Welcome to the Discworld

Welcome to the Discworld

1996 · 7 min · ★ 6.4 · Fantasy, Animation

Death loses his job, and there is no one on the Discworld to collect the dead. "How life and death depend on each other absolutely." This is a short (7:32 minutes) introduction to the pilot "Reaper Man" which was never filmed. It appears on the DVD for the TV Series "Soul Music" which is an animated adaptation of a Terry Pratchett novel of the same name.

Directed by Jean Flynn · Written by Terry Pratchett

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