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The Pevensie siblings and their cousin Eustace face their greatest temptations in the fantastical land of Narnia, where they travel alongside King Caspian on a magnificent ship known as the Dawn Treader.

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

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Its leisurely, businesslike pace won't win the franchise many new fans, but Voyage of the Dawn Treader restores some of the Narnia franchise's lost luster with strong performances and impressive special effects.

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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a 2010 epic fantasy film based on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader , the third published novel in The Chronicles of Narnia series. This movie marks the first Narnia film not to be distributed by Disney (both The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian were under the Disney banner). Instead, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader was distributed by 20th Century Fox . On March 23, 2010, Fox announced that the film will be released in Digital 3D in select theaters.

The film was released in theaters in the United States and United Kingdom on December 10, 2010.

2.1 Main Protagonists
2.2 Dawn Treader crew
2.3 Narnians
3 Differences between the book and film
4 Production
5 Marketing
8 External links

Dawn Treader

Sometime has passed since the Pevensies ' last adventure. The two youngest Pevensie children, Lucy and Edmund , are staying with their odious cousin Eustace Scrubb during the final days of the second World War while their older brother and sister, Peter and Susan , are in America with their parents. Edmund and Lucy feel they are being left out; Edmund attempts to join the army, but is unsuccessful and Lucy is upset by the feeling that she does not match up to her sister in looks. They get a letter from Susan that they'll be staying with Eustace for another few months. And they are not happy about it. Of course, Eustace isn't thrilled about it either. They observe a painting in Lucy's room of a grand ship on the sea that looks very Narnian, only to be interrupted by Eustace who mocks them. Suddenly, just as Edmund and Eustace get into an argument, the painting comes to life and the water spills out into the room, transporting the three children into an ocean in Narnia. They rose to the surface to find themselves in the way of the ship from the painting, but are rescued by the crew and are taken aboard. this is a different sort of editing. one that stil works.

Among the ship's crew are King Caspian X and Reepicheep and the ship is the Dawn Treader , the first ship Narnia had seen in centuries. Also among the crew are Lord Drinian , who serves as the ship's captain, and a small number of Narnians including the Minotaurs Tavros and Jemain . Caspian shows Edmund and Lucy the hidden chamber where he kept all of the Pevensies' prize possessions. He also explains that three years have passed in Narnia and he is on a voyage to find the seven lost lords of Telmar , good men and friends of his late father, Caspian IX , whom his evil uncle Miraz banished when he usurped the throne many years back. Lucy and Edmund are delighted to be back in Narnia, but Eustace is less enthusiastic as he doesn't want to believe he is in Narnia and is at odds with Reepicheep. Lucy even asks if Caspian had found a wife in the three years they had been gone; he smiles bashfully and admits he had not, unaware that later events on the voyage would change that fact. Lucy also asks what is beyond the Lone Islands ; in a later conversation with Reepicheep when she hears him sing a song a dryad sang to him when he was a mousling, he says that he believes Aslan's Country lies beyond the Seas of the Utter East - a place he hopes to sail to on the voyage.

Finally, they arrive at the Lone Islands and first make land in Narrowhaven ; the Lone Islands are normally Narnian territory, but they discover that Narrowhaven has become a haven for slave trade by Calormen . Caspian, Lucy, Edmund and Eustace are captured by the slave traders as merchandise. While imprisoned, Caspian and Edmund meets one of the lost lords, Lord Bern , who is overwhelmed when Caspian reveals that he is the son of the late Caspian IX. Edmund then witnesses a group of slaves being sailed out to sea and disappearing when a mysterious green mist appears. Bern reveals those not sold are sacrificed to this mist that he and the other lords were investigating. The crew of the Dawn Treader arrive and rescue the four captive crew members, killing the slave trade leader and their men. The people in Narrowhaven also participate in the fight. Eustace tries to run away, but he doesn't know that Calormen is sneaking behind him, about to kill him, and knocks him out with a boat paddle. Caspian reclaims Narrowhaven and names Bern its duke, who gives him one of the Seven Swords that the lords possessed, which were given to them by his father. One of the citizens, Rhince , whose wife Helaine was one of those sacrificed to the mist, begs Caspian to let him join them so he could find her and Caspian agrees. But later, When Eustace and Reepicheep have a sword fight, much to the crew's entertainment, it is discovered that Rhince's young daughter, Gael , had stowed away on board the ship, but is accepted by Drinian and welcomed by Lucy.

Lucy reading the Book Of Incantions

The second island they visit is the Coriakin's Island and Lucy is abducted by invisible Dufflepuds , who force her to enter their oppressor's manor to recite a spell of visibility. She enters the manor and find the Book of Incantations, from which she rips out a page containing a beauty incantation that would make her look like her sister before reciting the visibility spell, making both the Dufflepuds and the magician, Coriakin visible again. Lucy and the others learn that Coriakin actually cast the invisibility spell to protect the Dufflepuds from the evil green mist that came from Dark Island . To defeat the evil of Dark Island, the crew would have to locate the other Swords of the Seven Lords and lay them at Aslan's Table on Ramandu's Island , but Coriakin also warns them that they are all about to tested by temptation. In order to reach Ramandu's Island, they have to follow the Blue Star. During a storm at sea after leaving Magician's Island, Lucy nearly becomes the first victim to the mist's temptation because of her lack of self-value; she casts the beauty incantation and transforms into Susan. She then finds herself at a party with Peter and Edmund, who recognise her as Susan and do not know of Lucy or Narnia. Realising that she no longer exists as Lucy, she awakes from the vision of the party as her normal self. Aslan appears to her in a mirror and explains that she wished herself away and much more with it because she doubted her value. Her brothers and sister would not have known of Narnia if it was not because of her, as she was the one who discovered it. After Lucy throws the page containing the beauty incantation into the fire, the mist moves to torture Caspian and Edmund with their own personal demons; Caspian has nightmares of his father and the mist appears to Edmund as Jadis , the White Witch.

The crew then make a stop at a volcanic island, where Caspian, Edmund and Lucy find a pool of water that turns anything it touches to gold, along with Lord Restimar , who fell into the pool and was turned to gold himself. After successfully claiming his sword, Edmund is tempted by the pool's powers and challenges Caspian over who is more worthy of being king. They fight, but Lucy stops them and warns them that they are being tempted, just like Coriakin warned them. Elsewhere, Eustace leaves the group to avoid participating in the work and finds treasure that arouses his greed, filling his pockets with gold and jewels and puts on a large golden bracelet from a skeleton. When Caspian, Edmund and Lucy return to the boats and realise that Eustace is missing, Caspian and Edmund go looking for him. They come across the treasure themselves and find Eustace's clothes burnt, but no sign of Eustace. Caspian then spots the skeleton and identifies it as Lord Octesian , while Edmund finds his sword. Suddenly, a dragon attacks the Dawn Treader and abducts Edmund, flying him over the island and showing him giant words it made with fire that say "I AM EUSTACE". They all realise that Eustace must've been tempted by the treasure and transformed into a dragon as a result. The Pevensies, Caspian, Reepicheep, Rhince and Gael stay ashore that night, keeping Eustace company. Reepicheep comforts Eustace, stating that maybe being turned into a dragon was a sign that he had a great destiny ahead of him; Eustace then helps the crew get to their destination the next day when Gael spots the Blue Star in the sky.

The crew finally arrive at Ramandu's Island and discover Aslan's Table, served with food and Lord Mavramorn , Lord Argoz , and Lord Revilian under a spell. Caspian warns the crew that the food was responsible and when Edmund spots the Stone Knife , they lay the swords on the table, realising that one is still missing. Suddenly, the Blue Star descends from the sky and turns into a beautiful young woman; she is Lilliandil , the daughter of Ramandu and Caspian immediately falls in love with her. Lilliandil warmly welcomes them and invites them to eat, stating that the food is safe and for them. She then explains that the three lords are under a sleeping spell because they were threatening violence upon each other by the time they reached the island, for violence is forbidden at Aslan's Table and they would only awake when the seventh sword is put with the others. She guides them to the location of the final sword; Dark Island itself and warns them that they will need great courage. Before Lilliandil returns to the sky, Caspian tells her that he hopes they would meet again and she reciprocates his wish with a smile.

Edmund and Lucy in the Dawn Treader

Upon arriving at Dark Island, Eustace tries to run away from the island as soon as he sees it. But Reepicheep reminds him that a noble warrior doesn't run from fear. With Reepicheep's words encouraging him, he ventures inside with the crew. The crew discover the seventh lord, Lord Rhoop and Eustace brings him abroad. The mist has made Rhoop paranoid and makes him think he's about to be attacked until Caspian introduces himself to him. Rhoop warns them not to think of their fears, or it becomes real. But Edmund fails and his fear manifests as a sea serpent that attacks the ship. Eustace fights the serpent and tries to kill it, but the serpent grabs Eustace and drags him under water, and slams him into a giant rock. But Eustace was able to breath out fire and burned the serpent, blinding one of it's eyes. Mad with fear, Rhoop throws his sword at Eustace, stabbing him and Eustace flies away, landing on a sandy island nearby. There, he is approached by Aslan, who turns him back into a boy and sents him back to Ramandu's Island to place Rhoop's sword with the others. The sea serpent goes back after the ship and coils around it. Edmund tries to distract it, and Lucy hits it near its eye with Susan's bow and arrows . The crew slam the beast into a giant rock. But it recovers and splits it's body. It tries to pull the ship underwater, but then the crew use harpoons to pull it down and to kill it. Eustace makes it to Aslan's table. But the mist tries to keep him from doing so. The mist tries to distract Edmund by appearing as Jadis again, but Eustace succeeds in getting the seven swords together and Edmund manages to overcome his own demons as he slays the sea serpent with Peter's sword, Rhindon . The spell is lifted, the three lords awake from their sleep, the sacrificed people, including Gael's mother, reappears and Eustace rejoins the crew.

