text: C. S. "Jack" Lewis (Sir Anthony Hopkins) is a serious professor of literature at Cambridge University. He also write some famous books for children and young teenagers entitled The Chronicles of Narnia. He is also a renown conference speaker and supports his Christian views strongly. He still shares a house with his brother, also a bachelor.One day, he receives a letter from a person who seems to know and understand him, the American poet Joy Gresham (Debra Winger). She is travelling around the UK in search of an editor for her poems and her son Doug (Joseph Mazzello) would very much meet him. The meeting happens in an old-fashioned pub. Jack has gone there accompanied by his brother Warnie, (Edward Hardwicke) who is also a Cambridge university professor. First, they greet an English-looking lady (Carol Passmore) and Joy looks incredibly modern and different to all the rest of the parisioners, old, male... when she enters the place and shouts aloud if any of them is C. S. Lewis. They invite her to a visit to their home. There, Doug shows to be vivacious and is especially interested in the penthouse, where there is an old wardrobe, the same which opens the way to the magic land of Narnia into Lewis's first novel. Warnie shows it, they unlatch it, and to Doug's disappointment, there are only common coats and jackets. Doug says he had always known it was going to be a normal wardrobe.Joy and Doug come back to the USA. Jack goes on living as usual: a predictable boring life in which he only talks to other professors, -whom he has philosophical discussions with- and keeps on giving his lectures. In one of these Joy re-appears. She has just come back to the UK after her divorce with her always-unfaithful husband and wants to settle down in London. They meet again, and Jack introduces her to his fellow professors, so everybody thinks they are having an affair. Joy doesn't let cynic Desmond Arding (Julian Fellowes) -and Arnold Dopliss (Roddy Maude-Roxby)- humilliate her, and replies back, which the professor must accept, as he was left speechless.Jack starts also noticing the motions of student Peter Whistler (James Frain). He is kind of rebellious in his own way although he is also a bright student. One day, he falls sleep during one of Lewis's lessons. Also, Jack sees him stealing a book from a book shop and visits him in his home to offer him some money. Peter rejects it, as it is not a matter of having the means to buy it or not. Peter will leave his studies soon afterwards, and also it isn't lack of money, it is that he considers it useless to finish his studies and move onto teaching at university. Jack will find Peter some years afterwards. Peter has become a school teacher, the same as his late father, and seems contented with his chosen path of life. This makes Jack even more thoughtful about his life, and he has the temptation of wondering about the futility of it all.Joy and Doug spend Christmas Day at the Lewis'. Joy wouldn't let Doug phone his father, because she knows he's such a careless father.Some little time after, Joy is finding it hard to be a published author. She asks Jack to marry her so that she can stay in the UK. Jack agrees, and Warnie watches all these motions surprised, although he doesn't oppose it openly. Jack and Joy get married by a judge in a civil wedding, as they don't intend to live together as husband and wife. Joy can now settle down in London with Doug, although she and Jack become the best of friends.One day, Jack phones Joy. She stops doing whatever she's doing and steps into the corridor in order to answer the phone. Suddenly, she breaks her leg. This is not an accident, because she didn't fall the stairs, of stumbled down, or anything. It just happens like that. It's so painful for her that she can't even crawl to pick the phone up. When at hospital, Jack and Warnie go to see her. It's cancer, and it's very advanced. It's attacked her bones, and that's why her leg bone broke like glass. She has surgery. While his mother is at hospital, Doug goes to live with the siblings.This makes Jack ponder about his life once again. He changes his Christian speech a little bit, talking about Joy's pain. He proposes to her, as he has realised he's in love. They have a religious wedding, the only one which Jack believes in. Joy and Doug move to the Lewis' for ever as soon as Joy is discharged. Doctors say that her cancer is very advanced, so that it'll probalby reappear. Meanwhile, Joy stays at her new home, and asks to travel around the UK in her honeymoon. First, she moves in a wheelchair, then she uses clutches. Jack and her have many happy moments.However, she will fall sick again. Doug watches how she gets worst and worst. She will finally die.His brother and his fellow professors can't sadly offer Jack any consolation. Doug becomes sadder and lonelier as well, and it's not clear if he really approves of her mother having married a different man to his natural father. Although he's never said clearly that his mother is going to die, he knows that it's going to happen. He and Jack have the opportunity of saying goodbye to Joy before she finally dies at her home, not in hospital.Doug keeps on living with Jack as his father. The last scene shows Jack walking down the same countryside path he had walked by when Joy was sick but still alive.Doug and a dog run down a green hill while flying a kite.

