Product Details

• Actors: Ben Kingsley, Debra Winger
• Directors: Chip Duncan
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Questar
• DVD Release Date: December 9, 2008
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001GLLLFU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #66,703 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Truly Excellent Biographical Documentary., November 27, 2009

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R. E. de Leon (University of the Philippines Los Baños) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Life and Faith of C.S. Lewis: The Magic Never Ends (DVD)

For those who want to learn more about the man behind the words, this is one of the two best CS Lewis biographical documentaries I've seen, and is the one easier to purchase (the other being the documentary they attached to the Extended Edition of the Disney film version of The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe). It is also the less emotional in approach, which makes it better suited to someone who wants the basic facts about Lewis' life and wants to see a documentary that doesn't take an emotionally loaded approach. If you already have that documentary, don't hesitate to purchase this one, as it provides a different type of enjoyment. I feel entirely comfortable watching one after the other.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Generally good biography of CS Lewis, October 8, 2010

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This review is from: The Life and Faith of C.S. Lewis: The Magic Never Ends (DVD)

This is a generally good biography of C.S. Lewis, probably the greatest Christian writer and apologist of the 20th century.

The DVD is very well made with excellent cinematography, enlightening interviews with family members and others, good musical scores and excellent narration by Ben Kingsley.

The DVD does a good job of tracing Lewis's life from the childhood loss of his mother and subsequent life in cruel boarding schools, his early academic achievements, his service in WWI, his conversion to Christianity with the assistance of fellow Oxford dons including JRR Tolkein as well as his relationship and marriage to Joy Davidman. The DVD shows Lewis as a brilliant writer and thinker who was always frank and honest about his early atheism, his conversion and subsequent faith in Christ.

Although the DVD is very well made and approaches the life of CS Lewis as a whole in a methodical fashion, I only gave this DVD 3 stars. The video, at one point, makes the spurrious suggestion that Lewis may have had an affair with Mrs. Moore, the mother of a fallen comrade who died in the trenches of WWI. Lewis had made a pact with "Paddy" Moore that if one did not survive combat, the other would take care of the family of the one who died. I felt it unseemly to make this suggestion for which there was absolutely no evidence whatsoever.

Although well made, I give it only three stars and would, instead, recommend "C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia" available here on Amazon in preference. It is a far superior video.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars C.S. Lewis Tribute, October 30, 2009

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J. Pawlicki "Walker" (Oklahoma City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Life and Faith of C.S. Lewis: The Magic Never Ends (DVD)

Somewhat disappointed in this DVD of Lewis's life. Never knew that there are no Known images of him on film. Great man and I love all of his books except the sci-fi series.