The Man Who Created Narnia

A new 54-minute docu-drama, C.S. Lewis: The Man Who Created Narnia will be aired on the Hallmark channel this December. While this news was reported here earlier this year, Scotsman News has run an article with some new comments from its director. Apparently, the short film will highlight the often testy relationship between Tolkien and Lewis. Contrary to the claims in the article, however, this does not represent "new scholarship." The facts have been there for decades, for anyone willing to look. (I even touched on the subject in my own book, Tolkien in Perspective, back in 2003.) Fortunately, it doesn't sound as if this story, presented as part of Hallmark's "Heroes, Saints and Sinners" series, will be deconstructionist. Doug Gresham even contributed to the effort, and legitimate scholars like Brian Sibley were consulted. For a lot of people, I expect the program will be quite enlightening.

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Scotsman.com, 24.09.05