What Do The Critics Say?

"This is a dark romantic epic, which at times recalls such classic sagas as Ivanhoe and Quentin Durward, and it’s very enjoyable on a number of levels, not least in the realm of pure spectacle. With location filming in New Zealand, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland, the film is visually as rich as its predecessor, and the many Narnian creatures, including the swashbuckling mouse, Reepicheep, who is voiced by Eddie Izzard, are lively and amusing. 3 1/2 STARS." David Stratton ABC AT THE MOVIES "A welcome improvement on the somewhat sluggish first movie, Prince Caspian walks a fine line with its multitude of violent, but never gory battles. Prince Caspian is marvellous entertainment." Pauline Adamek FILMINK "This is much more rollicking adventure than the first one, I thought. 3 1/2 STARS." Margaret Pomeranz ABC AT THE MOVIES "If this is a movie for children than I can only guess the filmmakers had Donald Rumsfeld's grandkids in mind when they made it." Richard Knight WINDY CITY TIMES "A lavish, battle-besieged extravaganza whose resourceful youngsters are aided by a host of at-risk mythological woodland creatures, including hairy centaurs, warrior rodents, a badger in a tree trunk, and one temperamental dwarf." Prairie Miller NEWSBLAZE "Surprisingly good filmmaking, but a kid's film? Could it be that any important lessons here get lost in all the warring? For me, this is an A movie up until an important one man against one man fight to the death scene. I'm not C.S. Lewis, I didn't write this story, nor did I read the book: but it seems to me the marbles were on the line here. Why is there so much energy spent on weapons and killing and less on seeking much more interesting, awkward, difficult, introspective, creative, inspired, meaningful resolution to conflict?" Ross Anthony HOLLYWOOD REPORT CARD

"Instead of following the same formula of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," Adamson has created an entirely different Narnia, one that is darker and full of hatred and violence." Adam Tobias WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES "Prince Caspian may be less full of innocent wonder than its predecessor, but it is a smarter, better film. Like its young stars, the Narnia franchise has, for better and worse, grown up." Christopher Orr NEW REPUBLIC "The magical creatures and sprawling battles have been beautifully produced and shot, and the thunderous final conflict shakes the Earth." Lawrence Toppman CHARLOTTE OBSERVER "... the second entry in the Chronicles of Narnia series, is a glorious medieval war movie." Michael Sragow BALTIMORE SUN "... Prince Caspian feels more accomplished than The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe." Brian Tallerico THE DEADBOLT "A grand and visually stunning epic with thrilling battle scenes and powerful themes." Nell Minow BELIEFNET "Like the finest fantasy epics, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian invites us into a rich realm and, at two-plus hours, holds us there for a goodly spell." Lisa Kennedy DENVER POST "With bigger battles and scarier monsters than its predecessor, the new movie flaunts grander visual effects, and, with one notable exception, a dash more individuality than the initial installment." Jim Emmerson CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

