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List Price: $14.95 Our Price: $12.99 You Save: $1.96 Features • AC-3 • Color • Dolby • DVD-Video • NTSC • Widescreen In Theaters : 2006 DVD Release : 04 March, 2008 |
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The Hogfather description Based on a fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, The Hogfather is an extraordinary satire-adventure set in the mythical realm of Discworld, a kind of parallel-universe version of Earth. Discworld’s alternative to Santa Claus is the Hogfather, who also chases around in a sled delivering gifts to children (on a Christmas-like night known as Hogwatch), but who looks like, well, a wild hog and is pulled through the skies not by reindeer but a bunch of grunting porkers with long, dangerous teeth. Just as the Hogfather is about to complete his annual mission to leave toys for kids under their Hogwatch trees, a specter makes a deal with a professional assassin to kill the jolly old fellow. The job is farmed out to a psychotic monster named Teatime (Marc Warren), who sets about trying to get to the Hogfather through, of all things, the Tooth Fairy. While danger stalks these immortal characters, Death (Ian Richardson) himself takes the Hogfather’s place on his magical rounds, with comic consequences. Meanwhile, a governess named Susan (Michelle Dockery), possessor of a strange secret and awesome powers, determines that the Hogfather is in danger. She sets about trying to find him and discovers Teatime’s plot, while a cluster of clumsy wizards (led by Joss Ackland) try to make sense of what has happened and what they can do about it. It’s hard to explain the charm and wit of The Hogfather, which is full of quirky, ironic humor, except to say that it’s easy to fall in love with this British television special and its dark delights. (Some a bit too dark for younger viewers.) The cast includes a very funny Tony Robinson of Black Adder. --Tom Keogh |
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| My wife and I watched Hogfather last night. We found it entertaining, very much on a par with Stardust (DeNiro/Pfeiffer) - no better, no worse. I really like the actress who played Susan. Very classy. However, I was distracted by the constantly shifting production quality, where scenes went from very dark to bleached-out bright. This was sometimes confusing, as they attempted to indicate shifts between locations and story lines by changing the lighting, yet scenes WITHIN the castle near the end varied widely from shot to shot.
I am a casual Terry Pratchett fan, having read a couple of his books, but I'm not a Discworld zealot. My wife has not read any of Pratchett's work. So we did not approach the movie with any expectations. We both felt it is a worthy effort, but a bit long (3+ hours) and wish the production had been a bit better. The Tooth Fairy's castle was so obviously a cheap plywood set! Overall, I'd give this a mild thumbs up. |
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