TV and Film:The Colour of Magic
| The Colour of Magic | |
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| ASIN | {{{asin}}} |
| IMDB | 1079959 |
| First Broadcast | 2008 |
| Broadcast Channel | Sky One |
| Director(s) | {{{director}}} |
| Producer(s) | Vadim Jean |
| Writer(s) | {{{writer}}} |
| Starring | David Jason, Tim Curry, Sean Astin |
| Duration | 184 minutes |
| Episodes | 2 |
| Series | Rincewind Series |
| Annotations | Annotations for TV and Film:The Colour of Magic |
| Notes | |
| Preceded by | Hogfather |
| Followed by | Going Postal |
| All data relates to the UK home release. | |
The Colour of Magic is the second live action adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels and the second adaptation by Sky One.
Plot
The plot encompasses two novels The Colour of Magic and its sequel The Light Fantastic. The inept Wizard Rincewind must escort a new visitor to the city of Ankh-Morpork, the Disc's first tourist Twoflower. Only this holiday soon becomes a race against time to save the world from crashing into a red star and the sacred spell trapped in Rincewind's head may be the key.
Episodes
There were two episodes of 130 mins produced, both being named after the respective book that they were based on:
- Part One: The Colour of Magic
- Part Two: The Light Fantastic
Cast
- David Jason: Rincewind
- Sean Astin: Twoflower
- Tim Curry: Trymon
- Jeremy Irons: Patrician
- Brian Cox: Narrator
- Christopher Lee: Death (Voice)
- Geoffrey Hutchings: Picture Imp
- Marnix Van Den Broeke: Death (Body)
- Richard da Costa: Luggage
- Philip Philmar: ?Astrozoologist 1
- Terry Pratchett: Astrozoologist 2
- James Cosmo: Galder Weatherwax
- Janet Suzman: Ninereeds
- David Bradley: Cohen the Barbarian
- Nigel Planer: Arch-Astronomer
- Liz May Brice: Herrena
- Karen David: Liessa Wyrmbidder
- Nicholas Tennant: Head Librarian
- Peter Copley: Greyhald Spold
Illustrated Screenplay
The screenplay of the series was released separately illustrated with stills from the series.