The Colour of Magic (2008) (TV)

Director:

Vadim Jean

Writers:

Vadim Jean (written by)
Terry Pratchett (novels)

Release Date:

23 March 2008 (UK)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

It's a pigment of your imagination

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Luggage | Shop | Sword In Stone | Orangutan | Coward

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

David Jason	...	Rincewind
Sean Astin	...	Twoflower
Tim Curry	...	Trymon
Jeremy Irons	...	Patrician
Brian Cox	...	Narrator (voice)
James Cosmo	...	Galder Weatherwax
Christopher Lee	...	Death (voice)
Janet Suzman	...	Ninereeds
David Bradley	...	Cohen the Barbarian
Nigel Planer	...	Arch Astronomer
Stephen Marcus	...	Broadman
Laura Haddock	...	Bethan
Liz May Brice	...	Herrena
Karen Shenaz David	...	Liessa (as Karen David)
Geoffrey Hutchings	...	Picture Imp

Also Known As:

Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic (International: English title) (complete title)
The Color of Magic (USA) (new title)

Runtime:

UK:191 min | USA:137 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Color (High Definition) | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Australia:PG | USA:Not Rated | UK:PG (DVD) | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Anglesey, Wales, UK

Company:

RHI Entertainment

Trivia:

Cameo: [Terry Pratchett]Astrozoologist 2

Goofs:

Continuity: When Rincewind and Twoflower are on the rock next to the Circumfence, the string holding Rincewind's hat around his neck keeps moving from above his beard to below it between shots.

Quotes:

Rincewind: That's old Twoflower for you. He just appreciates beauty in his own way. I mean, if a poet sees a daffodil, he stares at it and then writes a long poem. But Twoflower would wander off and buy a book on botany, and then as he reads it he would tread on the daffodil.

Movie Connections:

Version of The Colour of Magic (1986) (VG)

It's not great but

Most comments mention the disjointed themes and story lines but lets face it, they are condensing two road trip books into one movies an dyou cant have everything in there. These were the first discworld books and Pratchetts writing got better and better with one or two odd moments. If you like Hogfather (which as a book I didn't) an feel this isn't the same quality then don't despair. The production team have taken a difficult tale and made something - lets hope as with the books, they continue and get better and better.

On the associated webpage, Pratchett likes it a lot.

PS: Jeremy Irons (who isn't credited anywhere) as Patrician was very good and David Jason is only going to be alive for a limited amount of time - make the most of him. I'm sure I could of put that better but you know what I mean.