Shadowlands (1993)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.4/10   

Director:

Richard Attenborough

Escritores:

William Nicholson (screenplay)
William Nicholson (play)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

14 enero 1994 (USA)

Género:

Biografía | Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

Based on a true story.

Plot:

C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham.

Plot Keywords:

England | Oxford | Poet | Book | Love

Premios:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 6 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Intelligent, Powerful, and Joyous

Reparto

Julian Fellowes	...	Desmond Arding
Roddy Maude-Roxby	...	Arnold Dopliss
Michael Denison	...	Harry Harrington
Andrew Seear	...	Bob Chafer
Tim McMullan	...	Nick Farrell
John Wood	...	Christopher Riley
Andrew Hawkins	...	Rupert Parrish
Peter Howell	...	College President
Anthony Hopkins	...	Jack Lewis
Edward Hardwicke	...	Warnie Lewis
Robert Flemyng	...	Claude Bird
James Frain	...	Peter Whistler
Toby Whithouse	...	Frith
Daniel Goode	...	Lieven
Scott Handy	...	Standish
Charles Simon	...	Barker
Giles Oldershaw	...	Marcus
Simon Cowell-Parker	...	John Egan
Roger Ashton-Griffiths	...	Dr. Eddie Monk
Pat Keen	...	Mrs. Young
Carol Passmore	...	Woman in Tea Room
Howard Lew Lewis	...	Tea Room Waiter (as Howard 'Lew' Lewis)
Debra Winger	...	Joy Gresham
Joseph Mazzello	...	Douglas Gresham
John Quentin	...	Station Acquaintance
Alan Talbot	...	College Porter
Leigh Burton-Gill	...	Mrs. Parrish
Cameron Burton-Gill	...	Parrish Children
Chandler Burton-Gill	...	Parrish Children
Kendall Burton-Gill	...	Parrish Children
Christina Burton-Gill	...	Parrish Children
Sylvia Barter	...	Woman in Bookshop
James Watt	...	Boy in Bookshop
Pauline Melville	...	Committee Chairwoman
Sophie Stanton	...	Lecture Committee
Ysobel Gonzalez	...	Lecture Committee
Ninka Scott	...	Lecture Committee
Walter Sparrow	...	Fred Paxford
Gerald Sim	...	Superintendant Registrar
Terry Rowley	...	Registrar
Norman Bird	...	Taxi Driver Witness
Peter Firth	...	Dr. Craig
Abigail Hopkins	...	Staff Nurse (as Abigail Harrison)
Julian Firth	...	Father John Fisher
Karen Lewis	...	Hotel Receptionist
Matthew Delamere	...	Simon Chadwick
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
JB Blanc	...	Undergraduate (uncredited)
Roger Morrison	...	Child in Church (uncredited)
Trevor Payne	...	Student (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Richard Attenborough

Créditos del guión
William Nicholson		(screenplay)
William Nicholson		(play)

Producida por
Richard Attenborough	....	producer
Terence A. Clegg	....	executive producer (as Terence Clegg)
Brian Eastman	....	producer
Diana Hawkins	....	co-producer
Alison Webb	....	associate producer

Música original por
George Fenton

Fotografía por
Roger Pratt		(director of photography)

Montaje por
Lesley Walker

Casting
Lucy Boulting

Diseño de producción por
Stuart Craig

Dirección artística
John King		(supervising art director)
Michael Lamont

Decorados
Stephanie McMillan		(as Stephenie McMillan)

Diseño de vestuario por
Penny Rose

Departamento de maquillaje
Christine Beveridge	....	makeup designer
Betty Glasow	....	chief hairdresser
Norma Webb	....	makeup artist

Dirección de producción
Terence A. Clegg	....	executive in charge of production (as Terence Clegg)

Ayudante de dirección
Patrick Clayton	....	first assistant director
Sean Clayton	....	third assistant director
Adam Somner	....	assistant director: second unit
Michael Stevenson	....	second assistant director

Departamento de Arte
Bruce Bigg	....	property master
Brian Bishop	....	scenic artist
Doug Bishop	....	assistant scenic artist
Alan Brooks	....	master carpenter
Colin Burgess	....	stand-by prop
Ray Campbell	....	stand-by painter
George Chambers	....	stand-by stagehand
Don Clayson	....	chargehand plasterer
George Coussins	....	chargehand carpenter
Peter Dorme	....	draughtsman
Stephen Eels	....	stand-by carpenter
Kavin Hall	....	master painter
Robert Harper	....	chargehand painter
Danny Hunter	....	chargehand stand-by prop
Bryce Johnston	....	chargehand carpenter (as Bryce Johnstone)
Paul Kirby	....	junior draughtsman
Pippa Marks	....	art department runner
Jim Morahan	....	assistant art director
Alf Newvell	....	chargehand rigger
Brian Read	....	production buyer
Michael Redding	....	construction coordinator
Ian Rolfe	....	stand-by rigger
Caroline Smith	....	stand-by art director
Ted Stickley	....	chargehand dressing prop
Peter Wallace	....	chargehand rigger
Brian Western	....	chargehand painter
Kenny Wilson	....	chargehand stagehand
Tony Wright	....	storyboard artist
Richard Lyon	....	construction storeman (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
John Bateman	....	adr mixer
John Bateman	....	footsteps mixer
Jonathan Bates	....	sound
Michael Crouch	....	dialogue editor
Taffy Haines	....	sound maintenance
Kevin Holt	....	assistant footsteps editor
Peter Holt	....	footsteps editor
Dean Humphreys	....	sound mixer
Gerry Humphreys	....	sound
Simon Kaye	....	sound
Brian Mann	....	assistant sound editor
Tommy Staples	....	boom operator
Len Tremble	....	assistant dialogue editor

