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Movie Messiah: could the lion behind the new Narnia movie bring a springtime to Hollywood?

The American Enterprise

| January 01, 2006 | Weinkopf, Chris | COPYRIGHT 2006 The American Enterprise, a national magazine of politics, business and culture (TEAmag.com). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

At the start of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, we find C. S. Lewis's mythical world of talking animals, satyrs, fauns, centaurs, and dwarves trapped in the Hundred Year Winter--a time where evil reigns and creativity has given way to cruelty. And so it remains until a mighty lion messiah roars onto the scene to awaken warmth and hope.

Philip Anschutz is no messiah, but he has made it his ambition to lead Hollywood out of a cynical and amoral ice age. Will this self-made Colorado billionaire become modern entertainment's rescuer, a lion-hearted savior of American film?

Anschutz is a spectacularly successful oil/ ...

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