title: Shadowlands

title: Shadowlands

text: C.

text: S.

text: Jack

text: Lewis

text: Sir

text: Anthony

text: Hopkins

text: is

text: a

text: serious

text: professor

text: of

text: literature

text: at

text: Cambridge

text: University

text: He

text: also

text: write

text: some

text: famous

text: books

text: for

text: children

text: and

text: young

text: teenagers

text: entitled

text: The

text: Chronicles

text: of

text: Narnia

text: He

text: is

text: also

text: a

text: renown

text: conference

text: speaker

text: and

text: supports

text: his

text: Christian

text: views

text: strongly

text: He

text: still

text: shares

text: a

text: house

text: with

text: his

text: brother

text: also

text: a

text: bachelor

text: One

text: day

text: he

text: receives

text: a

text: letter

text: from

text: a

text: person

text: who

text: seems

text: to

text: know

text: and

text: understand

text: him

text: the

text: American

text: poet

text: Joy

text: Gresham

text: Debra

text: Winger

text: She

text: is

text: travelling

text: around

text: the

text: UK

text: in

text: search

text: of

text: an

text: editor

text: for

text: her

text: poems

text: and

text: her

text: son

text: Doug

text: Joseph

text: Mazzello

text: would

text: very

text: much

text: meet

text: him

text: The

text: meeting

text: happens

text: in

text: an

text: old

text: fashioned

text: pub

text: Jack

text: has

text: gone

text: there

text: accompanied

text: by

text: his

text: brother

text: Warnie

text: Edward

text: Hardwicke

text: who

text: is

text: also

text: a

text: Cambridge

text: university

text: professor

text: First

text: they

text: greet

text: an

text: English

text: looking

text: lady

text: Carol

text: Passmore

text: and

text: Joy

text: looks

text: incredibly

text: modern

text: and

text: different

text: to

text: all

text: the

text: rest

text: of

text: the

text: parisioners

text: old

text: male

text: when

text: she

text: enters

text: the

text: place

text: and

text: shouts

text: aloud

text: if

text: any

text: of

text: them

text: is

text: C.

text: S.