Soon afterwards, Caspian, Reepicheep, Lucy, Edmund and Eustace head to the World's End, sailing in a small boat through a sea of lillies until they reach a shore with a massive wave. Aslan appears and tells them that His Country lies beyond the wave, but they would never return if they chose to go on. Caspian is offered the chance to go on when asking if his father is in Aslan's Country, but choses to stay out of realising that he already had what he needed in Narnia and that his father would not have wanted him to give up what he died for. However, Reepicheep comes forward and gains Aslan's blessing to see His Country; he bids farewell to his friends, including Eustace who is devastated at his departure, and paddles in a coracle up the wave and onto Aslan's Country, never again to be seen in Narnia. Aslan then opens a portal in the wave to send the children home, telling them that Edmund and Lucy would not return to Narnia because they have grown up, like Peter and Susan, but encourages them to know him by another name in their own world. However, Eustace, now a much kinder person from his time in Narnia as a dragon, could return someday. Edmund and Lucy bid a final farewell to Aslan and Caspian, before entering the portal along with Eustace.

The three return to Eustace's bedroom where the water returns to the painting and Eustace's mother calls out to him that Jill Pole has come for a visit. The three watch sadly as the Dawn Treader sails away in the painting and disappears behind the waves.

Main Protagonists [ ]

Ben Barnes - Caspian X
Georgie Henley - Lucy Pevensie
Skandar Keynes - Edmund Pevensie
Will Poulter - Eustace Scrubb
Liam Neeson - Aslan (voice)

Dawn Treader crew [ ]

Simon Pegg - Reepicheep (voice)
Gary Sweet - Lord Drinian
Shane Rangi - Tavros the Minotaur
Tamati Rangi - Jemain the Minotaur
Ryan Ettridge - Caprius the Satyr
Steven Rooke - Nausus the Faun
Morgan Evens - A Faun
Chris Cruickshanks - Cruickshanks the Dwarf
Mirko Grillini - The Belligerent Telmarine

Narnians [ ]

Laura Brent - Ramandu's Daughter , Liliandil
Terry Norris - Lord Bern
Bruce Spence - Lord Rhoop
Tony Nixon - Rynelf
Arthur Angel - Rhince
Arabella Morton - Gael
Nathaniel Parker - Caspian IX
Bille Brown - Coriakin
Roy Billings - Chief Duffer
David Vallon - Governor Gumpas
Colin Moody - Pug
Catarina Hebbard - Gael's Aunt
Ozzie Devrich - Slaver
Greg Poppleton - Dufflepud 1
Neil Young - Dufflepud 2
Mary Bradney-George - Dufflepud 5
Scott "Ryctor" Brewer - Dufflepud 7
Anna Popplewell - Susan Pevensie
William Moseley - Peter Pevensie
Tilda Swinton - The White Witch

Differences between the book and film [ ]

In the film, Edmund attempts to enlist in the army, only to be thwarted by Lucy, similar to how she embarrassed Susan in the previous film.
In the film, Eustace makes up a couplet, not a limerick.
In the film, Eustace addresses his parents as "mother" and "father" whilst in the book, he addresses them by their names, "Alberta" and "Harold".
In the book, Reepicheep challenges Eustace to a duel before arriving at the Lone Islands; this challenge is replaced with a duel between Caspian and Edmund in the film and Reepicheep and Eustace later have their own duel after visiting Narrowhaven.
At the Lone Islands, Caspian instructed his men to keep silent about their identities, and only revealed who he was to Lord Bern after he bought his freedom, having been reminded of Caspian's father. In the movie, Caspian shouts "I am your king!" the second they are ambushed by Slave Traders, and meets Lord Bern in the cell where the Slave Traders throw him and Edmund.
In the book, Caspian learns from Lord Bern that the Slave Traders have been allowed to operate without interference from the Governor, Gumpas, who sees the practice as unavoidable and necessary for the economy. In the film, Caspian learns from Bern that the Slave Traders have been making sacrifices to a green mist.
In the film, Lord Bern had not left Narrowhaven because he had been captured and imprisoned by the Slave Traders. In the book, he had not left because he had married and settled down there.
In the film, Rhince is a Narrowhaven citizen who joins the voyage to find his wife, who is sacrificed to the mist. In the book, Rhince is a high member of the Dawn Treader crew.
The Dark Island takes the form of a green mist, becoming a sort of sentient threat seeking to "corrupt all goodness" and "steal the light" from the world, rather than the embodiment of fear in Narnia.
Caspian is much older and wiser in his personality and manner in the film than in the book, most likely because of the differences in his age. In the book, he is coming of age, close to Edmund and Lucy's ages, whilst in the film, he is in his early twenties.
In the book, Eustace tries to steal water whereas in the film, he tries to steal an orange.
The geography has been drastically changed for the film, resulting in some of the islands being visited in a different order than they were in the book. In the book, Dark Island came before Ramandu's Island; Dragon Island and Goldwater Island were two separate islands, neither were volcanic and both were visited before Coriakin's Island.
In the film, Reepicheep never accompanies Caspian, Edmund and Lucy as they explore each of the islands.
In the book, the ship is caught up in a violent storm for two weeks after departing Narrowhaven and arrives at Dragon's Island badly damaged. In the film, the storm comes after departing Magician's Island and before arriving at Goldwater Island and no serious damage is caused.
In the book, though it's assumed that Lord Octesian died at Dragon's Island, it's implied variously that he was either killed by or transformed into the dragon that Eustace encounters. In the film, Lord Octesian's remains are found among the dragon treasure and identified by Caspian, though like in the book, it is uncertain what actually killed him.
In the film, Edmund is tempted by the powers of the gold water pool on Goldwater Island. In the book, it was Caspian who was tempted.
In the film, Coriakin turned the Dufflepuds invisible to protect them from the Green Mist, and they seek Lucy's help because they can't read. In the book, the Dufflepuds turned themselves invisible after Coriakin turned them "ugly" and they sought Lucy's help because only a girl could reverse the spell, but they were too afraid to send their own daughters.
Eustace remains a dragon much longer in the film than in the book. In the book, he was unable to follow the Dawn Treader at sea, whilst In the film, he is able to pull the ship when there's no wind.
In the film, a page from the Book of Incantations tempts Lucy by showing her as the exact image of Susan; she also casts a spell to make it snow indoors. In the book, she imagined her beauty surpassing Susan's and harmfully used a spell to spy on her friends.
Peter was never seen in the book, but he was mentioned.
In the film, Ramandu's daughter is a star, not half-star and is named Lilliandil. Her father never appears in the film.
In the book, Lilliandil's dress is blue whilst in the film, her dress is white, though the colour of her starly glow is blue as she is a blue star.
Lilliandil says that the three Lords were put into a sleep because they were half-mad and threatening violence upon each other when they arrived on the island and "violence is not permitted at Aslan's Table", whereas in the book, they slept because one of them took the Stone Knife and they were not meant to touch it.
In the book, Caspian flirts with Lilliandil by referencing Sleeping Beauty . In the film, he states in a formal manner that she is the most beautiful woman he has ever seen.
In the book, the Sea Serpent was a dumb brute encountered before arriving at Goldwater Island. In the film, the battle with the Sea Serpent at Dark Island is the climax and the monster is a manifest of the green mist after Edmund accidentally conjures it when thinking of his fears.
In the book, Caspian was forbidden by Aslan to sail to the World's End.
In the film, Aslan nevers shows up at the World's End in the form of a lamb.
In the film, Eustace and Jill Pole are already friends as Jill is mentioned to be visiting Eustace at the end of the film; they were not friends in the book and only knew each other by surname.

Production [ ]

Michael Apted was announced as director on April 17, 2007; Andrew Adamson, director of the series' first two films, and Mark Johnson are slated as co-producers. Apted grew up reading the Narnia novels. Bob Beltz of Walden Media said the production company deliberately set up a fast-paced, staggered shooting schedule for the Prince Caspian , The Voyage of the Dawn Treader , and The Silver Chair films "in a way that it won't have to be two and a half years between them. We'll be able to bring them out sequentially a year apart". Michael Apted described taking over direction of the series as easy, "What’s fascinating about this particular franchise is how different all the stories are... there’s no element of Narnia in it at all. This is a journey that Caspian the Tenth is making into the islands, outside to the east of Narnia. So it’s interesting, it’s a whole different tone to the other things".

Production designer Roger Ford was replaced by Jan Roelfs. The owners of an AUD 2.1 million 40 metre by 30 metre by 5 metre water tank at Warner Roadshow Studios in Queensland are negotiating with the production company, in the hope that The Voyage of the Dawn Treader will be filmed there. Filming began in May 2009.

Due to Prince Caspian grossing less than expected, Disney wanted a $100 million budget. However, Walden Media wanted a $140 million budget. On December 24, 2008, Disney chose not to go through with the much anticipated sequel. On January 28, 2009, Fox 2000 decided to pick up the franchise, joining Walden Media for the production.

Marketing [ ]

In late November 2009, three stills from the film were released on the social networking site, Facebook. In February 2010, Narnia.com, the official domain, returned after a nine-month period of being down, bringing with it exclusive reports from the set. The first official teaser poster was released in May 2010. The first official public trailer for the film was released online on June 17, 2010, before being attached to Toy Story 3 on June 18, 2010. A second trailer was released to the Internet August 05, 2010, after being attached on the Diary of a Wimpy Kid DVD.

Ironically, years after refusing to move forward with the film, with 20th century fox stepping in, Disney would eventually own the film by acquiring 20th Century Fox in 2019.

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader at the Internet Movie Database
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989)

Rating: ★★½.

Director – Alex Kirby, Screenplay – Alan Seymour, Based on the Novel by C.S. Lewis, Producer – Paul Stone, Music – Geoffrey Burgon, Visual Effects Design – Mickey Edwards & Tony Harding, Flying Sequence – Sam Heaphy, Animation – Animation City, Aslan & Dragon Designed by Vin Burnham, Makeup/Masks – Lesley Altringham, Julie Dartnell & Sylvia Thornton, Design – Sarah Greenwood, Alan Spalding & Adrian Uwalaka. Production Company – BBC TV/Wonderworks.

Sophie Wilcox (Lucy), Jonathan R. Scott (Edmund), David Thwaites (Eustace), Samuel West (King Caspian), Warwick Davis (Reepicheep), John Hallam (Captain Drinian), Guy Fithen (Rince), Ailsa Berk, Tim Rose & William Todd-Jones (Aslan Performers), Ronald Pickup (Voice of Aslan), Ailsa Berk (Dragon Performer), Neale S. McGrath (Rynelf), Pavel Douglas (Lord Bern), Geoffrey Bayldon (Ramandu), Marcus Eyre (Pug), Christopher Godwin (Lord Rhoop), Gabrielle Anwar (Princess), John Quarmby (Governor Gumpas)

Edmund, Lucy and their obnoxious cousin Eustace are drawn back into Narnia via the painting of a ship. They are deposited in the ocean, alongside the ship The Dawn Treader, which is commanded by their former companion, the now adult King Caspian. Caspian has set forth on a quest to the archipelago of the Lonely Islands in search of the seven lords who sought exile there during the tyranny of his uncle’s rule. Realising that Aslan has brought them back to Narnia to aid Caspian, Edmund, Lucy and the constantly complaining Eustace join the quest. Their journey takes them through a number of adventures where they are sold as slaves; where Eustace puts on a bracelet that transforms him into a dragon; where Lucy is forced to confront a fearsome wizard who has placed a spell of invisibility on the inhabitants of one island; where they find a pool that turns anything placed in it to gold and greed drives them to fight over it; an island where one’s worst dreams are manifest; and where they are bidden to travel to the end of the world to seek a means of lifting the curse that has placed the last three lords into a deep sleep.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader was the third of the BBC’s tv mini-series based on C.S. Lewis’s Narnia books. It had been preceded by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, & the Wardrobe (1988) and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (1989) and was followed by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair (1990). When The Voyage of the Dawn Treader was originally broadcast, both it and Prince Caspian were made as one series – Prince Caspian being two half-hour episodes long and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader occupying four half-hour episodes, whereas the other two books were told in six episodes apiece. Why this was the case is not known. However, when released on video (as seen here), the two stories were broken back up into their original titles.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader comes exactly like all the other BBC Narnia adaptations – that is to say, it is very faithful to the source work (C.S. Lewis’s 1952 novel of the same name) but suffers from poor production values. The book suffers as a result of having been condensed to be told in four episodes and placed on the back end of Prince Caspian . The story, for instance, abruptly opens with the children being whisked into the painting – no explanation, nothing, and certainly none of the book’s preamble where Lucy and Edmund are sent on holiday and encounter the obnoxious Eustace – he gets almost no introduction.

The condensed nature of the story makes the episodic quality of the original book even more evident. C.S. Lewis was clearly using the story to create more heavy-handed lessons in Christian morality – about the evils of greed and covetousness where the pool of gold comes to symbolise “the love of money …”, where Eustace’s transformation into a dragon becomes a lesson in humility, where Lucy must resist the temptation of vanity when she comes across the beauty spell and so forth.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader suffers from the same weak dramatics of the rest of the BBC adaptations, which were problems that came more from C.S. Lewis than the writers of the various series. Many dramatic aspects seem poorly motivated. For example, when the party come upon the pool that transforms objects into gold, they are overcome by backstabbingly vicious greed with almost instant rapidity, until the appearance of Aslan banishes these feelings as quickly as they came. One can see C.S. Lewis’s point in wishing to beat a tub about covetousness but when the otherwise noble characters are suddenly beset by such sins out of nowhere, it seems ungainly and unconvincing. Eustace’s brattish obnoxiousness is also overstressed.

Occasionally though, the magic does fire up and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader has a competent flight of the imagination during its picaresque. I liked the sequence where Caspian confronted and deposed the governor who was selling slaves. There are occasionally some appealing characters, with the show being stolen by dwarf actor Warwick Davis, the chief Ewok and the title character in Willow (1988) for George Lucas and Marvin in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005), as a fiercely dedicated warrior mouse. There are some oddly surreal sights – like that of the giant one-legged Dufflepudstrampolining through the air.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader also suffers from the same shoddy production values that beset the other adaptations. The dragon that Eustace transforms into is highly unconvincing, seeming like no more than the big oversized puppet it is. The effects are even worse when the dragon takes to the air and the slipshod blue screen effects come into play. There is also the use of animation to stand in for magical creatures that we saw in the first series, used here to represent birds, bees and storm clouds, which is only loudly signals impoverishment of budget. To their credit, the BBC have gone out and obtained the use of a real sailing ship to stand in for the Dawn Treader.

As part of the big screen Narnia adaptations mounted in the 2000s, the story here was filmed as The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010).

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Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (BBC)

The BBC’s Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader miniseries is based on the second and third books of C.S. Lewis’s classic “Chronicles of Narnia” series. It follows the adventures of four siblings, Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, who are transported from England to the magical land of Narnia. In this installment, the siblings find themselves in the midst of a war between the evil King Miraz and the rightful heir to the throne, Prince Caspian.

Together with Caspian, they embark on a dangerous journey aboard the legendary ship, the Dawn Treader. Their mission is to find the seven lost Lords of Narnia and restore peace to the kingdom. Along the way, they encounter a host of mythical creatures and face challenges that test their bravery and their friendship.

Despite the danger, the siblings are determined to see their mission through to the end. With the help of the wise and powerful Aslan, they eventually succeed in their quest and return home with newfound courage and a stronger sense of purpose.

Overall, the miniseries is a thrilling and imaginative adventure that appeals to audiences of all ages. With its rich storytelling, stunning special effects, and memorable characters, it is a true testament to the timeless appeal of the “Chronicles of Narnia” series.

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Richard Dempsey – Peter Pevensie Sophie Cook – Susan Pevensie Jonathan R. Scott – Edmund Pevensie Sophie Wilcox – Lucy Pevensie Barbara Kellerman – Old Hag Martin Stone – Woolfman Jean Marc Perret – Caspian Robert Lang – Miraz Henry Woolf – Cornelius Julie Peters – Trufflehunter Joanna David – Trufflehunter David Thwaites – Eustace Clarence Scrubb Angela Barlow – Queen Prunaprismia Joe McGann – Glozelle Rory Edwards – Sopespian Samuel West – Caspian John Hallam – Drinian Guy Fithen – Rhince Neale McGrath – Rynelf Gabrielle Anwar – Ramandu’s Daughter Geoffrey Bayldon – Ramandu Pavel Douglas – Bern Marcus Eyre – Pug Christopher Godwin – Rhoop Preston Lockwood – Coriakin John Quarmby – Gumpas Warwick Davis – Reepicheep

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Chronicles of Narnia Cast and Character Guide

Quick links, mr. tumnus introduces fans to the magical world, eustace scrubb was a cousin of the pevensie's, jadis/the white witch is the most famous villain of the series, prince caspian leads narnia after the pevensies, aslan is the god of narnia, edmund pevensie was the villain turned hero of the original sibilings, lucy pevensie showed fans the magic of narnia, susan pevensie was the skeptic of the family, peter pevensie helped to liberate narnia.

The Chronicles of Narnia 's media has undergone some big adaptations on film and television over the decades. From a very theatrical black-and-white TV film from 1967, and an animated film in 1979, to the romantic and glowing magic of the BBC's three TV series spanning from 1988 to 1990, Narnia was inspiring on film to get children and adults alike to revisit the books.

Then in 2005, Disney took on the series in three films, The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe , Prince Caspian , and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader , bolstering the series with bombastic CGI, costumes and armor from Weta Workshops, and an epic score by Harry Gregson-Williams and David Arnold, new audiences could experience the magic for the first time. With the news that Greta Gerwig will be rebooting the Narnia franchise with Netflix , it's due time to get a refresher on some of the top characters featured in the series, who they were, and how they developed throughout the Disney films as well as the books.

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A big widespread debut for James McAvoy was his portrayal of Mr. Tumnus in The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe . This delightful and conflicted fawn would be Lucy's first impression of the people of Narnia, and also, of readers. This Faun's home was the epitome of cozy cottage core before it had a name and echoes the inspirations likely exchanged between C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien when talking of Hobbits and fey creatures.

Mr. Tumnus goes through a great deal of development throughout The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe , from cowering and afraid Faun to sacrificing himself to save Lucy from The White Witch. This leads to his petrification, but luckily not for long. Mr. Tumnus would eventually become special advisor to the Kings and Queens of Narnia and makes appearances in The Horse and His Boy and The Last Battle books.

One of the less likable children from Earth in the Narnia series, Eustace takes some time to develop and grow as he is constantly bullied and ridiculed in school. Although C.S. Lewis wrote this character to exemplify the things he despised in whinier children, he gave Eustace a chance to grow through the adventures he experienced, learning bravery and optimism amid harsh circumstances. Eustace's perspective in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader book is heavily documented since much of the book is told through his diary entry perspectives.

Soon enough, Eustace learned that he was being selfish and tried to take lessons from his crew mates and cousins, rather than disregard them. One very notable teaching moment is when his greediness over a dragon's hoard he finds turns him into a dragon. His lesson learned Eustace uses his new form to help the crew and finally make himself useful. This adventure and his progress would eventually lead him to return to The Silver Chair , for a much darker adventure full of giants, sorcerers, dark swamps, and deep mines.

Jadis, The White Witch of Narnia is one of the most wickedly vile antagonists of the Narnia books and movies. For many, seeing The White Witch played by Tilda Swinton was many people's first time seeing her in a Hollywood film. Although Tilda Swinton's overall design and looks were very different from the original description of The White Witch, her icy character and sly and tempting ways still froze through the hearts of audiences. She would make such an impact, that even Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader would include her in the story as well, even though she never appears in the original literature.

That being said, The White Witch is the main antagonist in the book The Magician's Nephew as well, a book that many in the Narnia fandom hope will be made in the upcoming run of reboot films by Greta Gerwig. The White Witch is said to be one of the "Northern Witches" and possibly a mix of a Jinn and a Half-giant. Aside from Aslan, The White Witch was one of the other ancient powers in Narnia, living for about 1,000 years before she died in the battle for Narnia at the hands of Aslan. Whereas Aslan is equated to God from Catholicism, The White Witch is connected to Adam's first wife, Lilith. One of the most notable moments of The White Witch is unfortunately not in the films, but rather in The Magician's Nephew , when she literally stumbles into England briefly, cutting a lamp post from its base and bringing it back with her into Narnia, thus creating the iconic landmark of the lamp post in Narnia's forests.

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Prince Caspian's casting, let alone the entire thematic casting of the Telmarines in Prince Caspian was an inspired and appropriate choice for a people who had landed and conquered Narnia with an iron fist. Ben Barnes adopting a Spanish accent to fit into the conquistador-influenced image of the Telmarines in Disney's adaptation of Prince Caspian was well done and brilliantly played out. Caspian has always been an in-Narnia hero who grew out of his conqueror bloodline to become a noble Prince for Narnia to rally behind.

Bred out of his crown by his aunt's newborn son, Prince Caspian is spirited away into the night to avoid being murdered by his uncle. He finds himself in the company of native Narnian people and creatures who help him find a way to rally the old Kings and Queens of Narnia back to fight against the Telmarines. Although most of his heroics are highly noted in Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader , a childhood favorite moment of fans happens in The Silver Chair . In the end, the long-passed Caspian is brought back for a moment by Aslan to help Eustace and Jill fight the bullies at their school. Drawing his sword, side-by-side with them, and Aslan, they charge the onslaught of bullies armed with cricket bats and their cowardly spectators egging them on. This scene was beautifully realized in the 1990 BBC series that adapted The Silver Chair . Who wouldn't want a fully-armed Prince Caspian on their side when facing a horde of school bullies?

The God of Narnia, and quite literally hinted to be a parallel for a God on Earth, the mystique behind this magnificent Lion perplexes and excites his allies, and strikes the ultimate fear into his enemies. Featured in all seven of the books and a presence wherever he appears, Aslan remains one of the more incredible creatures in the world of Narnia. Voiced by the rumbling growls of Liam Neeson, Disney's Aslan was impressively animated with CGI as far as early 2000's animation goes and the gravity of his presence and voice carried wonderfully.

Although Aslan is at the top of the food chain in Narnia, he is mainly a character who comes and goes when he is in great need, so even though his presence in the books is stalwart throughout, his volume of actions and development is far, and little in-between. Nevertheless, it does not make him any less of a compelling character. This messianic figure of fantasy is an iconic example of benevolence and mystique within fantasy literature.

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Being the middle child on the younger end of the Pevensie quartet isn't the easiest place to be, and it builds a lot of insecurity and the need to overcompensate when it comes to Edmund. Although he eventually comes into his own, Edmund is one of the lighter antagonists at the beginning of The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe , and where Lucy found good people when she entered Narnia, Edmund finds the worst of them, The White Witch.

Eventually, Edmund would become known as King Edmund "The Just" and undergoes the most character development throughout his story in The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe . His years ruling as a King of Narnia bolstered his desire to be heroic in Britain and tried to sneak his way into enlisting even though he was very much underage. Luckily for Edmund, he would have another chance to return to Narnia with Lucy and their cousin Eustace in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader .

Lucy has always been the fan favorite as the true believer and discoverer of the portal to Narnia through the wardrobe in The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe . Her curious naivety opens the world of possibilities and introduces readers and audiences to the good people in Narnia. The greatest gift Lucy has is her ability to see the good in people, especially when they don't see it in themselves, and inspires them to do better in the wake of their errors. She quickly forgives Edmund for his wrongdoings and remains friends with Mr. Tumnus even after he attempts to capture her for The White Witch.

This forgiving and kind character is played sweetly by Georgie Henley, and her casting felt quite appropriate and consistent with the previous rendition of Lucy in 1988's BBC renditions of Narnia adapted as a television series. Although Aslan doesn't seem to play favorites with anyone, it's quite clear that he prefers to show himself to Lucy the most throughout the series. Because she is the youngest, Lucy is featured in five of the seven books.

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With a gentle hand but wise counsel, Susan is Peter's counterpart in helping govern order and harmony among the Pevensie siblings. Although her initial disbelief in Lucy paints her as a follower of Peter and Edmund rather than a sisterly ally, she quickly backtracks and supports Lucy moving forward. Although it seemed like an unwise venture, Susan and Lucy both accompany Aslan to his horrible death at The Stone Table, which eventually ends up being a saving grace in the Battle for Narnia in The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe as they led the reinforcements to the front.

Anna Popplewell's subtlety in her performance is gently delivered and conveys a gradual and natural growth through the films as she matures. Unfortunately, Susan ends up being unable to return like her older brother Peter after the events of Prince Caspian and both grow up to be jaded by their inability to return.

Most alliterated characters in superhero and fantasy media seem to take the spotlight, even if they're not in as important in the grander scheme of the story. Peter Pevensie, played by William Moseley built a very believable older brother trying to be brave for his siblings depending on him not only in Narnia but during WWII in Britain. So it's pretty obvious as to why Peter takes centerstage for most of the Disney renditions when it comes to being donned in thick and regal armor and brandishing his sword .

Constantly trying to wrangle the chaos and bullying between the siblings, Peter is not beyond apologizing when he is proven wrong. He listens to his siblings and tries to give them the benefit of the doubt if he questions their ideas or motives, which makes him a decently balanced leader. Although Narnia is run as a Tetrarchy (Between four monarchs) it's clear that Peter is one of the most mediating individuals between the Pevensie children.

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Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn of their destiny to free it with the guidance of a mystical lion.

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a 2010 fantasy-adventure film based on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader , the third novel in C. S. Lewis ' epic fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia (and fifth in internal chronological order). It is the third installment in The Chronicles of Narnia film series from Walden Media . This is the first film in the series to be distributed by 20th Century Fox , as Walt Disney Pictures chose not to produce the film after a budget dispute with Walden Media (but they did buy the rights to this film after they brought Fox nearly a decade later, ironically ). It is the only film in the series to be released in Digital 3D.

The film is set three Narnian years after the events of Prince Caspian. The two youngest Pevensie siblings, Edmund ( Skandar Keynes ) and Lucy ( Georgie Henley ), are transported back to Narnia along with their cousin Eustace Scrubb ( Will Poulter ). They join the new king of Narnia, Caspian (Ben Barnes), in his quest to rescue seven lost lords and to save Narnia from a corrupting evil that resides on a dark island. Each character is tested as they journey to the home of the great lion Aslan at the far end of the world.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader provides examples of:

Action Girl : Due to being visibly older, Lucy now gets to have action scenes too.
Caspian's worry that he won't be as good a king as his father is played up much more.
Edmund experiences much more jealousy over having to answer to Caspian as a king than he did in the book. It's also shown that he's still haunted by Jadis seducing him.
Lucy's jealousy of Susan's beauty is expanded. In the book, she almost reads the spell to become beautiful beyond the lot of mortals so that she'll eclipse her sister but is stopped by Aslan at the last minute. Here, she steals the spell and reads it later on the boat, getting a huge nightmare sequence where she imagines that she has become Susan, Lucy never existed, and her siblings never heard of Narnia because Lucy wasn't there to find the passage through the wardrobe. Aslan then appears in her dream to admonish her.
The argument at the Deathwater Island was just a random incident in the book, and implied to be partly the result of a sinister magical influence. In the film, it's the escalation of a lot of conflict that's been building up for a while.
Eustace has his epiphany and is turned back from being a dragon before they've even left the island. Here, he doesn't get turned back until the end.
In the book, Ramandu's daughter only appears at Aslan's Table. Here she is foreshadowed as the Blue Star that guides the sailors to the various islands and serves to warn them about the Dark Island. She also gains a (rather Tolkien -sounding) name, Lilliandil.
Peter Pevensie's whereabouts are unmentioned outside of Lucy referencing him and Susan being on adventures. The book explains he was staying with Professor Kirke to study for an exam, and that due to the Professor's reduced circumstances, Edmund and Lucy were unable to join him.
Why Lord Bern stayed in the Lone Islands is never explained. In the book, he fell in love and decided to settle down there, having had enough of the sea and not wanting to return to Narnia while Miraz was in power.
The seven lords having swords associated with Aslan. At the time when they set sail, Aslan was known in Narnia only as a myth believed by fantastical creatures and as a likely enemy to Telmarines like them.
Averted when the Dufflepuds come to get Lucy to recite the spell to make them visible (only a young female or the book's owner can cause the spell to work, and they're too afraid of the magician to send one of their own daughters). One of them notes that Gael , a Canon Foreigner , is also a girl. However, the Dufflepuds then note that Lucy has a book next to her, indicating that she knows how to read, justifying why they specifically kidnap Lucy like in the book.
Eustace's teasing rhyme indicates that the parents of the Pevensie children are no longer living. But this is not based on anything in the book where their parents, while never seen, are implied to both be alive and well. It is said that the Pevensie parents were visiting America during the time that Edmund and Lucy were visiting with Eustace and his parents. The movie does not indicate any alternate fate.
Adaptational Angst Upgrade : Poor Lord Bern fares rather badly here. In contrast to the book where he was Happily Married with several daughters and a handsome estate at Bernstead, the movie has him imprisoned for an unknown period of time with no mention of his family and his regret about leaving the other lords is more pronounced.
Adaptational Context Change : In the book, Caspian's desire to be the one who travels to the end of the world to break the sleepers' curse is treated as grossly irresponsible, with everyone calling him out for shirking his responsibilities as King. In the movie, no one has a problem with it.
Adaptation Species Change : A partial one. Lilliandil is portrayed as being a full-blown star like her father Ramandu. In the book, she did not glow like her father, did not change form, and was implicitly half-human through her unmentioned mother (assuming that Ramandu wasn't a Truly Single Parent ). The description of her in The Silver Chair simply said that "the blood of the stars flowed in her veins" rather than that she was one.
In the book, Lucy finds a spell in Coriakin's house that will help her hear what her friends say about her. She uses it and then witnesses a friend being pressured into saying nasty things about her. Aslan later scolds her for this, and tells her that the friend did not mean the things she said. The book also shows her what would happen if she used another spell that would make her "beautiful beyond the lot of mortals". In the movie, this is replaced with the Susan nightmare sequence.
Lilliandil's father Ramandu, despite being mentioned a few times, never actually appears in the movie, and she takes over all the Exposition he provided in the book.
Age Lift : Lord Drinian in the book is just a few years older than Caspian, here he’s at least in his forties( his actor Gary Sweet was fifty-one during the filming).
All There in the Manual : According to the DVD Commentary , the Mist was created by the Lady of the Green Kirtle, the Big Bad of The Silver Chair . invoked
When Drinian mentions the possibility of encountering sea serpents, Edmund and Caspian scoff at him for believing in such superstitions.
Also the Minotaur amongst the crew mocks Eustace for asking a seagull if it knows where food is.
Also, The Island Where Dreams Come True. Originally a very scary island, but only important because a lord was there. Now, it's known as the Dark Island and is the source of the evil mist .
Asskicking Leads to Leadership : Kings Edmund and Caspian are both extremely proficient swordsmen, and Lucy's not half-bad herself.
Ball of Light Transformation : Lilliandil, Ramandu's daughter, falls from the sky as a blue star before taking human form. Then she rises up again in the same shape. It's implied, though, that the star is her true form and that she could take any she wishes. Lilliandil: If [my beauty] is a distraction, I can change form.
Beauty Equals Goodness : Eustace's dragon form is rather noble-looking creature, while the sea serpent is a hideous near- Eldritch Abomination .
Edmund is still resentful of always being number 2 and he reveals his hidden envy of Peter and Caspian. He still secretly desires to have absolute power . He gets better however.
Lucy secretly isn't happy with herself and she envies her older sister's beauty and life to the point that she wishes she had Susan's life . She gets better.
Caspian is still broken over Susan and is borderline obsessed with the Pevensies and the world they come from, almost to the point of living between worlds. His issues with his father are also still completely unresolved. He gets better too.
Behemoth Battle : There is a brief one between Eustace in Dragon-form and a Sea serpent.
Berserk Button : Eustace accidentally presses Reepicheep's button when he grabs his tail. The great Aslan himself gave Reepicheep that tail, and " no one touches the tail, period, exclamation mark!"
Bittersweet Ending : The threat of Dark Island is defeated, Eustace has become a Friend of Narnia, and Reepicheep makes it to Aslan's Country, but Edmund and Lucy can no longer return to Narnia although Aslan reassures Lucy that they will meet again. It also serves as one for the Walden Media series, providing a decent send off for the original cast but setting up a Sequel Hook for the Silver Chair that would never be followed up on.
Bratty Half-Pint : Eustace. It's extraordinarily difficult not to hate him until his Character Development finally kicks in.
Brick Joke : The torch Edmund lost in Narnia during Prince Caspian not only returns, but gets bumped up to Chekhov's Gun . That's right, the thing still works!
Call My Name : Edmund and Lucy constantly call each other's name when they're separated from each other, talking to each other or if they're in danger.
Gael, Rhince’s daughter, who isn't in the book. In a sense she acts as someone for Lucy to be a big sister to, having spent two films as the baby of the group.
The Minotaur Tavros and the faun crewmen were also created for the movie as the book had an all-human crew with the exception of Reepicheep, which does seem a bit odd for a Narnian ship.
Central Theme : Temptation, and how it's a better idea to not give in to some desires.
Chewing the Scenery : Eustace's temper tantrum upon coming aboard the Dawn Treader, and arguably a few other occurrences. This didn't stop with Will Poulter's physical acting; even when lacking the ability to speak, our dragon friend manages the odd nibble.
Color-Coded Patrician : King Caspian always wears a purple shirt or tunic. The exact shade is very close to the royal purple worn in the past by nobility.
Goldwater Island and Dragon Island have been combined into a single volcanic isle.
Ramandu's daughter explains everything that her father did in the book and he does not appear.
In what could be also considered a Sequel Hook , Jill Pole, one of the protagonists of The Silver Chair , gets a brief mention at the end of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader .
The Battle of Beruna from the first film is depicted on the border of Coriakin's map
In the same film, as in the corresponding book, the Stone Knife from the first film/book gets a brief appearance and mention. Probably confusing for anyone who hasn't either read the books or got a very good visual memory, since it's never named as such in the first film.
Cool Ship : The Dawn Treader , of course.
Creative Closing Credits : As a departure from the first two films, the end credits use illustrations from the books.
In the book, the downsides of the transformation are considered by Eustace in a way that couldn't really translate into film. The price of that power was total isolation from humanity - forever.
Dark Is Evil : As a massive departure from the original book, the Nightmare Island is now a villain. In the novel it was a horrifying Wacky Wayside Tribe , significant mainly as a place where the characters had to confront inescapable fear.
Dashing Hispanic : Even though he's since lost his Telmarine accent from the last movie, Caspian technically is still one.
Dies Differently In The Adaptation : An odd case. In the books Lord Octesian's final fate was ambiguous with the characters speculating that he either was turned into the dragon Eustace saw or was devoured by it. Here his bones are found among the treasure, but how he died is never explained since no dragon is present on the island.
Distracted by the Sexy : Invoked by the star, Ramandu's daughter. Lilliandil : If [my beauty] is a distraction, I can change form. Caspian and Edmund : NO!
Does Not Know His Own Strength : Tavros the Minotaur; while laughing with another crew member at Eustace's expense, he pats the man on his back with enough force for him to bump against the boat.
Don't Touch It, You Idiot! : Played with. Caspian and Edmund warn the sailors of eating the food at Aslan's Table, believing it to be a Schmuck Banquet which has already made the three remaining Lords fall into enchanted sleep. When Lilliandil arrives, however, she tells them that the food is free for the taking, and the enchanted sleep had a different origin entirely. (The novel has a similar scene but doesn't employ this trope, as nobody from the Dawn Treader is willing to touch the food until Ramandu's daughter tells them it's safe.)
Dragon Rider : Reepicheep spends a good deal of scenes on top of Eustace's head.
Dream Within a Dream : Lucy dreams that she is Susan and that she is in the USA with her only two siblings, Peter and Edmund. She wakes up from this dream to have Aslan appearing in a mirror and talking to her. Then she wakes up from this dream - and is now awake in Narnia.
Early-Bird Cameo : Aunt Alberta mentions Jill Pole at the end of the film, though why she's coming to visit is uncertain, as in the book they weren't friendly to each other at all, and if given a choice likely wouldn't come over. However, it may also be an attempt to better develop Eustace for his leading role in The Last Battle , assuming the series gets that far.
Empty Piles of Clothing : When looking for Eustace, Edmund and Caspian come across the dragon's treasure hoard, the remains of one Telmar lord, and Eustace's discarded (and slightly singed) clothing.
Failed a Spot Check : Once again, Lucy is the only person paying attention enough to notice the Mermaid following the ship, suddenly stop in its tracks and start to silently scream "Don't go that way! TURN BACK!"
Fire-Forged Friends : Reepicheep with Eustace, once the former takes him under his wing and especially once the latter has become a dragon .
Foreshadowing : At various points in the film, Edmund brings up the idea of the ship running into a sea monster. So guess whose deepest fear Dark Island uses to create one?
Furry Confusion : In-universe example — the crew laugh at Eustace for talking to some random seagull and expecting it to talk back. But Dumbass Has a Point : he's in a magic land full of talking animals, why the sudden Arbitrary Skepticism , from a minotaur no less?
A distinct change from the book, where Eustace (due to "reading the wrong books") is subject to utter Genre Blindness .
However, Eustace is quite ignorant of some very important basic facts about dragons.
Two Girls to a Team : The film adaptation added a young Narnian girl named Gael who becomes Lucy's friend on the ship. Susan appears in the film as well, but only as a cameo.
Seven Deadly Sins : The film adds a plot arc, not present in the book, where the characters must collect seven magic swords by resisting various temptations that correspond to these sins.
The Ghost : Ramandu, who is mentioned but never appears.
Grand Finale : Of this continuity of films, at least.
Green-Eyed Monster : The Mist is a literal monster made manifest by this trope, sharing this colour and bringing out hidden envy in several characters, as envy is also a form of the desires it exploits.

In the scene when Lucy has Susan's body, the first person she sees is Edmund who walks with her arm in arm saying, " You're beautiful, sister ". And Peter even joins them.
Informed Attractiveness : Lucy is jealous of Susan's beauty. Then again, this is mostly a case of sibling rivalry so it's justified either way. It's more to do with Susan being taken to America and having boys chasing her. Lucy just assumes it's because of Susan's looks.
Instantly Proven Wrong : We first see Edmund trying to enlist in the army. Since he's underage, he's trying to pass his Aunt Alberta's identification off as Albert A. Then Lucy comes up and calls him by name.
Irony : Meta-example. Eustace is younger than Lucy. Will Poulter is 2-1/2 years older than Georgie Henley .
Leaning on the Fourth Wall : Eustace lives at Cambridge. Guess who else once lived there?
Little Stowaway : Gael, a Canon Foreigner .
Magic Pants : When Eustace is transformed into a dragon , it tears up his clothes, though he initially still has the magic armband on. When he turns back, he's fully clothed. (For what it's worth, the book says that Aslan dressed him after turning him back.)
Mind Rape : Every interaction Edmund has with the Mist in the White Witch's form has shades of this.
Mirror Monster : A rare heroic example; after Lucy wakes up from her nightmare, Aslan appears next to her in the reflection.
Mr. Exposition : Coriakin helpfully explains a lot of things about their quest.
Named by the Adaptation : Ramandu's daughter is named "Lilliandil."
Never Trust a Trailer : See Missing Trailer Scene , which was there to give the impression that the two older Pevensie children feature in the plot too. Additionally the trailer made a point of showing the White Witch's cameo - which Tilda Swinton herself expressed surprise about. invoked
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero : Just as the heroes are about to escape the Dark Island, Lord Rhoop basically tells them, "Whatever you do, don't think about the thing you fear most," which is sure to make them think about exactly that, when they otherwise might not have. Though in all honesty, if he's been trapped there fearing for his life for an indeterminate amount of time, no doubt his reasoning and sanity have degraded from what they were.
The Not-Love Interest : Edmund and Lucy become this, as they constantly look for one another and desperately call each other's name when they are separated. Edmund and Caspian have some elements of this as well as they become like brothers, but their friendship always takes a backseat to Edmund's concern and care for Lucy when his Big Brother Instinct kicks in. Basically, Lucy is the most important person to Edmund, as his first priority is to take care of her and keep her safe. The same for Lucy, who constantly looks for her brother.
Not Quite Dead : Eustace. Edmund and Caspian find his charred clothes and think he died. He didn't .
Our Mermaids Are Different : In the beginning of the film, Lucy meets a group of aquatic beings in the ocean as she did near the end of the book. However, the film replaces the ivory-skinned, purple-haired Sea People with naiads. While naiads were mentioned in the book versions of the first two films, they were omitted almost entirely save for the River God in the second film. The film naiads are basically similar to the mermaids that appeared near the end of the first film, except instead of being made of flesh, blood, bone, and scale like traditional mermaids, they are made entirely of non-dissolving liquid. The books and classical mythology state that naiads are freshwater nymphs and saltwater nymphs are nereids and oceanids. The books and mythology also NEVER state that water nymphs have fish tails. Also falls under Sadly Mythtaken .
Our Minotaurs Are Different : There are a couple of minotaurs in the film, one of them looks more like a goat rather than a bull.
Also obviously foreshadowing The Silver Chair .
Pet the Dog : When Reepicheep sees dragon Eustace crying and unable to sleep, he offers to stay up with him and tell him about some of his adventures.
Plank Gag : A variant of this old gag is used here: Eustace is attempting to set an oar in a rowboat, nearly loses his balance, and swings it about, knocking out a pirate leader who was sneaking up behind him with a knife.
Plot Coupon : The Seven Swords belonging to the Lords Caspian seeks.
The film's main plot, about the mist of evil and gathering the swords, has no basis in the book series at all. On the other hand, the mist and swords help to tie everything together - the original book was a series of short stories tied together by the eponymous ship, the same characters, and the fact that they were trying to find the seven lords. With the addition of the mist, it gave the story a kind of nebulous Big Bad of a sort.
The naiads replacing the People of the Sea. Naked human-looking sea people probably wouldn't fly in a family film these days.
Eustace turning back into a human happens much later than in the book. While an internal epiphany is much more easily done in a book (that can allow us access to Eustace's thoughts and motivations), his character growth instead happens gradually across the course of the film. Also he didn't do much in the book after he turned back either.
Ramming Always Works : The crew attempts this against the gigantic sea serpent — but actually succeeds in only making it angry .
Red Eyes, Take Warning : The White Witch in mist form has these .
Rousing Speech : Caspian gives one to the crew as they sail into Dark Island, and Reepicheep gives one to dragon Eustace as he tries to flee from the giant sea serpent.
Satellite Love Interest : Liliandil does get bumped up a little from this compared to the book. In the book she doesn't even have a proper name; here she's given a role as the Blue Star that guides the protagonists to the islands, and takes on her father's role as Mr. Exposition .
Shout-Out : The closing credits are made up of the original illustrations from the book.
The Stoic : Drinian is played as this in the movie.
Sword of Plot Advancement : The seven swords of the seven Lords of Narnia, which must be placed on Aslan's Table to put an end to the evil mist plaguing the area.
Talking with Signs : I AM EUSTACE "written" in the lava that Edmund sees from being carried in the dragon's claws.
Thought-Aversion Failure : See Nice Job Breaking It, Hero .
Throw the Book at Them : In the melee with the slavers, there's a blink-and-you-miss-it moment when Lucy clocks two of them upside the head with their own ledger.
His eventual reversion is still painful ("like when you pull a thorn from your foot"), but Aslan removing his dragon-skin via Full-Contact Magic is much less physically disturbing than in the book, where Aslan literally peels off Eustace's dragon-form with his claws.
Eustace (in dragon form), with the encouragement of Reepicheep overcomes his fears and beats the crap out of and even sets fire to a kaiju-sized Sea Serpent, then later saves the day by overcoming the Mist and laying the Seventh Sword on the table.
Also Lucy, who goes from not fighting at all onscreen in the first film, to drawing her dagger with Aslan at her side in the second, to a successful close-quarters combatant on this occasion.
Visible Invisibility : Actually, the Dufflepuds are completely invisible, even to the audience. One can tell roughly where they are, however, by the footprints they leave and the 'puff' of crystallising breath in the cold air when they speak.
Vocal Evolution : Eustace's voice grows softer and less-irritating after he returns from being a Dragon .
Was Once a Man : The dragon the crew of the Dawn Treader encounters on the island of enchanted gold. Better known to them as Eustace Scrubb . But Eustace himself encounters no dragon, unlike in the book.
Weredragon : Eustace gets transformed into a dragon.
Edmund towards Lucy, when he's tempted by evil again . He actually tries to convince her to gain power along with him.
The White Witch's illusion does this to Edmund too.
What the Hell, Hero? : Lucy calls Caspian and Edmund out after they they are corrupted by the mist .
What Happened to the Mouse? : Given some Adaptation Expansion here. In the book, the fate of Lord Octesian is left unclear, although he presumably died on Dragon Island; in the film, Eustace finds his skeleton.
Wolverine Publicity : Much like the last film, the trailer gives the impression that the White Witch is an active villain in this film. (To a certain extent she is, at least as far as Edmund is concerned. And you can't help but wonder how many times Edmund has to smack her down before she gets the message and stops trying to tempt him.)
Wrong Genre Savvy : Eustace assumes a rowboat will row itself on command, and is surprised when it doesn't.
Xenafication : As with Susan in the other movies, and Prince Caspian especially, Lucy is now far more violent than in the book.
You Fight Like a Cow : Reep to Eustace.
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Lucy and Edmund Pevensie return to Narnia with their cousin Eustace where they meet up with Prince Caspian for a trip across the sea aboard the royal ship The Dawn Treader. Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarves, merfolk, and a band of lost warriors before reaching the edge of the world.
Lucy and Edmund Pevensie are stranded in Cambridge, living in the house of their obnoxious cousin Eustace, while the grown-ups Susan and Peter are living in the USA with their parents. When a painting of a ship sailing on the sea of Narnia overflows water in their room, Lucy, Edmund and Eustace are transported to the ocean of Narnia and rescued by King Caspian and the crew of the ship The Dawn Treader. Caspian explains that Narnia has been in peace for three years but before he took his throne back, his uncle tried to kill the seven lords of Telmar, who were the closest and most loyal friends of his father. They fled to The Lone Island and no one has ever heard anything about them. Now Caspian is seeking out the lords of Telmar with his Captain Drinian, the talking mouse Reepicheep and his loyal men. Soon, they discover that an evil form of green mist is threatening Narnia and the siblings and their cousin join Caspian in a quest to retrieve the seven swords of the seven lords of Telmar to save Narnia from evil. — Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Along with a cousin, two of the four siblings return to Narnia to fight a new kind of threat. Reuniting with friends, they must seek a way to defeat the threat that can destroy Narnia. Along the way, they all learn multiple things about life and survival. — RECB3
Edmund Pevensie (Skandar Keynes), almost but not quite an adult, envies adult men. He tries to enlist in His Majesty's Army, but the recruiter, of course, catches him out with his fake I.D., especially when his sister Lucy (Georgie Henley) reminds him that he was supposed to help her with grocery shopping. Lucy envies any girl whom she thinks is prettier than she. The problem is that her only standards of beauty are her older sister Susan (Anna Popplewell), now in America, and any other girl who is hanging on the arm of a young man. Edmund and Lucy have another problem. Because the war still rages, they are evacuated once again. Only while Peter (William Moseley) and Susan are evaculated all the way to America, Edmund and Lucy are evacuated, not to Professor Digory Kirke's country estate (see The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe), but to the home of their obnoxious cousin, Eustace Clarence Scrubb (Will Poulter). Eustace has no social graces whatsoever and would like nothing better than to treat Edmund and Lucy as he would treat any of the arthropods in his considerable, and repulsive, collection. One afternoon, Lucy and Edmund are alone in the room that Edmund has to share with Eustace. They notice a painting on a wall--a painting of a ship on an ocean, a ship that looks very much like one of the ships they once sailed in the world of Narnia, where once they had reigned as a king and a queen. Only as they stare at the painting, the water seems to move, and the ship seems to come right at them. Eustace enters, and makes fun of them for indulging, as he sees it, in a flight of fancy. But then the seawater starts to *spill into the room.* Eustace, panicked, tears the painting off the wall, but that does no good. In the next instant, the room is full of water, rising until they are swimming in it. Soon they are underwater, and rising up to the surface of a real ocean. And there comes the ship, big as life! The crew of that ship pick them up at once. Edmund and Lucy discover, to their delight, that the ship is actually Narnian. The distinguished passenger on board is none other than King Caspian (Ben Barnes), with whom they had fought a successful war three years before (in Narnian time; see Prince Caspian). Eustace is thoroughly affronted, especially with a Talking Mouse (Simon Pegg) who protests that he was only trying to resuscitate him! To make matters worse, a walking, talking Minotaur (Shane Rangi) tells him that he is aboard the Dawn Treader, "the finest ship in the Narnian Navy!" Caspian welcomes Edmund and Lucy on board as honored guests. Then, after outfitting them both in Narnian clothing, he gives Lucy her dagger and medicinal cordial (and Susan's bow and arrows), and offers Edmund his old electric torch, which he had left behind. Now Caspian reveals his mission. He is looking for the Seven Lost Lords of Narnia, friends of his father's whom Lord Protector Miraz had driven into exile. They had fled to the Lone Islands, and no one has heard from them since. Caspian's mission: to rescue or recover them. Reepicheep the Talking Mouse has a mission of his own: he wants to travel to the literal end of the world, and find the country of Aslan (Liam Neeson), the lion-shaped God-King of the world of Narnia. Lucy thoroughly enjoys the sights and sounds of Narnia. Edmund and Caspian entertain the crew with a fencing match. Eustace stubbornly insists that he "never lost" his "sea legs." Eustace boasts that he will find the British Consulate, as if Britain even *has* a consulate in this world. But all this idle talk stops, as the Dawn Treader comes within sight of land: Narrowhaven, capital city on the largest of the Lone Islands, their immediate destination. Tavros the Minotaur, who obviously serves as boatswain on board, orders two longboats fitted out. In them, Caspian leads a landing party ashore. Edmund, Lucy, Eustace, and Reepicheep are all part of it. They find Narrowhaven deserted, and Caspian and the children go further inland to investigate. Inside an empty hall, they find ledgers showing purchases and sales--of slaves. Just then, the slavers rappel down ropes and attack. Lucy, Edmund, and Caspian handily fight off the attackers, but Eustace is easily seized, and