3000 Subscribers Special Release See more at: https://mattskuta.com/sbs/ This side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison is intended to illustrate the the unique vision of filmmakers and the variety of choices possible when creating films adapted from the novel The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis

The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (1979)

TV Movie
Directed by Bill Melendez
Written by C.S. Lewis
Story Adaptation: David D. Connell and Bill Melendez
Story by: Ralph Wright
Production Design by Alan Shean

The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe (1988)

TV Serial
Series Directed by Marilyn Fox
Dramatized by Alan Seymour
Based on the novel by C.S. Lewis
Cinematography by John Mason and Chris Townsend
Production Design by Alan SpaldingSarah Greenwood, and Adrian Uwalaka
Costume Design by Judy Pepperdine

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

Feature Film
Directed by Andrew Adamson
Screenplay by Ann Peacock and Andrew Adamson and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely
Based on the novel by C.S. Lewis
Cinematography by Donald McAlpine
Production Design by Roger Ford
Costume Design by Isis Mussenden


First edition novel by C.S. Lewis