sarofim | … | Centaur |
Alina Phelan | … | Centaur Archer |
Stephen Ure | … | Satyr |
Sam La Hood | … | Satyr |
Ajay Ratilal Navi | … | Red & Black Dwarf |
Bhoja ‘BK’ Kannada | … | Red & Black Dwarf |
Zakiuddin Mohd. Farooque | … | Red & Black Dwarf |
M. Ramaswami | … | Red & Black Dwarf |
Praphaphorn ‘Fon’ Chansantor | … | Red & Black Dwarf |
Nikhom Nusungnern | … | Red & Black Dwarf |
Doungdieo Savangvong | … | Red & Black Dwarf |
Rachael Henley | … | Older Lucy |
Mark Wells | … | Older Edmund |
Noah Huntley | … | Older Peter |
Sophie Winkleman | … | Older Susan |
Liam Neeson | … | Aslan (voice) |
Ray Winstone | … | Mr. Beaver (voice) |
Dawn French | … | Mrs. Beaver (voice) |
Rupert Everett | … | Mr. Fox (voice) |
Cameron Rhodes | … | Gryphon (voice) |
Philip Steuer | … | Philip the Horse (voice) |
Jim May | … | Vardan (voice) |
Sim Evan-Jones | … | Wolf (voice) |
Douglas Gresham | … | Radio Announcer (voice) |
Megan Franich | … | Dancing Nymph and Goblin |
Sandro Kopp | … | Centaur |
Michael Madsen | … | Maugrim (voice) |
Larry Mills | … | Lazlan |
Andrew Osbourne | … | Singer |
Timothy Patrick | … | Faun |
John Turner | … | Goblin |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia