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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe :: Animated  This Emmy® Award Winner for Best Animated Special tells the story of four children who pass through a special wardrobe closet and discover the kingdom of Narnia®, a land of talking animals and mythical creatures. An evil witch’s spell has cast Narnia into eternal winter, and only Asian, noble lion and King of the woods, can help the children defeat the witch and return springtime to Narnia.
American Cast (in alphabetical order)Runtime: 95 min Country: UK / USA Language: English IMDB Listing: Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The (1979) (TV)
UK Cast Behind The Scenes Stills Gallery: Beards were clearly in in 1978, at least in animation studios as this collection of thirty-six behind-the-scenes still images show. Bill Melendez features quite a bit, as does Steven but there are occasional glimpses of members of the voice cast. Original Storyboard (1m16s): Taking the scene in which Lucy and Susan mourn the death of Aslan before he is resurrected, this feature, which is now commonplace on DVD releases of animated films, compares the final version of the scene with the original and quite detailed storyboards. Character Designs: As Steven Melendez says in the commentary and in the interview with him on this DVD, there was a great deal of character design work produced during the making of the film that was discarded when the copyright holders said that they didn't like what had been done. Much of that work is included here, with sixty-three still images showing how the design of the film went from being very different to what we know of in the final version of the film. Deleted Sequence (1m45s): Following their defeat of the White Witch, this sequence - Kings & Queens of Narnia - was to create a bridge between us seeing Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy as children and as adults, when they ruled Narnia. In the film, this is reduced to a voiceover, which links Aslan's leaving with the arrival of Mr Tumnus to announce that the white stag has been seen in Narnia and whilst this deleted sequence doesn't add very much, it's good to have it here on this DVD. Interview With Steven Melendez (11m38s): The producer of the film, who is the son of director Bill Melendez, talks about the problems he encountered during the production of the film, including the manner in which he became involved, the immovable dates that he had to work against and the problems that he had in managing four animation studios - two in London, one in Barcelona and one in Los Angeles. Melendez has a good memory but is vague on details, preferring to discuss aspects of the production only briefly. Commentary: Bill and Steven Melendez and Sequence Director Bob Balser have contributed this feature length commentary that duplicates some of what Steven Melendez mentions in the interview that is also included on this DVD but does so with much greater depth. They do spend much of the commentary explaining how the production of the film was split between multiple studios and although it's never dull, there are a lot of gaps in their talking as the film progresses. Indeed, at one point I was reduced to checking if I had selected this commentary out of the two audio tracks available. |
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