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Moving Pictures

(Discworld Novel 10)

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By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Jason Isaacs, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy
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'Holy Wood is a different sort of place. People act differently here. Everywhere else the most important things are gods or money or cattle. Here, the most important thing is to be important.'

Cameras roll, for the first time, on the Discworld when alchemists discover the excitement of the silver screen. But what is the dark secret of Holy Wood hill? As the cliches of Tinsel Town pour into the world, it's up to the Disc's first film stars to find out . . .

Join Victor Tugelbend ('Can't sing. Can't dance. Can handle a sword a little') and Theda Withel ('I come from a little town you've probably never heard of') as they battle the forces of evil and cinema advertising.

They're about to discover that the magic of the silver screen might be powerful enough to put an end to, well, everything.

The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Moving Pictures is a standalone novel.

'Cracking dialogue, compelling illogic and unchained whimsy' Sunday Times

© Terry and Lyn Pratchett 1990 (P) Penguin Audio 2023

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'A true original among contemporary writers'
'Cracking dialogue, compelling illogic and unchained whimsy...Pratchett has a subject and a style that is very much his own'
'Offers more entertainment per page than anything this side of Wodehouse'
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One of the most enjoyable narrations of Discworld, for one of the funnest ‘easter egg’ stories in the series. A treat!

The magic of holy wood

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Jason Isaacs is already working with an amazing book but his vocal talent is next level. Dibbler was a masterpiece and Ruby’s cabaret performance with Bill Nighy’s translation made me laugh out loud. Please do more audiobooks Jason Isaacs.

Superb

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The whole thing was brilliant and Isaac's voices were all perfect. But... His Ridcully is actual genius. The first time he yelled for the Bursar I laughed so much I needed my inhaler. Exquisite.

BURSAAAAAAAR!!!

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This is a great adaptation of one of Terry Pratchett's early Discworld novels. Jason Isaacs is excellent delivering the story with a great variety of character accents and voices (apart from a couple of dubious troll's anyway). The story is one I've loved since I first read it back in the 90's, with so many pastiches of Golden Age Hollywood that still amuse me now. But, compared with Pratchetts later books, the story is simpler and just doesn't have the same kind of depth. Which is entirely to be expected and feels a bit mean to rate it down for but I have to be honest here :)

Early Pratchett is still excellent

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Jason Isaacs gives all the characters the voices I always imagined they had. His rendition of Mustrum Ridcully is especially memorable.

Brilliantly read,

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