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Shadowlands

Year:

1994

Duration:

131 min | Canada:115 min (Ontario)

Genres:

Biography | Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

7.4

Director:

Richard Attenborough

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 6 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1994-01-14

Filming Locations: Christ Church Meadow, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Earnings

Budget: $22,000,000

Gross: $25,842,000 (USA)£3,033,231 (UK)

Cast

Actor

Character

Sophie Stanton

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

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

JB Blanc

Undergraduate (uncredited)

Adrian Dobson

Passenger (uncredited)

Daniel Osgerby

Undergraduate (uncredited)

Trevor Payne

Student (uncredited)

Jesse James Sims

Student (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Many of the students and staff of Magdalen College, Oxford objected to the restrictions imposed on their movement on the grounds during April/ May 1993 especially as it coincided with end of year exams. To prevent a student-led halt in production a Q and A evening was held in the College bar with Richard Attenborough, Anthony Hopkins and Michael Denison.

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Barbra Streisand was asked to direct and star, but declined so she could pursue The Normal Heart (which she never made).

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In one of the scenes in which Douglas Gresham is reading in bed, you can see he is reading The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. Tolkien was a good friend and colleague of C.S. Lewis.

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Goofs

Joy was treated for cancer at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford not in London as shown in the film.

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Joy Gresham had two sons, David and Douglas, but only one son, Douglas is depicted in the film.

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In one of the scenes in Magdalen College Chapel, a character is shown singing from a copy of the "New English Hymnal" which was not published until the 1980s. The descant to one of the hymns sung was also written later than the date at which the film is set.

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Quotes

Harry: Christopher can scoff, Jack, but I know how hard you've been praying; and now God is answering your prayers.

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Jack: Why love, if losing hurts so much? I have no answers anymore: only the life I have lived. Twice in that life I've been given the choice: as a boy and as a man. The boy chose safety, the man chooses suffering. The pain now is part of the happiness then. That's the deal.

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C.S. Lewis: He comes; he sleeps; he goes. So the plot thickens.

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Faq

Any information on the name or significance of the unusual lapel pin Jack Lewis is wearing during the film?

This actually is a watch fob hanging from his lapel with the watch hidden in his left breast coat pocket. While the watch isn't visible, this is obvious in a scene about 27 minutes into the movie.

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