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Terry Pratchett's Discworld - Soul Music | 
 enlarge | Director: Jean Flynn (ii)
Actors: Christopher Lee, Graham Crowden, Andy Hockley, Neil Morrissey, Bernard Wrigley
Studio: Acorn Media
Category: DVD
Buy New: $35.99
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Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 35316
Format: Animated, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 175 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 1569384622
UPC: 054961462292
EAN: 9781569384626
ASIN: B00005M0JI
Release Date: July 31, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews: Read 27 more reviews...
 Fantastic January 7, 2006
Oren Elrad
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Excellent all around (esp Christopher Lee as Death).
The animation isn't as sharp as some of the newer computerized work (eg: Futurama) the somehwat goofy style fits the goofy story as well.
5/5 all around.
 Fun bits October 31, 2005
Pascal Meunier
This DVD has several fun bits, and a lot of slow parts. The first DVD had difficulty playing. The musical performances are interesting, even good, but short. It's worth watching if you enjoy Terry Pratchett's work.
for Discworld fans only August 24, 2005
S Pasricha (CO, USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
if you're a Discworld fan you'll bear with the not-so-spectacular animation and enjoy it. This is entertaining and definitely a must have if you can't get enough of the Discworld. Everyone else, you've been warned - this is not the best way to get introduced to the spectacularly witty and hilarious Discworld - go read the books first :)
top notch terry prachett June 10, 2005
Elizabeth T. Swaim (Boone, NC USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I don't have the DVD version, just the VHS, but it is true to the book, and really catches many of the subtleties that I was scared a movie would leave out. The imaging is right in line with what I had imagined. Aside from the story being broken up into 6 mini shows, it was absolutely excellent.
People had me worried for a minute there... February 17, 2005
K. Leal (CA USA)
35 out of 35 found this review helpful
I must say, with all the negative reviews that this animation was getting, I was almost afraid to watch it. But my insistance on seeing Death animated persuaded me to buy it anyways, and I'm glad for it. So I will address some of the main negative commentary. First, the quality of animation. Perhaps I've become desensitized to bad animation (thanks to some low-budget Japanese anime) but in my experience, Soul Music's animation is not at all bad. If anyone could stomach Scooby-Doo or Johnny Quest, then this is nothing. The adaptation itself (while I would rather have seen Reaper Man or Mort animated) was exquisite and followed the novel almost exactly. Sometimes the cuts or execution of a particular scene in the novel didn't translate exactly, but for the most part seeing it in action actually clarified aspects of the book. I was particularly impressed by how well things such as Death's house and time travel were handled. And finally, the voice acting was very well done. Christopher Lee as Death was a piece of casting that could not have been done better, not to mention the design overall was done well! Susan, although her character design fluctuated a lot, was also very good. The musical aspect of the story -- going through all the 'stages' of rock music since it started -- was handled surprisingly well also.
The only gripe I had was the fact that the Death of Rats didn't have a rat skull. Nor did he, er, SQUEAK properly. He looked more like a Death of Lizards. And Quoth didn't really look much like a raven, and talked more like a parrot. But otherwise, everything was spot-on.
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