text: Lewis

text: They

text: invite

text: her

text: to

text: a

text: visit

text: to

text: their

text: home

text: There

text: Doug

text: shows

text: to

text: be

text: vivacious

text: and

text: is

text: especially

text: interested

text: in

text: the

text: penthouse

text: where

text: there

text: is

text: an

text: old

text: wardrobe

text: the

text: same

text: which

text: opens

text: the

text: way

text: to

text: the

text: magic

text: land

text: of

text: Narnia

text: into

text: Lewis

text: 's

text: first

text: novel

text: Warnie

text: shows

text: it

text: they

text: unlatch

text: it

text: and

text: to

text: Doug

text: 's

text: disappointment

text: there

text: are

text: only

text: common

text: coats

text: and

text: jackets

text: Doug

text: says

text: he

text: had

text: always

text: known

text: it

text: was

text: going

text: to

text: be

text: a

text: normal

text: wardrobe

text: Joy

text: and

text: Doug

text: come

text: back

text: to

text: the

text: USA

text: Jack

text: goes

text: on

text: living

text: as

text: usual

text: a

text: predictable

text: boring

text: life

text: in

text: which

text: he

text: only

text: talks

text: to

text: other

text: professors

text: -whom

text: he

text: has

text: philosophical

text: discussions

text: with-

text: and

text: keeps

text: on

text: giving

text: his

text: lectures

text: In

text: one

text: of

text: these

text: Joy

text: re

text: appears

text: She

text: has

text: just

text: come

text: back

text: to

text: the

text: UK

text: after

text: her

text: divorce

text: with

text: her

text: always

text: unfaithful

text: husband

text: and

text: wants

text: to

text: settle

text: down

text: in

text: London

text: They

text: meet

text: again

text: and

text: Jack

text: introduces

text: her

text: to

text: his

text: fellow

text: professors

text: so

text: everybody

text: thinks

text: they

text: are

text: having

text: an

text: affair

text: Joy

text: does

text: n't

text: let

text: cynic

text: Desmond

text: Arding

text: Julian

text: Fellowes

text: -and

text: Arnold

text: Dopliss

text: Roddy

text: Maude

text: Roxby)-

text: humilliate

text: her

text: and

text: replies

text: back

text: which

text: the

text: professor

text: must

text: accept

text: as

text: he

text: was

text: left

text: speechless

text: Jack

text: starts

text: also

text: noticing

text: the

text: motions

text: of

text: student

text: Peter

text: Whistler

text: James

text: Frain

text: He

text: is

text: kind

text: of

text: rebellious

text: in

text: his

text: own

text: way

text: although

text: he

text: is

text: also

text: a

text: bright

text: student

text: One

text: day

text: he

text: falls

text: sleep

text: during

text: one

text: of

text: Lewis

text: 's

text: lessons

text: Also

text: Jack

text: sees

text: him

text: stealing

text: a

text: book

text: from

text: a

text: book

text: shop

text: and

text: visits

text: him

text: in

text: his

text: home

text: to

text: offer

text: him

text: some

text: money

text: Peter

text: rejects

text: it

text: as

text: it

text: is

text: not

text: a

text: matter

text: of

text: having

text: the

text: means

text: to

text: buy

text: it

text: or

text: not

text: Peter

text: will

text: leave

text: his

text: studies

text: soon

text: afterwards

text: and

text: also

text: it

text: is

text: n't

text: lack

text: of

text: money

text: it

text: is

text: that

text: he

text: considers

text: it

text: useless

text: to

text: finish

text: his

text: studies

text: and

text: move

text: onto

text: teaching

text: at

text: university

text: Jack

text: will

text: find

text: Peter

text: some

text: years

text: afterwards

text: Peter

text: has

text: become

text: a

text: school

text: teacher

text: the

text: same

text: as

text: his

text: late

text: father

text: and

text: seems

text: contented

text: with

text: his

text: chosen

text: path

text: of

text: life

text: This

text: makes

text: Jack

text: even

text: more

text: thoughtful

text: about

text: his

text: life

text: and

text: he

text: has

text: the

text: temptation

text: of

text: wondering

text: about

text: the

text: futility

text: of

text: it

text: all

text: Joy

text: and

text: Doug

text: spend

text: Christmas

text: Day

text: at

text: the

text: Lewis

text: Joy

text: would

text: n't

text: let

text: Doug

text: phone

text: his

text: father

text: because

text: she

text: knows

text: he

text: 's

text: such

text: a

text: careless

text: father

text: Some

text: little

text: time

text: after

text: Joy

text: is

text: finding

text: it

text: hard

text: to

text: be

text: a

text: published

text: author

text: She

text: asks

text: Jack

text: to

text: marry

text: her

text: so

text: that

text: she

text: can

text: stay

text: in

text: the

text: UK

text: Jack

text: agrees

text: and

text: Warnie

text: watches

text: all

text: these

text: motions

text: surprised