used as leverage to capture all four of them. In the dungeon into which the slavers throw them, they find Lord Bern (Terry Norris), first of the Seven Lords, who has been a prisoner for many years. Bern recognizes Caspian as his king and tells him what has befallen Narrowhaven. Then they watch as the slavers take a cartload of very frightened slaves, load them into a longboat, and shove it out to sea--where an animated green mist suddenly appears, washes over them, and then disappears--with the slaves. Lord Bern tells Caspian that his six companions set out to find the source of the mist, and never returned. Bern has reproached himself ever since for not going with them. The next day, the slavers try to sell the children at auction. An apparent buyer shows up--who is actually Lord Drinian (Gary Sweet), captain of Dawn Treader, and enough men-at-arms to take over the town and set all the slaves at liberty. Eustace tries to steal away in a longboat, but succeeds only in decking another slaver who tries to kill him before the other Narnians show up. A distraught man of Narrowhaven name Rhince (Arthur Angel), seeking to find his wife Helaine (Rachel Blakely), who was on the last longboat devoured by the mists, signs on with Dawn Treader's crew. Lord Bern then retrieves a sword he has kept all this time, one of seven swords that Aslan gave to the Seven Lords. Bern gives this to Caspian, who then gives it to Edmund to use while he is in Narnia. Dawn Treader sets sail to go further east. Eustace keeps a diary, always assuming that everything around him is an illusion. And then on his first full night on board, he tries to steal water and food from the ship's rations. Reepicheep catches him at it, and the two fight a quick duel, Reepicheep with his sword, and Eustace with the first weapon he finds handy: a galley knife. The fight is almost one-sided, except that Reepicheep is trying more to train Eustace in swordfighting than to do him any real harm. Then Eustace falls over a bundle--that turns out to be a little girl, Gael (Arabella Morton), Rhince and Helaine's daughter, who desperately wants to find her mother. Captain Drinian says nothing about the attempted ration theft, and simply welcomes the little girl as "an extra crewmember." Lucy takes to Gael quickly and acts as her protector. Dawn Treader next fetches up at another apparently uninhabited island. Only this island *is* inhabited, by invisible men who hop about on one foot each--but are quite capable of abducting someone. They abduct Lucy and bring her into the garden of a mansion several yards inland (a mansion that is also invisible, and by the same means: a magic spell). They want her to go into this mansion, find a book of spells, and recite a spell to render them visible once again. Lucy reluctantly does so, especially after the voices tell her that they can neither read nor write. Caspian finds Lucy missing and awakens Edmund and the other members of the landing party (except Eustace, who sleeps on). Inside the mansion, Lucy finds the spell book, which she cannot open until she breathes upon it. She finds all sorts of spells inside, including a spell to make snow (she tries it, with success), and a spell to make one beautiful. She tears that page out, and then an angry lion's voice roars at her, rustling the pages. Then she hears Aslan's voice calling her name, after she looks into a mirror and sees her sister Susan's face. Now Lucy returns to the business at hand: she finds the spell to make things visible and says it. Just in time, too, for the inhabitants have captured Caspian and the landing party. When they become visible again, they let their guard down and tell all. Lucy reappears, and introduces Coriakin (Bille Brown), the master of the island. Coriakin apologizes for rendering the monopods ("Dufflepuds") invisible, saying that he had to protect them from "The Evil", i.e., the force behind the Green Mist. Now Coriakin has something to reveal: an animated, interactive chart of the eastern part of the Great Ocean. He tells Caspian, Edmund, Lucy, and Eustace that they must proceed to Aslan's Table, with a Blue Star to guide them, and lay upon it all of the Seven Swords of Aslan. But he also warns them: "You are all about to be tested." That applies equally to Caspian (who has always felt that he was not the king his father was) as it does to Lucy, Edmund, and Eustace. Dawn Treader then sets out again, this time sailing into a storm. Fourteen days effectively dampen everyone's spirits, except those of Reepicheep, who is hearty enough to accept anything as part of the adventure. Even Captain Drinian is reluctant, but Caspian insists on pressing on and reminds Drinian sharply that they have taken on a crewman and his daughter, who are very eager to find their loved one. During the storm, Lucy has the bad sense to try out the beauty spell. With the result that she becomes Susan, and finds herself with her brothers Peter (William Moseley) and Edmund in America. Problem: no such person as Lucy, and no Narnia, either. Now thoroughly frightened, Lucy awakes with a scream, to find herself face-to-face with Aslan. Aslan chides her for wishing herself away, and doubting her own value--for without Lucy, the Pevensies would never have found Narnia. Lucy, having learned her lesson, burns the beauty spell. The Green Mist briefly appears, and then moves out to the quarters that Edmund and Caspian share. Edmund wakes up to hear a voice he never wanted to hear again: that of his ancient temptress and cruel enemy, the White Witch of Narnia (Tilda Swinton). Then the Mist retreats when Lucy walks in on the boys to say that she could not sleep. Edmund knows why. The next day, the Dawn Treader puts ashore at yet another island. This one is uninhabited for real. Edmund, Lucy, and Caspian descend into a cave, where they find a pool of water with a golden statue at the bottom. Edmund tries to probe it with a broken-off branch--and the branch turns to gold in his hand. Then they realize that the statue is actually one of the Seven Lords, Restimar, now "aurified" and dead. They know that they must retrieve Restimar's sword--but Edmund is much taken with realizing that anything dipped into the pool turns to gold. He sees riches for himself, and Caspian sees a resource over which he, as king, should take dominion. Then the two start to argue, and only Lucy's intervention keeps the two from killing each other in a duel. And so they retrieve the sword and leave the pool alone. Eustace, meanwhile, goes off exploring on his own--and finds a rock defile filled with more treasure than he has ever seen in one place: gold, silver, and gemstones, all for the taking. He finds a skeleton (actually that of Lord Octesian) and puts on a gold bracelet that the skeleton had been wearing. That is a mistake. In the next scene, Caspian and Edmund set out to find Eustace, who they assume has strayed form camp. They find his clothing and diary, and fear the worst for him. They then recognize Octesian's remains and recover his sword. Then, out of nowhere, a winged, fire-breathing dragon swoops down from the mountains and alights on Dawn Treader's spar. Drinian leads his men-at-arms in a futile attempt to shoot the dragon off, and then Reepicheep climbs the mast and embeds his tiny sword into the dragon's talon. The dragon shrieks, jumps off, and flies back ashore--where he finds Edmund and Caspian, scoops up Edmund in his talons, and carries him inland, where Edmund reads this legend, burnt into the rocks: I AM EUSTACE. Edmund and Caspian realize the terrible truth: the dragon's treasure turned Eustace himself into a dragon. Lucy manages to relieve Eustace of Octesian's bracelet, which now hurts him terribly. Caspian observes that everyone in the world of Narnia knows that a dragon's treasure is enchanted, hence dangerous to collect or even to touch. Lucy, Edmund, Caspian, Gail, and Reepicheep agree to stay on the island overnight to keep Eustace company and decide how best to accommodate Eustace. Reepicheep actually warms to Eustace and tells him some of his favorite adventure stories. Eustace, unable to communicate, at least seems glad of the company. Reepicheep also suggests to Eustace that his transformation is a sign of an "extraordinary destiny" to come. In the next morning, the Blue Star appears to them. Dawn Treader embarks, with Eustace flying alongside. A mermaid tries to warn Lucy that they should sail no further; Lucy does not understand, and Caspian is determined to press on. Soon the ship is becalmed, and the men must fall to with their oars with grumblings from them of desiring to eat the dragon if the ship does not find land to resupply soon. However, Eustace wraps his tail around the ship's figurehead and takes it in tow. To that, the crew lets out a lusty cheer of approval upon realization that Eustace is now a valuable asset to the ship That night, Dawn Treader lands at yet another island--Rhamandu's Island, where Aslan's Table is always spread. There the crew find three more of the Lords (Revilian, Argoz, and Mavramorn), not dead but fast asleep and tangled in their own beards. At Caspian's direction, they recover the swords that the Three Lords carried. They lay these, and the swords they brought with them, on the table--but they make only six. They still must recover one more. Then the Blue Star appears to them, and takes the form of a young woman--Liliandil (Laura Brent). She encourages them to eat freely of the fruit of Aslan's Table, and assures them that the three Lords are under a sleeping spell only for their own good, to stop them from killing one another, as they almost did. Liliandil then tells them that they must sail on to one more island: the Dark Island, source of the Green Mist and of every man's nightmare. There Lord Rhoop (Bruce Spence), carrying the last sword, walks that island, mad with fear. This will be their greatest hazard, for the island will make any man's nightmare take real form. Still they sail on to the island, with all hands armed. (Caspian gives his sword, that once belonged to Peter, to Edmund; Edmund gave up his sword at Aslan's Table.) Reepicheep struggles to give Eustace a pep talk, to remind him that, as a dragon, he has much better natural armor and weapons than any other hand aboard, and so should not flinch from battle. As Dawn Treader approaches the Dark Island, the Green Mist reaches out to it, though the men do their best to ignore it. Rhince sees a vision of his missing wife. Drinian sees a thick fog, that robs him of sight. Caspian sees a vision of his father, Caspian IX (Nathaniel Parker), dressing him down. Edmund sees the White Witch, who offers him the same thing that she once offered him many years before: to make him her king. Then they hear Lord Rhoop, shouting at them to keep off. Rhoop bears the Seventh Sword, as everyone thought he would. Rhoop is reluctant to come aboard, but Eustace simply flies to the island, scoops up Rhoop, and sets him on board. Rhoop acknowledges Caspian and warns Caspian that they must put out to sea at once and not think too much. But Edmund thinks of a Great Sea Serpent, which now takes form and attacks the ship. Eustace flies into battle and attacks the Serpent with all the fire he has--but the Serpent takes Eustace in his jaws, flings him this way and that, and throws him onto the rocks. Eustace recovers and blows more fire on the Serpent. Rhoop then foolishly throws his sword at the Serpent. He misses--and the sword embeds itself in Eustace' shoulder. Eustace flies off to Rhamadu's Island and makes a hard belly landing on the sand, as the Sea Serpent wraps itself around Dawn Treader, threatening to crush her. Edmund and Caspian seek to steer Dawn Treader toward the rocks, to ram the Serpent. Edmund challenges the Serpent, using Peter's old sword, while Caspian struggles with the wheel. Caspian's strategy is successful: they manage to stun the Serpent by slamming its head into a rock. Eustace, on the sand bar, wakes up. Aslan appears to him, and with a roar, burns off Eustace' dragon skin. Eustace wakes up, finding himself back in his old form, and with the Seventh Sword nearby. He takes it in hand and realizes that he is on Rhamandu's Island and can walk into the room of Aslan's Table. So while Dawn Treader's crew continue their desperate fight with the Serpent, and Edmund must struggle again with the temptation of the White Witch, Eustace races to the table and lays the last Sword on top of the other Six. The Mist tries to stop Eustace, but he disperses it with the sword. Edmund, of course, can't see Eustace doing this. But suddenly Peter's original sword, which he is carrying, turns bright blue. He realizes at once that the sword now is far more powerful than it ever was. So, though the White Witch (or her apparition) tries to dissuade him, he impales the Serpent with it. The Serpent dies and falls to the shallow bottom. The deep darkness lifts, and Dawn Treader is in daylight again. At Aslan's Table, the Three Lords awaken--and at the Dark Island, now no longer dark, every longboat of slaves that had gone to the Green Mist now comes out to meet Dawn Treader. Rhince and Gael are reunited with Helaine. Eustace then finds himself in the water, swimming to Dawn Treader. Reepicheep jumps in to rescue Eustace--and then they realize that the water is no longer sour, but sweet. Dawn Treader has now come within sight of Aslan's Country. Caspian, Lucy, Edmund, Eustace, and Reepicheep set out alone in a longboat to Aslan's Shore--which has a permanent, stationary breaker of surf on it. Aslan joins them there and informs them that their journey is at an end. Caspian, knowing that he would never return from an adventure into Aslan's Country, decides at the last instant to turn back, and go back to Narnia to govern it properly. Reepicheep is welcomed permanently into Aslan's Country, as has always been his destiny. Edmund says it's time for him, Lucy and Eustace to return home. Lucy understands that for her and Edmund, this is their last time in Narnia; they won't be returning. Aslan tells the Pevensies that they must now learn the name that Aslan bears on Earth, and their time on Narnia was intended to help them do that. Eustace is assured that he might be needed on Narnia once more, in the future. Aslan then sends Lucy, Edmund, and Eustace back to earth, back the way they came. They find themselves back in the room in Eustace' house. Eustace hangs the fallen painting back on the wall--and in it, Dawn Treader is sailing away from them. The film ends with Eustace' last diary record: that in the days that followed, the children spoke often of Narnia, and when the Pevensies leave, as they do once the war ends, Eustace will miss them. (But in a hint of the next intended sequel, Alberta Scrubb, Eustace' mother, shouts up to Eustace that a little girl named Jill Pole has stopped in for a visit.)