The Inside Story The wardrobe is gone; the White Witch is dead, and Aslan has been missing for over one thousand years. Now, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie are beckoned back to Narnia to find a vastly different world, where a new enemy stalks the battlefield and the land’s kindly creatures find themselves on the brink of extinction. Narnia: Prince Caspian continues the spectacular story that began with the Oscar ® winning 2005 release, "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", which earned over $US745 million in its worldwide theatrical release, making it one of the most successful movies ever made, and one of the biggest successes in the annals of the Walt Disney Studios. Acclaimed director Andrew Adamson (the Oscar ® winning "Shrek" & "Shrek 2") embarks on his second Narnian film adventure from a screenplay he co-wrote with Emmy ® Award winning writing partners Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely (HBO’s "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers"), who also co-scripted the first film. Adamson also reunites with the producers of the first Narnia movie: Academy Award ® winner Mark Johnson ("Rain Man", "Bugsy" & "The Notebook") and Philip Steuer ("The Rookie" & "The Alamo"). Also reprising their roles are executive producer and former Walden Media executive Perry Moore and co-producer Douglas Gresham, author Lewis’ stepson. Once again toplining the cast as the Pevensie children are the four young British talents discovered by Adamson for the first film: twelve year old Georgie Henley as Lucy, the youngest and the first to encounter the great Aslan on their new journey through Narnia; sixteen year old Skandar Keynes as Edmund, the younger boy who betrayed his siblings for his own selfish gain in the first adventure; nineteen year old Anna Popplewell as Susan, the cautious and practical older sister; and twentyone year old William Moseley as Peter, the eldest of the siblings and now High King of Narnia who valiantly leads the battle to save his realm from the tyrannical reign of the evil King Miraz. The film’s title character is played by Ben Barnes, a twenty six year old British stage actor best known for his role in the drama "The History Boys" for London’s National Theatre Company, the first West End staging of Alan Bennett’s award-winning play. In this second telling of the story of Narnia, the Pevensie siblings are magically transported from World War II era England to Narnia through a tube station near London’s Trafalgar Square, embarking on a perilous new adventure and an even greater test of their faith and courage. One year after the incredible events of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", the former kings and queens of Narnia find themselves back in that faraway realm, only to discover that more than thirteen hundred years have passed in Narnian time. During their absence, the Golden Age of Narnia has faded into legend. The land’s magical talking animals and mythical creatures exist as little more than folktales to the Telmarines, a race of humans led by the merciless Lord Miraz. The mighty lion Aslan has not been seen in one thousand years. The four children have been summoned back to Narnia by Caspian, the young heir to the Telmarine throne, to combat his evil uncle, Miraz. Joy Gresham, and her first husband, (novelist William Lindsay Gresham) worked for over twenty years to bring Lewis's books to the big screen. Douglas Gresham (Stepson of C.S. Lewis) is embarking on what he calls "the second chapter in a lifelong dream." "I watched that dream come true when "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" exploded onto movie screens around the world in 2005," Gresham exclaims. "I always expected the movie to be a delight and a joy to world audiences, but I have been somewhat humbled by its level of success." Producer Mark Johnson believes the second film has surpassed the original in many respects, because it is bigger than "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe". "It’s bigger in terms of the number of people behind the camera. It’s bigger in terms of the number of people in front of the camera and, most importantly, it’s bigger dramatically," Johnson said. "The themes that we’re playing out here, and the relationships, are much bigger and a bit darker than they were in the first film." Director Adamson says the story reminds him of the films he loved as a kid. "It harkens back to some of those movies that were full of adventure and swashbuckling and brave characters. We even have a castle and a moat! On top of that, it takes place in Narnia, so it involves C.S. Lewis's imagination." How does he then see the films storyline? "It’s a wonderfully nostalgic story," says Adamson. "Basically, the children have come back to a place that they’ve longed to be, the place they ruled for fifteen years. Everything has changed. Cair Paravel is in ruins. The people they know have been driven into the wild. Aslan hasn’t been seen for one thousand years. They’ve got to come to terms with that, and at the same time, try to restore Narnia as they know it." That theme intrigued the screenwriters as well. "It’s an area Lewis left mostly untouched," offers screenwriter Markus. "Lewis memorably examined what it would be like for a 1940s school kid to become King of Narnia. However, he didn’t much consider what it would be like for a King of Narnia to return to being a 1940s school kid." "Their year back in London must have been awkward at best," adds writing partner McFeely. "Given their different personalities, each Pevensie handles the situation with varying levels of success. Their sudden return to Narnia pushes different buttons in each." William Moseley, says his anticipation and anxiety to get back in front of the movie cameras echoed what his character Peter endured in the time between his fifteen year reign of Narnia and his return to the kingdom in the new story. Just like his character, the handsome British native returned to secondary school. "Finishing the first film was an amazing experience," he says. "Then it was all taken away. Even though I didn’t react the same way Peter does, I can really understand how he feels." Anna Popplewell noticed how the character of Susan had changed when she read through the script. "Susan gets to be involved in a bit more action this time," the actress enthused. "I loved doing the fighting scenes. I loved being in the raid and the battle and getting my teeth into some of the stunts. I didn’t get to do much of that in the first movie." The film marks the end of Narnia’s road for the eldest Pevensies, Susan and Peter. Popplewell admitted, "I feel incredibly lucky to have had this experience, a fantastic time. And I’d so much rather have been here than not been here. But, at the same time, it’s really sad that I won’t be coming back." Co-star Georgie Henley has grown into a bright and studious twelve year old. Henley has written two of her own stories: "The Snow Stag" and, "A Pillar of Secrets". About Lewis’ imaginary world, its story and its characters, Henley says, "They’re just brilliant because of the way C.S. Lewis wrote them. He didn’t put too much description in, so Narnia is almost our complete imagination. We can interpret it however we like. I think that most people have their own interpretation of these books and these characters." "I was a massive Narnia fan as a kid," Barnes exuberantly revealed. "I definitely remember the books being a big part of my childhood. When I found out I got the part, I looked through my bookshelves and found this copy of Prince Caspian with a 1989 copyright, when I was eight." "Ben had a lot to live up to before we’d even met him," says Popplewell. Italian movie star Sergio Castellitto, plays the evil, King Miraz. "Sergio is one of the most accomplished and well-regarded European actors around today," says producer Johnson. Inspired by Lewis’ imaginative creations, the story’s human cast will once again be complemented by a gallery of original creatures portrayed onscreen in the combined efforts of live action and CGI animation under the supervision of returning visual effects co-supervisor and Oscar ® nominee Dean Wright ("The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" & "Titanic"), who will collaborate this time with VFX veteran and longtime Adamson ally Wendy Rogers ("Shrek" & "Flushed Away"). The pair, who supervised over one thousand six hundred CGI shots for the film, teamed with the movie magicians at London’s Moving Picture Company (all five "Harry Potter" films, "Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit"), the Oscar ® winning Framestore-CFC ("Superman Returns", "Children of Men", all five "Harry Potter" films) and Weta Digital in New Zealand. Five time Academy Award ® winning visualist Richard Taylor ("Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "King Kong") and the wizards from his Weta Workshop designed the film’s armor and weaponry for Narnia’s new inhabitants, the Telmarines. "Narnia: Prince Caspian" began filming on February 12th 2007, for six weeks on both the North and South Islands of New Zealand, where locations again included Henderson Studios soundstages as well as brand-new sites on the country’s alluring Coromandel Peninsula on the North Island. South Island locales included the isolated Haast River Valley bordering the Tasman Sea on the country’s verdant South Westland coast, and forests near Paradise Valley and Glenorchy outside of Queenstown. After concluding the New Zealand portion of the schedule in late March, the company relocated to Eastern Europe and the legendary soundstages at Prague’s Barrandov and Modrany Studios. Key exterior locations in the Czech Republic included the Northern Bohemian city of Usti, the primary site of the film’s epic climactic battle, and locales in Poland and Slovenia. Prince Caspian is the second of C.S Lewis'S seven book "Chronicles of Narnia" series, which includes "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader", "The Silver Chair", "The Horse and His Boy", "The Magician's Nephew", "The Last Battle" and the story that launched the series, "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe". Published between 1950 and 1956 and long regarded as one of literature’s most enduring and imaginative classics, Lewis's books have sold over one hundred million copies in more than thirty five languages, making it one of the biggest book series the world over. Synopsis

