This document provides a summary of the movies The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian. It discusses the storyline of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, including details about the Pevensie children discovering the magical land of Narnia. It also provides production details for the first movie. For Prince Caspian, it notes that the movie is the last Narnia film distributed by Disney and discusses changes made for the sequel, including a darker tone and new antagonists called the Telmarines. It concludes with brief biographies of C.S. Lewis, the author of the Narnia books.

1. ENGLISH PRESENTATION
FRANCIS YELINA LÒPEZ CORTEZ
TEACHER: VALERIO MOYA
ENGLISH ACADEMY
THE MOVIES:
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, THE LION, THE WICH
AND THE WARDROBE.
PRINCE CASPIAN, THE RETURN TO NARNIA

3. Storyline
When the Pevensie family are evacuated out to the
country, they are unaware of the adventure they
will encounter. During a game of hide and seek,
the youngest daughter, Lucy (Henley) discovers a
wardrobe which transports her to the land of
Narnia. Covered in snow, Narnia is full of weird
and wonderful creatures, but is watched over by
the evil White Witch, Jadis (Swinton). When all
four Pevensie children end up through the
wardrobe, they discover that it was meant to be, as
two daughters of Eve and two sons of Adam must
join with the mighty lion, Aslan (Neeson) to defeat
the evil White Witch. Written by FilmFanUk

4. Details
Countries:
USA | UK
Languages:
English | German
Release Date:
9 December 2005 (USA)
Filming Locations:
Adrspach National Park, Trutnov, Czech Republic Budget:
$180,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend:
$65,556,312 (USA) (11 December 2005)
Gross:
$718,262,636 (Worldwide) (24 March 2006) Production Co:
Walt Disney Pictures, Walden Media The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe (1950). Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia (1951)

6. Before his death, C.S. Lewis sold the adaptation rights to the entire "Narnia" series. At
that time, he absolutely despised television adaptations of his books, believing they
were non-realistic, since actors had to wear suits to play non-human characters. It was
only after seeing a demo reel of creatures created with computer graphics and the
advancement of that technology that Lewis's stepson/co-producer Douglas Gresham
gave the approval for a film adaptation.
The Chronicles of Narnia
is series of seven fantasy novels for children by C. S. Lewis. It is considered a classic
of children's literature and and is the author's best-known work, having sold over 100
million copies in 47 languages. Written by Lewis between 1949 and 1954, illustrated by
Pauline Baynes and originally published in London between October 1950 and March
1956, The Chronicles of Narnia has been adapted several times, complete or in part, for
radio, television, the stage, and film.

7. Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis and known to his friends
and family as "Jack", was a novelist, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist from
Belfast, Ireland. He is known for his fictional work, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia and The Space
Trilogy
In 1956 he married the American writer Joy Gresham, 17 years his junior, who died four years later of cancer at the age of 45.
Lewis died three years after his wife, as the result of renal failure. His death came one week before his 65th birthday. Media
coverage of his death was minimal, as he died on 22 November 1963 – the same day that U.S. President John F. Kennedy was
assassinated, and the same day another famous author, Aldous Huxley, died. Lewis's works have been translated into more than
30 languages and have sold millions of copies. The books that make up The Chronicles of Narnia have sold the most and have
been popularized on stage, TV, radio and cinema.

8. Prince Caspian
is also the last Narnia film distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, as it was announced in January 2009 that Disney will no
, as it was announced in January 2009 that Disney will no longer distribute the Narnia film series due to 20th Century
Fox taking over the franchise. Work on the script began before The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was released, so
filming could begin before the actors grew too old for their parts. Director Andrew Adamson wanted to make the film
more spectacular than the first, and created an action sequence not in the novel. The Narnians were designed to look
wilder as they have been hiding from persecution, stressing the darker tone of the sequel. The filmmakers also took a
Spanish influence for the antagonistic race of the Telmarines. Filming began in February 2007 in New Zealand, but
unlike the previous film, the majority of shooting took place in Central Europe, because of the larger sets available in
those countries. To keep costs down, Adamson chose to base post-production in the UK, because of recent tax credits
post-production in the UK, because of recent there.

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