Arthur White, Craig Conway, David Jason

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 attempts to find out what has happened.

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Unrated, 3 hrs. 9 min.

Directed by: Vadim Jean

Release Date: December 31, 2007

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DVD Release Date: March 4, 2008

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  • August 25, 2008
    The Discworld flies through space supported by four elephants that stand on the back of the giant turtle A'Tuin. On the Discworld it is Hogswatch, the one night of the year when the Hogfather travels the world, leaving presents for children. Marc Warren steals the show as the vil...( read more)lainous Teatime, sounding perfectly childlike and innocent as he casually discusses offing enemies and committing unnecessary acts of violence during assassinations. Having not read the Hogfather book, by the one-hour point I was not really sure where the story was heading, Mr Teatime is assigned to kill the Hogfather but the Hogfather appears to be dead or missing and the bulk of the mini-series involves much skulking around the Tooth Fairy's castle for reasons not always clear; it was hard to work out for a long time how the lengthy scenes with Joss Ackland's wizard having a shower and the appearance of various mythical characters tied into anything else; while the scenes with Susan capturing creatures that turn up in the basement have nothing to do the rest of the story at all. Hogfather is a story that grasps at a very wide canvas and a number of plots that all seem to be heading off in their own directions. It does eventually come together, although it is not a tight and easy mesh.
  • March 14, 2008
    Its a great movie I rate it 5 stars, watch it before ?
  • March 8, 2008
    Excellent fantasy film with a twisted sense of humor and top notch effects.
    Think of it as a cross between Nightmare Before Christmas and Harry Potter.
  • December 24, 2007
    Delightfully quirky and faithful adaptation of Terry Pratchett's wonderfully dark comedy/fantasy novel. Anyone familiar with the Discworld will be delighted to see it realised in this made for TV 2 parter. The acting is hit and miss, but with characters like this you don't mind m...( read more)uch. The fantastic story and quirky comedy more than make up for it's flaws. Hell, any movie where the God of Hangovers hits on A Tooth Fairy (not The Tooth Fairy), is something special in my book.
  • August 20, 2008
    If you liked the Terry Pratchett books, you will like this. I have seen much worse mainstream sci-fi movies than this movie release straight to DVD.
  • October 23, 2009
    good movie, fantastic story line and amazing characters, especially Death & Teatime.

    " humans make things interesting, in a universe full of wonder they still manage to invent boredom!"
  • July 22, 2009
    Great movie, pretty well adapted, but not exactly my view of the Discworld.
    Then again, it's not like you *can* make a fan completely happy, right?
  • July 11, 2009
    Lengthy and boring.Nice cinematography though
  • July 2, 2009
    eeeeerrrmmmm it was actually ok to be honest...reminded me of the harry potter.....
  • June 6, 2009
    Based on a novel by Terry Pratchett, Hogfather is an excellent fantasy film.
    Michelle Dockery as Susan was an inspired choice, played her role brilliantly. I rather enjoyed how they took on the challenge of personifying Death, the voice over by Ian Richardson, was the best choi...( read more)ce. I was very impressed by the performance of Teatime, played by Marc Warren, with his sinister laughter, weird, oddly paired eyes and strangeness. Excellent screen play. I also enjoyed observing the setting for Death's residence, the Toothfairy Castle, Hogwash etc. It was detailed and carried on the air of magic that was needed. Highly saturated with myth and folklore and that complemented the work of Terry Pratchett well. Not a disapointing adaptation at all. If you havent, do yourself a favor and read the book before watching this-makes a hell of a lot more sense. The film adaptation is divided into two parts, each being close to 90mins long, so expect to spend a total of 3 or so hours getting through this.

    Not a bad adaptation. The producers did the best they could and they did a good job. So dont complain about how hard it was to follow the storyline because you were not aware of Pratchett's work before. You should definitely take time out and see this.

    Oh, and HAPPY HOGSWATCH

    Death: Humans need fantasy to *be* human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.
    Susan: With tooth fairies? Hogfathers?
    Death: Yes. As practice, you have to start out learning to believe the little lies.
    Susan: So we can believe the big ones?
    Death: Yes. Justice, mercy, duty. That sort of thing.
    Susan: They're not the same at all.
    Death: You think so? Then take the universe and grind it down to the finest powder, and sieve it through the finest sieve, and then show me one atom of justice, one molecule of mercy. And yet, you try to act as if there is some ideal order in the world. As if there is some, some rightness in the universe, by which it may be judged.
    Susan: But people have got to believe that, or what's the point?
    Death: You need to believe in things that aren't true. How else can they become?

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  • MatayKogoro
    June 16, 2008
    If you've ever wanted to hear more about the Discworld of Terry Pratchett's, this is the right movie to use to broaden your horizon ;D
  • purrycat
    December 27, 2006
    i think this film is cool and is packed with a few laughs along the way
  • purrycat
    December 27, 2006
    a cool movie with a few laughs along the way.

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  • In the new film HOGFATHER, based on the book by Terry Pratchett, Susan is Death's adopted Granddaughter. What is the name of her mother?  Answer »
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