Queen Prunaprismia has just given birth to a son. Tyranical King Miraz now sees it as the ideal time to kill Prince Caspian. But an ally comes to the young Prince's aid. Doctor Cornelius helps him to escape after giving him Queen Susan's horn and instructions to enter the dark forrest where the decendants of Narnia live. Meanwhile, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy are in an London at a railway station awaiting their train which will take them to school for new term. Suddenly, they are transported to an idyllic tropical beach. Little do they know that they have been summoned by Queen Susan's magic horn and are now in what was once Narnia. It is thirteen hundred years since their last visit. Exploring the surrounds they come across the remains of once familiar structures. They will join forces with Prince Caspian (heir to the throne at Cair Paravel), forming an army to do battle with the forces of Miraz.

The Verdict "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, takes fans of C.S Lewis's novel on a trip to a much darker, more brutal period in Narnia's history. This is a tale of genocide, violence, betrayal and oppression, which resulted in the film receiving an M rating. This second edition features: a battle that will stir the senses; a return of the The White Witch and Aslan; spectacular creature effects; colorful costuming and glorious scenery. Parents will really need to offer guidance to very young children this time around. Must see for fans of Narnia. Well worth alook at for other cinema-goers. Recommended. 3 1/2 STAR." Cast & Crew Bytes "THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN" was .......
directed by Andrew Adamson ["Shrek", "Shrek2" and "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"]; adapted from the novel by C.S. Lewis [TV'S "The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe", "Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader" and "Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair "]; supervising art director Frank Walsh ["Buffalo Soldiers", "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life" and "Elizabeth: The Golden "]; costume design by Isis Mussenden ["Dante's Peak", "The Astronaut's Wife", "Thirteen Days" and "Shrek 1 & 2"]; production design by Roger Ford ["Sirens", "Rabbit-Proof Fence", "The Quiet American" and "The Rage in Placid Lake"]; set decoration by Kerrie Brown ["The Last Days of Chez Nous", "Looking for Alibrandi", "Babe" and "Babe: Pig in the City"]; director of photography by Karl Walter Lindenlaub ["Maid In Manhattan", "Because of Winn-Dixie" and "Georgia Rule"]; original music by Harry Gregson-Williams ["Phone Booth", "Veronica Guerin", "Team America: World Police" and "Shrek 3"]. Who's Who?

Georgie Henley Skandar Keynes William Moseley Anna Popplewell Ben Barnes Sergio Castellitto Peter Dinklage Liam Neeson Tilda Swinton Warwick Davis Vincent Grass Pierfrancesco Favino Cornell S John Damián Alcázar Alicia Borrachero Simón Andreu Predrag Bjelac David Bowles Juan Diego Garcia Douglas Gresham

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Lucy Pevensie Edmund Pevensie Peter Pevensie Susan Pevensie Prince Caspian King Miraz Trumpkin Aslan The White Witch Nikabrik Doctor Cornelius General Glozelle Glenstorm Lord Sopespian Queen Prunaprismia Lord Scythley Lord Donnon Lord Gregoire Lord Montoya Telmarine Crier

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