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Meet the Press: Interviews with The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Cast

Updated Dec 02, 2010

Starting with a roundtable interview session with executive producer (and C.S. Lewis ' stepson) Douglas Gresham , I next moved on to the international press conference which included the following talent and crew: Liam Neeson (voice of Aslan), Skandar Keynes (Edmund), Michael Apted (director), Georgie Henley (Lucy), Will Poulter (Eustace), Mark Johnson (producer) and Andrew Adamson (producer).

Afterward, press split up for one-on-one interviews with various cast members. I spent time talking with Michael Apted, Georgie Henley and Will Poulter and will share more about that next week when I post my full report (stay tuned for that). But in the meantime, I'll share some choice quotes with you from today's press conference …

Georgie Henley … when asked if it was hard to say goodbye to Aslan at the end of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader : Definitely. I mean it was really great to be kind of working with Liam [Neeson] but also not with Liam, if you know what I mean. I kind of had a lot of experience listening to his voice which was in the first and second films, but it was definitely a really emotional moment. And I'm really glad that it kind of comes alive in the film and it's definitely a tearjerker, I think, for the audience.

We were on this massive beach. There were four of them. There was someone with a little head of Aslan. There was someone holding an image of Reepicheep, and we had to keep moving around because the sun kept moving around. And it was totally surreal. I don't know how they pulled the CGI off, because there was nothing there except for a lot of beach and sometimes a lot of wind. And everyone nearly got blown off the first morning. It was one of the oddest experiences I'd ever had in my years of filmmaking to shoot this six or seven page scene with just nothing but the big empty beach.

Well, I certainly know that C.S. Lewis, who wrote the books, was a very famous atheist who then became a very famous convert to Christianity. I've read quite a lot of his books other than The Chronicles of Narnia .

I am starting my first term at university, and I'm enjoying that. And I'm doing a four-year course, and I know a lot can change in four years. So we'll see how I feel at the end of it. I'm really enjoying not having any sort of thing to plan right now.

Will Poulter … on who inspired his portrayal of the Pevensie's annoying cousin Eustace:

I hope there's not too much of the character in me, but hopefully I got a lot of help from [Michael Apted] in particular. Working with someone so experienced was a huge honor—I think for anyone at any stage in their career and at any age. For me, Georgie and Skandar in particular to work with him is a real, real privilege. But that was a huge help to me. But really the book is such a huge resource. And the character's there and the character was on the page and was in the script as well. We talked about making it comical, and Michael thought I was an idiot anyway [chuckles], so it was a lot easier than it looked. … And we've got C.S. Lewis to thank for most of it.

Liam Neeson: Well, for me it's the lion suit. [Chuckles].

Ben Barnes: I asked for a copy of the sword to be made of the one that I use in this film with Aslan's head on the handle. So I have that in my bedroom to ward off. And then I asked if I could keep Will, but …

Will Poulter: I asked if I could keep Ben, but his agent told me to go away.

To learn more about The Voyage of the Dawn Treader or C.S. Lewis, to watch the trailer or to read reviews of earlier Narnia films—including The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe or Prince Caspian —please visit Crosswalk's special Narnia Channel .

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Menu. Movies. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight.
Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989 TV serial
The Chronicles of Narnia. Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is the second series of The Chronicles of Narnia that ran from 1988 to 1990. The series, which was shown on BBC television in 1989, is an adaptation of two of C. S. Lewis 's The Chronicles of Narnia novels: Prince Caspian (1951) and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952).
Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (TV Series 1989)
Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader: With Warwick Davis, Jonathan R. Scott, Sophie Wilcox, William Todd-Jones. Young Prince Caspian of Narnia wonders and dreams of the old days of Narnia when animals talked, and there were mythical creatures and four rulers in Caer Paravel.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: Directed by Michael Apted. With Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Ben Barnes, Will Poulter. Lucy and Edmund Pevensie return to Narnia with their cousin Eustace where they meet up with Prince Caspian for a trip across the sea aboard the royal ship The Dawn Treader. Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarves, merfolk, and a band of lost ...
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Box office. $415.6 million [3] The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a 2010 high fantasy adventure film directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay by Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, and Michael Petroni, based on the 1952 novel The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third published and fifth chronological novel in the ...
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a portal fantasy novel for children written by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1952. It was the third published of seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia (1950-1956). Macmillan US published an American edition within the calendar year, with substantial revisions which were retained in the United States until 1994.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
This time around Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their pesky cousin Eustace Scrubb find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to a fantastic Narnian ship headed for the very edges of the world.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
5 Credits. Kevin T. Hahn. Mark Wilson. Thomas Baber. Stephane Paris. Nicolas Hernandez. Learn more about the full cast of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader with news, photos ...
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Young Prince Caspian of Narnia wonders and dreams about the old days of Narnia when animals talked, and there were mythical creatures and four rulers in Cair Paravel. But his uncle and aunt don't like to hear him thinking of such things, and plan to murder him and take his throne. Caspian's tutor, Dr. Cornelius manages to save him, and not only teach him about the old ways, but bring him ...
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Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader were the 2nd and 3rd serials produced by the BBC in The Chronicles of Narnia miniseries. It originally aired in 1989. Director - Alex Kirby Teleplay by - Alan Seymour Producer - Paul Stone Richard Dempsey - Peter Pevensie Sophie Cook - Susan Pevensie Jonathan R. Scott - Edmund Pevensie Sophie Wilcox - Lucy Pevensie David Thwaites - Eustace ...
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Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/13/24 Full Review Kevin M "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" is a captivating fantasy film that once again takes audiences on ...
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a 2010 high fantasy adventure film directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay by Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, and Michael Petroni, based on the 1952 novel The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third published and fifth chronological novel in the children's book series The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis.
Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (TV Series 1989
Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (TV Series 1989) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Menu. Movies. ... Series Cast verified as complete Warwick Davis ... Reepicheep 6 episodes, 1989 ...
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (film)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a 2010 epic fantasy film based on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third published novel in The Chronicles of Narnia series. This movie marks the first Narnia film not to be distributed by Disney (both The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian were under the Disney banner). Instead, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader was distributed by 20th ...
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader was the third of the BBC's tv mini-series based on C.S. Lewis's Narnia books. It had been preceded by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, & the Wardrobe (1988) and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (1989) and was followed by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair (1990). ). When The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ...
Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (BBC)
The BBC's Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader miniseries is based on the second and third books of C.S. Lewis's classic "Chronicles of Narnia" series. It follows the adventures of four siblings, Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, who are transported from England to the magical land of Narnia. In this installment, the siblings ...
Chronicles of Narnia Cast and Character Guide
Then in 2005, Disney took on the series in three films, The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, bolstering the series with bombastic CGI ...
The Chronicles of Narnia (TV series)
The Chronicles of Narnia is a British BBC-produced television series that was aired from 13 November 1988 to 23 December 1990 and is based on four books of C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia series. The first series aired was The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in 1988, the second series aired was Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader in 1989 and the third series aired was The ...
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Film)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a 2010 fantasy-adventure film based on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third novel in C. S. Lewis' epic fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia (and fifth in internal chronological order). It is the third installment in The Chronicles of Narnia film series from Walden Media.This is the first film in the series to be distributed by ...
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarves, merfolk, and a band of lost warriors before reaching the edge of the world. Lucy and Edmund Pevensie are stranded in Cambridge, living in the house of their obnoxious cousin Eustace, while the grown-ups Susan and Peter are living in the USA with their parents. When a painting of a ship sailing on ...
An In-depth Interview with Narnia's Eustace (Will Poulter) < Movies
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. These are the first words found in C.S. Lewis' epic children's book, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and how true they are at describing a new character to The Chronicles of Narnia series. Cousin to the Pevensie children, Eustace is an independent, logically minded pain who doesn't appreciate being transported to ...
Meet the Press: Interviews with The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Cast
To learn more about The Voyage of the Dawn Treader or C.S. Lewis, to watch the trailer or to read reviews of earlier Narnia films—including The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe or Prince Caspian ...
THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER
This is a fan-made remaster of the original BBC TV Program "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" (1989). This was made for fun and the l...
List of The Chronicles of Narnia (film series) cast members
Best friends of the Pevensies in Narnia. Supernatural creatures. Aslan's army. Caspian's army. White Witch and her followers. Miraz family and servants. Telmarine lords. Crew of the Dawn Treader. Residents of the Lonely Islands.

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