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Fan Group Creates Full-Length Discworld Movie

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the things-to-watch dept.

greenrd writes "'Almost No Budget Films,' a group of Terry Pratchett fans from Germany, recently finished a 9-month filming stint on a full-length dramatisation of pterry's novel 'Lords and Ladies.' A grand total of 300 euros were spent on this production, and all profits from this fan movie will go to the Orangutan Foundation. Check out the new English trailer for some grin-inducing special effects!"

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  1. Bandwidth Cost by Monx · · Score: 5, Funny

    And another 300 euros will be spent thanks to the direct video link on Slashdot.

  2. Until by Kjella · · Score: 3, Funny

    A grand total of 300 euros were spent on this production

    Until they were hit with multiple times that in bandwidth costs after a slashdotting. Mohahahaha >:->

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  3. Slashdotting a full-length movie?! by SamSim · · Score: 4, Funny

    I could hear their server exploding from England!

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    1. Re:Slashdotting a full-length movie?! by el-spectre · · Score: 4, Funny

      Shoulda hosted it on Hex...

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  4. ook by flumps · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oook ook OOOk ook ook ook OOk ook ook ook ook.

    [trans. I for one welcome our oragutan overlords]

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    1. Re:ook by Scrab · · Score: 5, Funny

      I thought they were monkeys

      Oh wait....

      *starts running*

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    2. Re:ook by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Some people just dont get in-jokes. If you don't like Pratchett why read the article in the first place?

      Funniest flame i ever read tho, that said..

    3. Re:ook by ackthpt · · Score: 2, Funny
      Oook ook OOOk ook ook ook OOk ook ook ook ook.

      I went to the theater to see the click, but there was this big guy with long read hair and long arms taking up the whole front row. He had a huge sack of banged grains, too, and kept throwing them at the screen.

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  5. Under-blues. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Check out the new English trailer for some grin-inducing special effects!""

    Wearing too tight underwear can produce the same effect.

  6. OKAY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Then never mind moneys, give them some sandwiches

  7. Re:Bittorent copy by tcdk · · Score: 4, Funny
    It's horribly low quality, with some really bad mpeg artefact's. I tidied up a frame, with a wizard talking on his cellphone ... where you go:

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  8. Gotta Catch 'Em All! by boingyzain · · Score: 2, Funny

    on a full-length dramatisation of pterry's novel

    Pterry? Sounds like a Pokemon.

    Back on topic... I sure wish real movie studios would pick up some of these Discworld novels to make a great expensive movie out of. I can see them as the next Star Wars or such, if they do it right.

    Or, even better, a faithful recreation of Dune!

    1. Re:Gotta Catch 'Em All! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Is the Pterry related to the Ptarmigan?

      Pterry - a small humourous sea bird, with a strange affinity for elephants.

    2. Re:Gotta Catch 'Em All! by DJCF · · Score: 2, Funny

      a faithful recreation of Dune!

      Check out the *very* original - the David Lynch, with a young Patrick Stewart and horrendous CG. It's almost as old as the Ten Commandments (the film, not stones)!

      But it's good...

  9. Usually... by GNUThomson · · Score: 5, Funny

    unless it is uni-form-hot-chicks.de or something. But that kind of sites have their educational goals, anyway.

  10. Re:The footage isn't usually the problem... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    the fringe characters (i.e. not the extras) suck donkey balls

    What movies are *you* watching?

  11. Re:Almost No Budget for webserver too by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Site loads fine here. Check your ethernet cable is plugged in. If you light it on fire you get fire wire and your page will load faster. Too bad your cable only lasts a certain ammount of time though.

  12. Re:Considered by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hmmm. Now that I'm thinking about it, I'm going to start a project to convert Dali's "The Persistence of Memory" into a television series.

    It's been done. It was called "Monty Python's Flying Circus". There's also been a remake called "Futurama".