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Release Date:
25 November 2007 (USA) morePlot:
It's Hogswatch (equivalent to Christmas) on the Discworld and the Hogfather has gone missing, requiring Death to take his place while his granddaughter Susan endeavors to find out what has happened. | full synopsisAwards:
3 wins & 3 nominations moreUser Comments:
Hogswatch it! An excellent bit of whimsy moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| David Jason | ... | Albert | |
| Marc Warren | ... | Teatime | |
| Michelle Dockery | ... | Susan | |
| David Warner | ... | Lord Downey | |
| Tony Robinson | ... | Vernon Crumley | |
| Nigel Planer | ... | Mr. Sideney | |
| Peter Guinness | ... | Medium Dave | |
| Stephen Marcus | ... | Banjo | |
| Craig Conway | ... | Chickenwire | |
| Rhodri Meilir | ... | Bilious | |
| Sinead Matthews | ... | Violet the Tooth Fairy | |
| Ian Richardson | ... | Death / Narrator (voice) | |
| Neil Pearson | ... | The Raven (voice) | |
| Nicholas Tennant | ... | Corporal Nobbs | |
| Richard Katz | ... | Constable Visit |
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189 min (2 parts)Country:
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1.78 : 1 moreFun Stuff
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Death, voiced by Ian Richardson, utters the line "You might very well think that I'd already thought of that, but I couldn't possibly comment" - a reference to Richardson's catchphrase as Francis Urquhart in the political thriller "House of Cards" (1990) and it's sequels "To Play the King" (1993) and "The Final Cut" (1995). moreGoofs:
Crew or equipment visible: In the last scene, when Death is looking out of the window, reflections of modern street lights can be seen on the glass. moreQuotes:
Teatime: Do you have many friends, Mr Sydeney? I don't have many... Don't seem to have the knack... Then again, I don't seem to have any enemies either. moreFAQ
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A very silly festive fairytale for children of all ages, with a no-nonsense (in the primmest, properest sense of the word), kick-ass heroine, set in a world that looks remarkably like ours, in a thaumaturgical, Victorian Gothic kind of way, considering it's actually a disc balanced on some elephants, which are balanced on a turtle.
'Tis the night before Hogswatch - a solar festival not dissimilar from our Christmas. But where is the Hogfather to deliver the presents? What on earth is Death doing? Just how DO you subdue the monsters in the basement with a poker? Not to mention those in the Tooth Fairy's castle. Who has been naughty and who has been nice? And can Susan save the Hogfather before it's too late? Like all the best 'children's' stories, there are a slew of adult jokes - from Ian Richardson's asides about House of Cards, to the 'Ant hill Inside' ('Intel Inside') visual jokes on the, er, 'computer' - modernity is folded subtly into this wonderfully alternate world of yore.
Good performances from the famous faces, but it is Michelle Dockery as Susan who is the highly pragmatic, utterly bewitching star of the show.
There are some nice unpatronising ruminations on the nature of belief, myth, right and wrong for those who like a moral but not entirely Christian worldview.
So - who's up for a bit of magic and believing?