Efectos especiales
Chris Corbould	....	special effects supervisor
Matthew Harlow	....	special effects technician
Brian Warner	....	senior special effects technician
Dave Crownshaw	....	snow effects technician (uncredited)
Steve Hamilton	....	senior special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects
Alan White	....	plate photography
Alan White	....	translite photographer

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Robert Binnall	....	clapper loader: second unit (as Robert Binnell)
Fred Brown	....	electrician
Eddie Collins	....	director of photography: second unit
Chuck Finch	....	gaffer
Stephen Finch	....	electrician (as Steve Finch)
Alan Grosch	....	electrician
Keith Hamshere	....	still photographer
Simon Hume	....	focus puller
Martin Kenzie	....	camera operator: second unit
Paddy Kiely	....	clapper loader
Colin Manning	....	grip
Billy Merrell	....	best boy
Nic Milner	....	focus puller: second unit
Gary Pocock	....	grip: second unit
Mike Roberts	....	camera operator (as Michael Roberts)
Tracy Satchwell-Smith	....	camera trainee
Toby Tyler	....	electrician
Chris Warren	....	video assist
Darren Quinn	....	assistant grip (uncredited)

Departamento de reparto
Amy Allen	....	casting assistant
Clare Moseley	....	crowd casting: Oxford

Departamento de vestuario
Kate Carin	....	assistant costume designer
Ken Crouch	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Kenny Crouch)
Kirsten Hecktermann	....	wardrobe mistress
Mark Holmes	....	wardrobe master

Departamento de Edición
Tullio Brunt	....	second assistant editor
Martin Corbett	....	cutting room assistant
Jeremy Hume	....	assistant editor
Peter Hunt	....	negative timer
Joe Parisella	....	colorist (uncredited)

Departamento de Música
George Fenton	....	conductor
Daren Geraghty	....	soloist
Keith Grant	....	music recording engineer
Grayston Ives	....	choir director: The Choir of Magdalen College Oxford
Kevin Lane	....	music editor
The London Symphony Orchestra	....	music performers
Eliza Thompson	....	music coordinator

Departamento de Transporte
Vic Floyd	....	unit driver
Colin Morris	....	unit driver
Cecil O'Reilly	....	unit driver
Stanley Sirkin	....	unit driver
John Smith	....	unit driver
Ronald Straw	....	unit driver

Otros miembros del equipo
Gordon Arnell	....	unit publicist
David Boardman	....	location assistant
Nikki Clapp	....	script supervisor
Gabriel Clare-Hunt	....	production assistant: Richard Attenborough
Lindsay Conner	....	legal services: Hill Wynne Troop & Meisinger
Nick Daubeny	....	location manager (as Nicholas Daubeny)
Richard Dunmore	....	location manager
John Ensby	....	laboratory liaison
Barbra Flinder	....	title designer
Kathy Goodman	....	legal services: Katten Muchin Zaris & Weitzman
Jo Gregory	....	financial controller
Alan Grodin	....	legal services: Cooper Epstein & Hurewitz
Nicki Gunning	....	production assistant: Brian Eastman
Leila Kirkpatrick	....	production coordinator
Jamice Medhurst	....	unit nurse
Zoe Moore	....	floor runner (as Zoë Moore)
Jim Schreiber	....	legal services: Leonard Dicker & Schreiber
Barry Smith	....	legal services: Richards Butler
Mark Somner	....	assistant location manager
Alan Steele	....	computer operator
Alexander Walker	....	location assistant: Oxford
Judy Wasdell	....	publicity assistant
Greg Waterfield	....	production runner
Ben Weston	....	location assistant: Oxford
Betty Williams	....	assistant accountant
Heide Wilsher	....	production assistant: Brian Eastman

Gracias
Douglas Gresham	....	acknowledgment: Shadowland Productions wish to thank
Philippe Hartmann	....	acknowledgment: Shadowland Productions wish to thank, The Borough of Camden (as Philippe Hartman)
Walter Hooper	....	acknowledgment: Shadowland Productions wish to thank
Ellen Mirojnick	....	acknowledgment: Shadowland Productions wish to thank
Malcolm Townsend	....	acknowledgment: Shadowland Productions wish to thank, Thames Valley Police Oxford

Compañías Productores

• Price Entertainment (presents)
• Spelling Films International (in association with)
• Shadowlands Productions

