God's blockbuster The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is poised at the heavenly gates of box-office supremacy. It's also the latest family movie to be bankrolled by secretive billionaire Philip Anschutz, writes SIMON HOUPT
10th Dec 2005, 15:12 GMT
When C.S. Lewis wrote his series of seven Narnia children's fantasy books, he envisioned them as stout Christian allegories. And in the new feature-film adaptation of the first book, which opens Friday, there are some unavoidably Christian images: A sinner is saved from death with a drop of magical potion that some audience members believe represents the blood of Christ; a majestic lion and Christ-like figure offers himself up to a Crucifixion-like death to pay for a young boy's sins and is resurrected. (INSIDER Edition subscribers only)
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