The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: Book vs. Movie
Michael Apted’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) adapts C. S. Lewis’s 1952 novel. Lucy, Edmund, and Eustace join Caspian on a voyage beyond Narnia’s familiar shores.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- C. S. Lewis
- Year
- 1952
- Pages
- 256Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 5 hr 50 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Derek Jacobi
- Series
- The Chronicles of Narnia, book 3
Lucy and Edmund are staying with their disagreeable cousin Eustace when a picture of a ship draws all three into the sea of Narnia. Aboard the Dawn Treader, they join King Caspian’s search for seven lords who vanished during his uncle’s reign. Each island presents a different obstacle, while the mouse Reepicheep urges the voyage farther east toward the edge of the known world.
- Director
- Michael Apted
- Writer
- Michael Petroni, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Richard LaGravenese
- Year
- 2010
- Runtime
- 2 hr 3 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Ben Barnes, Will Poulter
- Genre
- action, Fantasy
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
A painting transports Lucy, Edmund, and their cousin Eustace aboard Caspian’s ship, where a search for missing lords leads into waters troubled by a spreading evil. The travelers must gather seven swords while confronting temptations that turn their private wishes against them. Eustace, who regards the voyage as an intolerable inconvenience, discovers that his behavior can have consequences no ordinary journey could produce.
Other books in this series
- 1
The Lion, the Witch, and the WardrobeThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe · Movie · 2005Details
- Director
- Andrew Adamson
- Writer
- Stephen McFeely, Ann Peacock, Andrew Adamson, Christopher Markus
- Year
- 2005
- Runtime
- 2 hr 23 min
- Cast
- Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell
Evacuated from wartime London, the Pevensie children enter Narnia through a wardrobe and become caught in the White Witch’s effort to prevent a prophecy from being fulfilled. When Edmund falls into her hands, the others seek help from Aslan and the army gathering around him. Peter must take responsibility for more than his siblings as the search for Edmund becomes part of a battle for Narnia.
- 2
Prince CaspianThe Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian · Movie · 2008Details
- Director
- Andrew Adamson
- Writer
- Stephen McFeely, Christopher Markus, Andrew Adamson
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 2 hr 20 min
- Cast
- Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell
The Pevensies return to Narnia to discover that their reign belongs to a distant past and the Telmarines now rule the country. They join Prince Caspian, whose uncle wants him dead, and the surviving Narnians preparing to resist. Peter and Caspian disagree over how to fight, while Lucy’s belief that Aslan is near meets doubt from the people relying on her.
- 3The Voyage of the Dawn TreaderThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader · Movie · 2010You are here
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