Distribuidores

• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• Home Box Office Home Video (HBO) (1998) (Canada) (DVD) (as HBO Home Video)
• Home Box Office Home Video (HBO) (1998) (USA) (DVD) (as HBO Home Video)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2005) (UK) (DVD)
• Sandrew Film & Teater (1994) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Savoy Pictures (1993) (USA) (theatrical)
• Spelling Films International
• Warner Bros. (Argentina)
• Warner Bros. (Spain)

Efectos especiales

• Peerless Camera Company (optical effects)
• Computer Film Company, The (CFC) (tracking, compositing)

Otras Compañías

• 1st Unit Caterering  catering (as First Unit Caterers)
• Angel Records  soundtrack available from (as Angel Records on CD and Cassette)
• Armada Productions  acknowledgment: the original play was produced for the London stage in association with
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies
• CS Lewis Foundation  acknowledgment: Shadowland Productions wish to thank
• Carnival Films  acknowledgment: "Shadowlands" was developed as a film by (as Carnival [Films and Theatre] Ltd.)
• Carnival Films  acknowledgment: the original play was produced for the London stage by (as Carnival)
• Choir of Magdalen College Oxford  music performers
• Completion Bond Company  completion guaranty provided by (as The Completion Bond Company, Inc.)
• Cooper, Epstein & Hurewitz  legal services
• Excasting  crowd casting: London (as Excasting Agency)
• Forest Enterprise - The Forest of Dean  acknowledgment: Shadowland Productions wish to thank
• Great Central Railway  acknowledgment: Shadowland Productions wish to thank (as The Staff and Volunteers of The Great Central Railway Loughborough)
• Hill Wynne Troop & Meisinger  legal services
• Katten, Muchin & Zavis  legal services (as Katten Muchin Zaris & Weitzman)
• Kodak Eastmancolour  originated and printed on (as Eastman Colour Film From Kodak)
• Lee Lighting  grip and lighting equipment
• Leonard, Dicker & Schreiber  legal services
• Magdalen College, Oxford  acknowledgment: Shadowland Productions wish to thank, whose hospitable collaboration made this film possible (as The President Fellows Staff and Students of Magdalen College Oxford)
• Mishcon de Reya  legal services
• National Railway Museum  acknowledgment: Shadowland Productions wish to thank (as The National Railway Museum York)
• Panavision UK  cameras and lenses supplied by
• Peerless Camera Company  titles
• Richards Butler International Law Firms  legal services (as Richards Butler)
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services
• Shepperton Studios  movie studio
• Sylvia Wheeler Film Services  negative cutting
• Thames Valley Police HQ, Oxford  acknowledgment: Shadowland Productions wish to thank (as Thames Valley Police Oxford)
• The Daiwa Bank Ltd.  banking services (as Daiwa Bank)
• The London Borough of Camden  acknowledgment: Shadowland Productions wish to thank (as The Borough of Camden)
• Theatre Royal Plymouth, The  acknowledgment: the original play was produced for the London stage in association with
• Twickenham Film Studios  post production (as Twickenham Studios)
• Wheaton College, Illinois  acknowledgment: Shadowland Productions wish to thank

También conocida como:

Tierra de sombras (Argentina) [es]
Tierras de penumbra (Spain) [es]

Duración:

131 min | Canada:115 min (Ontario)

País:

UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Iceland:L | Ireland:G | South Korea:12 | Philippines:G | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-8 | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:U | USA:PG (#32508) | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | Germany:12

Locaciones de Filmación:

Christ Church Meadow, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Compañía:

Price Entertainment

Trivialidades:

Robert Flemyng's last film role

Errores:

Anacronismos: As C.S. Lewis and Joy Gresham climb to the turret of the college in order to admire the Oxford skyline, a 1960s-style towerblock is briefly visible in the distance.

Citas:

Harry: Christopher can scoff, Jack, but I know how hard you've been praying; and now God is answering your prayers.
C. S. Lewis: That's not why I pray, Harry. I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time, waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God, it changes me.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Deadly Bees (#10.5)" (1998)

Intelligent, Powerful, and Joyous

I probably watch this film every two years, yet like fine wine, it grows even better after time. This picture is a beautiful, thought provoking, and highly effective meditation on how love, death, god, joy, and pain all coexist in the strange universe that is life. With subject matter as complex as this, the viewer can see where one could easily become lost in C.S. Lewis's story, but "Shadowlands" never falters. The film remains quiet, simple, and highly effective through Attenborough's understated direction, and its cast's uniformly excellent performances.

However, what sits at the very core of "Shadowlands" beauty is its ultimate truth. There are moments in this film so full of genuine, unflynching emotion that its power practically hits the audience member in the gut. Yes, the film's magnificently depicted scenes of death and grieving never fail to jerk tears from my eyes, but Lewis's closing lines regarding the choices he made as a boy and a man make me sob.

"Shadowlands" is undoubtedly representative of filmaking at its very best. I recommend this film without reservation to anyone!