The Color of Magic 

A cowardly wizard is roped into a life of adventure. A tale from the first 2 books of Terry Pratchett's fantasy series "Discworld"

Stars:

David Jason, Sean Astin, Tim Curry

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
David Jason	...	Rincewind 2 episodes, 2008
Sean Astin	...	Twoflower 2 episodes, 2008
Tim Curry	...	Trymon 2 episodes, 2008
Jeremy Irons	...	Patrician 2 episodes, 2008
Brian Cox	...	Narrator 2 episodes, 2008
Christopher Lee	...	Death 2 episodes, 2008
Geoffrey Hutchings	...	Picture Imp 2 episodes, 2008
Marnix Van Den Broeke	...	Death 2 episodes, 2008
Michael Mears	...	Jiglad Wert 2 episodes, 2008
Roger Ashton-Griffiths	...	Lumuel Panter 2 episodes, 2008
Will Keen	...	Ganmack Treehallett 2 episodes, 2008
Richard da Costa	...	Luggage / ... 2 episodes, 2008
Philip Philmar	...	Astrozoologist 1 / ... 2 episodes, 2008
Terry Pratchett	...	Astrozoologist 2 2 episodes, 2008

Storyline

A cowardly wizard is roped into a life of adventure. A tale from the first 2 books of Terry Pratchett's fantasy series "Discworld"

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Plot Keywords:

discworld | low budget tv series | woman in jeopardy | old man | camera shot of bare feet | 

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Taglines:

A Spellbinding Adventure

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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,The Mob Film Company

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color (High Definition) Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Nigel Planer, who plays the Arch Astronomer, is also the narrator of several unabridged Discworld audio books, including the 'The Colour of Magic' and 'The Light Fantastic' (which this film is based on). He also voiced multiple characters in all three of the Discworld video games.

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Goofs

Twoflower gets out his picture box to take pictures of the new worlds being born. When we see him and the others from behind Twoflower is in line with them, but when we see him from the front he is clearly far in front of the others

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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.

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Crazy Credits

Both episodes had the same end-credits cast list although some characters only appeared in one episode.

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Connections

Version of The Colour of Magic (1986)

User Reviews

A very enjoyable "family" movie.

Technically, this movie is very good. The effects are well done, with very high quality computer graphics for a "Made for TV" movie, that won't stand behind theatrical release movies. The outdoor scenes were all well produced, placing the actors in a "real" discworld. The customs and environment are in a child-movie style, because of the story's background (it came from a series of books made for children). But that doesn't mean low quality. It just adds to the comical overall feeling of the film. The actors followed this same comical/child-oriented line when playing their roles.

About the story, it never gets boring, and a lot of things happen to the main characters. They practically cross the world in a single adventure, including a journey in "outer space". Multiple parallel plots also take place. In the end, this 3-hour movie entertains you the whole time. The main motivation is very original: following the steps of the first tourist. And the world description is ironically fun.

This story has 2 main perspectives. From the Twoflower point of view, it's a story about having an open mind. One may have much fun and learn a lot when he keeps his mind open to new experiences. From the Rincewood point of view, it shows that one must have persistence; and also that, even in the face of failure, your value doesn't diminish. You're not defined by your failures and/or successes as perceived by the others.

In the end this is a family movie, worth watching by itself, and even more with your children (if you happen to have any).