The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1979 film)

The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
VHS cover
Directed by	Bill Melendez
Produced by	Steven Cuitlahuac Melendez (producer) David D. Connell (executive producer)
Written by	David D. Connell (story adaptation) C.S. Lewis (written by) Bill Melendez (story adaptation)
Starring	Simon Adams Nicholas Barnes Sheila Hancock Arthur Lowe Leo McKern Don Parker Leslie Phillips Beth Porter Liz Proud Susan Sokol Stephen Thorne
Music by	Michael J. Lewis
Edited by	Michael Crane Mick Manning José Pallejá
Production company	Children's Television Workshop Bill Melendez Productions Distinguished Productions Episcopal Radio-TV Foundation
Distributed by	CBS
Release dates	April 1, 1979 (1979-04-01)
Running time	95 mins
Country	United Kingdom United States
Language	English

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is an animated television film that was broadcast on CBS in 1979, based on the novel of the same name by C. S. Lewis.

Plot

When four children Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy stumble into an old Wardrobe they find themselves in a magical land called Narnia with talking animals, fauns, hags, the Wicked White Witch and the great lion Aslan. There they meet the friendly Mr and Mrs Beaver, who help them on their quest to find Aslan the great lion. Only he can help save Lucy's friend Mr Tumnus (the faun) from the White Witch.

Production notes

The rights to produce the television program were given to the Episcopal Radio TV Foundation in the mid-1950s when C.S. Lewis was recording the Episcopal Series of the Protestant Hour radio programs. Dr. Ted Baehr was elected President of the Episcopal Radio TV Foundation as The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was preparing to be broadcast by CBS, and supervised the distribution of the subsequent video. The CBS program had 37 million viewers. It won two Emmy Awards.^[1]

Voices

English Version

Nicholas Barnes as Edmund
Sheila Hancock as Jadis - The White Witch
Arthur Lowe as Mr. Beaver
Leo McKern as Professor
Leslie Phillips as Mr. Tumnus
June Whitfield as Mrs. Beaver
Stephen Thorne as Aslan

American Version

Rachel Warren as Lucy
Susan Sokol as Susan
Reg Williams as Peter
Simon Adams as Edmund
Victor Spinetti as Mr. Tumnus
Dick Vosburgh as Professor
Don Parker as Mr. Beaver
Liz Proud as Mrs. Beaver
Beth Porter as Jadis, The White Witch

The only actor to appear in both versions was Stephen Thorne (who portrayed Aslan).

Releases

Released on VHS in 1985 and 1991 and 1998.
Released on DVD on Region 1 and 2 in 2006.

References

↑ The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - Awards. "31st Primetime Emmy Awards - September 9, 1979". The Emmys. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 30 March 2016.

External links

The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe at the Internet Movie Database

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program

1970s

Halloween Is Grinch Night (1978)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1979)

1980s

Carlton Your Doorman (1980)
Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown (1981)
The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (1982)
Ziggy's Gift (1983)
Garfield on the Town (1984)
Garfield in the Rough (1985)
Garfield's Halloween Adventure (1986)
Cathy (1987)
A Claymation Christmas Celebration (1988)
Garfield's Babes and Bullets / DuckTales ("Super DuckTales") (1989)

1990s

The Simpsons ("Life on the Fast Lane") (1990)
The Simpsons ("Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment") / Tale Spin ("Plunder & Lightning") (1991)
A Claymation Easter (1992)
Batman: The Animated Series ("Robin's Reckoning: Part I") (1993)
The Roman City (1994)
The Simpsons ("Lisa's Wedding") (1995)
Pinky and the Brain ("A Pinky and the Brain Christmas") (1996)
The Simpsons ("Homer's Phobia") (1997)
The Simpsons ("Trash of the Titans") (1998)
King of the Hill ("And They Call It Bobby Love") / Todd McFarlane's Spawn (1999)

2000s

Program (Less Than One Hour)	The Simpsons ("Behind the Laughter") (2000) The Simpsons ("HOMR") (2001) Futurama ("Roswell That Ends Well") (2002) The Simpsons ("Three Gays of the Condo") (2003) Samurai Jack ("The Birth of Evil") (2004) South Park ("Best Friends Forever") (2005) The Simpsons ("The Seemingly Never-Ending Story") (2006) South Park ("Make Love, Not Warcraft") (2007) The Simpsons ("Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind") (2008) South Park ("Margaritaville") (2009)

Program (One Hour or More)	Walking with Dinosaurs (2000) Allosaurus: A Walking With Dinosaurs Special (2001) Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2002) Chased by Dinosaurs (2003) Star Wars: Clone Wars (Volume 1: Chapters 1-20) (2004) Star Wars: Clone Wars (Volume 2: Chapters 21-25) (2005) Before the Dinosaurs (2006) Camp Lazlo ("Where's Lazlo?") (2007) South Park (Imaginationland: The Movie) (2008) Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends ("Destination: Imagination") (2009)

2010s

Prep & Landing (2010)
Futurama ("The Late Philip J. Fry") (2011)
The Penguins of Madagascar ("The Return of the Revenge of Dr. Blowhole") (2012)
South Park ("Raising the Bar") (2013)
Bob's Burgers ("Mazel-Tina") (2014)
Over the Garden Wall (2015)

The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis

The Lion, the Witch
and the Wardrobe

Prince
Caspian

The Voyage of
the Dawn Treader

The Silver
Chair

The Horse
and His Boy

The Magician's
Nephew

The Last
Battle

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