The Life & Faith of C.s. Lewis : the Magic Never Ends

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Originally produced for television broadcast in 2001.
Extra features: Program introduction ; Tour of the Kilns (Lewis' former home) ; Tour of the Cotswolds and Oxford University ; Interview with writer/director Chip Duncan.
Interviewees: Christopher Mitchell, Colin Manlove, Dabney Hart, Lyle Dorsett, Walter Hooper, Douglas Gresham, Debra Winger ; narrated by Ben Kingsley.
"Broadcast on public television, this illuminating documentary chronicles C.S. Lewis' remarkable life: his boyhood in Northern Ireland and the devastating loss of his mother, the profound impact of World War I on his belief system, his acclaimed academic career at Britain's Oxford and Cambridge Universities, his storied friendship with Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien, his transition from atheist to Christian, and his late-in-life love story with his wife, Joy."--Container.
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COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Good Introduction to C.S. Lewis submitted by vk on April 14, 2014, 9:41am This 85-minute documentary features the insights of several scholars of C.S. Lewis along with Douglas Gresham, the younger son of Joy Davidman and step-son of C.S. Lewis. Even Debra Winger, who portrayed Joy Davidman in the 1993 theatrical production of "Shadowlands", is included in the interviews. Taken together, this film provides a good, but not in-depth, introduction to the life and writings of C.S. Lewis. If you are curious about C.S. Lewis, you have found the right DVD.

Ardent fans of C.S. Lewis would want much more than this introduction and will have to dive into many books written by C.S. Lewis (38 in total) and consult the many more volumes written about his life, his writings, and his worldview.