VHS : Lion the Witch & The Wardrobe
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starring: Susan Sokol, Sheila Hancock, Victor Spinetti, Arthur Lowe, Rachel Warrendirected by: Bill Melendez
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302880779
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302880777
Label: Republic Pictures
Manufacturer: Republic Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Republic Pictures
Release Date: January 01, 1998
Running Time: 95 minutes
Sales Rank: 9503
Studio: Republic Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: April 01, 1979
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
C.S. Lewis's beloved children's fantasy is as delicate as a Fabergé egg, and bringing it to film has tons of inherent risks. Faithfulness is not the problem in this live-action version from WonderWorks, but pacing most certainly is. This realization is poky at times when it should be absolutely riveting, and yet it manages to be diverting during sequences that are primarily set-up or exposition. Four young children travel through an attic wardrobe to the magical land of Narnia. There, the White Witch keeps it 'always winter and never Christmas,' but her rule is in jeopardy as the fabled lord of the land, a huge lion named Aslan, is rumored to have returned. Sadly, near the end of the film, it's almost possible to hear the production team debating just where to spend its cash. They gave it their all to create the lion Aslan but had to settle for rudimentary animation for many of the truly magical creatures of Narnia. Suffice it to say, it's a nice try. --Keith Simanton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - On DVD at last!!!
This version is shown virtually every Christmas and/or easter in the UK and finally I have it on DVD (albeit Region 1)
Love it when i first saw it and still love to watch it all these years later!
Rating:  - The worst addaption of the LWW in the world
This movie is horribble! I loathed it. This movie is a horrible addaption of the book and I think it is way, way, way too cartoony. I absoulutly loathed, hated, and despised this movie. And if I could I wouldn't even give it 1 star. I'd probally give it 1/1,000,000,000,000,000 of a star...
Rating: - Emmy-winning adaptation of a childhood favorite
Winning a 1979 Emmy award for "Outstanding Animated Program" (executive producer David D. Connell and producer Steven Cuitlahuac Melendez) and being nominated for a second in Outstanding Individual Achievement - Animation Program" (writers Bill Melendez and Connell), this animated version of the C.S. Lewis book holds a special place in my heart - it was the adaptation that introduced me to Narnia.
Directed by Bill Melendez (the man who gave us the Charlie Brown and Peanuts movies) this cartoon ... Read More
Rating:  - Just like I remember it!
Now THIS is the original I remember from my childhood!! Great movie for adults who want to "go back" and great for kids to see before they see "Narnia" in the theater.
Rating: - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Animated) Review
It was exactley what was promised. An excellent product.
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