text: although

text: he

text: does

text: n't

text: oppose

text: it

text: openly

text: Jack

text: and

text: Joy

text: get

text: married

text: by

text: a

text: judge

text: in

text: a

text: civil

text: wedding

text: as

text: they

text: do

text: n't

text: intend

text: to

text: live

text: together

text: as

text: husband

text: and

text: wife

text: Joy

text: can

text: now

text: settle

text: down

text: in

text: London

text: with

text: Doug

text: although

text: she

text: and

text: Jack

text: become

text: the

text: best

text: of

text: friends

text: One

text: day

text: Jack

text: phones

text: Joy

text: She

text: stops

text: doing

text: whatever

text: she

text: 's

text: doing

text: and

text: steps

text: into

text: the

text: corridor

text: in

text: order

text: to

text: answer

text: the

text: phone

text: Suddenly

text: she

text: breaks

text: her

text: leg

text: This

text: is

text: not

text: an

text: accident

text: because

text: she

text: did

text: n't

text: fall

text: the

text: stairs

text: of

text: stumbled

text: down

text: or

text: anything

text: It

text: just

text: happens

text: like

text: that

text: It

text: 's

text: so

text: painful

text: for

text: her

text: that

text: she

text: ca

text: n't

text: even

text: crawl

text: to

text: pick

text: the

text: phone

text: up

text: When

text: at

text: hospital

text: Jack

text: and

text: Warnie

text: go

text: to

text: see

text: her

text: It

text: 's

text: cancer

text: and

text: it

text: 's

text: very

text: advanced

text: It

text: 's

text: attacked

text: her

text: bones

text: and

text: that

text: 's

text: why

text: her

text: leg

text: bone

text: broke

text: like

text: glass

text: She

text: has

text: surgery

text: While

text: his

text: mother

text: is

text: at

text: hospital

text: Doug

text: goes

text: to

text: live

text: with

text: the

text: siblings

text: This

text: makes

text: Jack

text: ponder

text: about

text: his

text: life

text: once

text: again

text: He

text: changes

text: his

text: Christian

text: speech

text: a

text: little

text: bit

text: talking

text: about

text: Joy

text: 's

text: pain

text: He

text: proposes

text: to

text: her

text: as

text: he

text: has

text: realised

text: he

text: 's

text: in

text: love

text: They

text: have

text: a

text: religious

text: wedding

text: the

text: only

text: one

text: which

text: Jack

text: believes

text: in

text: Joy

text: and

text: Doug

text: move

text: to

text: the

text: Lewis

text: for

text: ever

text: as

text: soon

text: as

text: Joy

text: is

text: discharged

text: Doctors

text: say

text: that

text: her

text: cancer

text: is

text: very

text: advanced

text: so

text: that

text: it

text: 'll

text: probalby

text: reappear

text: Meanwhile

text: Joy

text: stays

text: at

text: her

text: new

text: home

text: and

text: asks

text: to

text: travel

text: around

text: the

text: UK

text: in

text: her

text: honeymoon

text: First

text: she

text: moves

text: in

text: a

text: wheelchair

text: then

text: she

text: uses

text: clutches

text: Jack

text: and

text: her

text: have

text: many

text: happy

text: moments

text: However

text: she

text: will

text: fall

text: sick

text: again

text: Doug

text: watches

text: how

text: she

text: gets

text: worst

text: and

text: worst

text: She

text: will

text: finally

text: die

text: His

text: brother

text: and

text: his

text: fellow

text: professors

text: ca

text: n't

text: sadly

text: offer

text: Jack

text: any

text: consolation

text: Doug

text: becomes

text: sadder

text: and

text: lonelier

text: as

text: well

text: and

text: it

text: 's

text: not

text: clear

text: if

text: he

text: really

text: approves

text: of

text: her

text: mother

text: having

text: married

text: a

text: different

text: man

text: to

text: his

text: natural

text: father

text: Although

text: he

text: 's

text: never

text: said

text: clearly

text: that

text: his

text: mother

text: is

text: going

text: to

text: die

text: he

text: knows

text: that

text: it

text: 's

text: going

text: to

text: happen

text: He

text: and

text: Jack

text: have

text: the

text: opportunity

text: of

text: saying

text: goodbye

text: to

text: Joy

text: before

text: she

text: finally

text: dies

text: at

text: her

text: home

text: not

text: in

text: hospital

text: Doug

text: keeps

text: on

text: living

text: with

text: Jack

text: as

text: his

text: father

text: The

text: last

text: scene

text: shows

text: Jack

text: walking

text: down

text: the

text: same

text: countryside

text: path

text: he

text: had

text: walked

text: by

text: when

text: Joy

text: was

text: sick

text: but

text: still

text: alive

text: Doug

text: and

text: a

text: dog

text: run

text: down

text: a

text: green

text: hill

text: while

text: flying

text: a

text: kite

question: Who is Lewis' wife?

answer: Joy Gresham

text: Joy Gresham