Before this film came out, there was a TV movie of the same story that came out in 1985. If you can get a hold of this version, I highly suggest it, partly because it is more historically accurate.
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also get "The Question of God." it's a PBS documentary about Lewis and Freud and talks about philosophical issues surrounding their lives. it shows what "Shadowlands" left out.
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I saw the play version about 8-9 years ago at the Alliance theatre. It is better than the movie as far as acting. The film version wins me over because of 1)Anthony Hopkins. 2) Beautiful filming of British countryside. When I go back to the UK I gonna try to find the "Golden Country". My mother tells me it's in Oxfordshire.
shareI got the BBC version of this, with British actors who were completely unfamiliar to me. As I recall, the screenplay was similar to this version, but it was not done well at all, in my opinion. The actors were stodgy and emotionless. I liked this one much, much better!
shareRead the play...it's much more powerful. I thought the movie was fine, but the play is incredible!
shareis the 1985 version the one with Nigal Hawthorne? who played C.S.Lewis ?
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there is another version which starred Joss Ackland and Claire Bloom -
I think it was a PBS movie back in the 80's - I rented it from Netflix
but did not like it nearly as much - Joss Ackland always seems to play nasty,
old men and he is not likeable in any movie I have seen him in - Claire is
a lovely lady and fine actress but in Shadowlands, she is so non-active and
not at all like the spirited character Debra portrays - in the earlier version
there were two boys which although more accurate, does nothing to move the story along..................
"...it could be like this, just like this, always..." Jack Twist
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I'd say that the 1985 BBC TV version is far more historically accurate AND far more moving that the 1993 film. Joss Ackland and Claire Bloom were perfect in the 1985 BBC TV version (without which we wouldn't have the 1993 film).
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