Shadowlands

Shadowlands, British motion picture about the life of British writer C. S. Lewis. Released in 1993, the film was based on a play by William Nicholson. Lewis (played by Anthony Hopkins) leads a quiet, orderly life, teaching at Oxford and writing children’s books. An American fan named Joy Gresham (Debra Winger) arranges to meet with him, and although the two have very different temperaments, they eventually fall in love. Tragically, Gresham falls ill with cancer shortly after they declare their love.

Director

• Richard Attenborough

Cast

• Anthony Hopkins (Jack Lewis)
• Debra Winger (Joy Gresham)
• John Wood (Christopher Riley)
• Edward Hardwicke (Warnie Lewis)
• Robert Flemyng (Claude Bird)
• Joseph Mazzello (Douglas Gresham)
• Gerald Sim (Superintendent registrar)
• Peter Firth (Dr. Craig)
• Julian Firth (Father John Fisher)
• Julian Fellowes (Desmond Arding)
• Roddy Maude-Roxby (Arnold Dopliss)
• Michael Denison ('Harry' Harrington)
• Andrew Seear (Bob Chafer)
• Tim McMullan (Nick Farrell)
• Andrew Hawkins (Rupert Parrish)
• Peter Howell (College president)
• James Frain (Peter Whistler)
• Toby Whithouse (Frith)
• Daniel Goode (Lieven)
• Scott Handy (Standish)
• Chris Williams (Julian)
• Charles Simon (Barker)
• Giles Oldershaw (Marcus)
• Walter Sparrow (Fred Paxford)
• 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)
• John Quentin (Station acquaintance)
• Alan Talbot (College porter)
• Heather Mansell (President's wife)
• Leigh Burton-Gill (Mrs. Parrish)
• Cameron Burton-Gill (Parrish child)
• Chandler Burton-Gill (Parrish child)
• Kendall Burton-Gill (Parrish child)
• Christina Burton-Gill (Parrish child)
• Sylvia Barter (Woman in bookshop)
• James Watt (Boy in bookshop)
• Pauline Melville (Committee chairwoman)
• Sophie Stanton (Lecture committee)
• Ysobel Gonzalez (Lecture committee)
• Ninka Scott (Lecture committee)
• Terry Rowley (Registrar)
• Norman Bird (Taxi driver)
• Abigail Harrison (Staff nurse)
• Karen Lewis (Hotel receptionist)
• Matthew Delamere (Simon Chadwick)

Quote

• Joy Gresham: “We can't have the happiness of yesterday without the pain of today. That's the deal.”