The Color of Magic (TV 2008)
"The Colour of Magic" (original title)

As Rincewind involuntarily becomes a guide to the naive tourist Twoflower, they find themselves forced to flee the city of Ankh-Morpork to escape a terrible fire, and begin on a journey ... See full summary »

Director:

Vadim Jean

Writers:

Vadim Jean, Terry Pratchett (novels)

Stars:

David Jason, Sean Astin, Tim Curry

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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 David	...	Liessa
Geoffrey Hutchings	...	Picture Imp

Storyline

As Rincewind involuntarily becomes a guide to the naive tourist Twoflower, they find themselves forced to flee the city of Ankh-Morpork to escape a terrible fire, and begin on a journey across the Disc. Unknown to them, their journey & fate is being decided by the Gods playing a board game the whole time.

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Plot Keywords:

guide | tourist | selfishness | coward | treasure | 

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Taglines:

It's a pigment of your imagination

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Sky One

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 March 2008 (UK)

Also Known As:

The Color of Magic

Filming Locations:

Anglesey, Wales, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

RHI Entertainment, Mob Film Company, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

191 min

Color:

Color Black and White Color (High Definition)

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Alchemist is played by Richard Woolfe - better known for being Director of Programming for Sky One, Sky Two and Sky Three. Sky Televison commissioned the production of both "The Colour of Magic" and "Hogfather".

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Goofs

In one scene, Twoflower is offered a dagger, which he takes by the blade.

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Quotes

Death: I think I've just had another Near Rincewind Experience.

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Crazy Credits

Mucked about by Terry Pratchett

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Connections

Follows Hogfather (2006)

User Reviews

It's not epic, but still good!

Despite all the "bad" reviews posted here, I guess it all depends on your personal taste. I, for one, loved this movie! But like the tag line says: "It's a pigment of your(!) imagination"

No movie will ever be as good as it's book (or books in this case). However, they did a very good job trying to capture the essence of the books and put it all in this movie.

The movie won't please everyone as you can see from other reviews posted here, but like Sir Pratchett said: "If I've would have written these stories to be a movie, I would have written them very differently".

All in all a good movie which will certainly please most people, regardless if they are familiar with Terry Pratchett or not.