Going Postal(2010)
Overview
Moist von Lipwig is a con-man with a particular talent-- he is utterly unremarkable. When his execution is stayed in Terry Pratchett's remarkable Discworld, he must work off his debt to society as the land's head Postman. Things are not always as they seem, and soon Lipwig is delivering mail for his very life!
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Moist Von Lipwig
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Lord Vetinari
Groat
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Ridcully
Reacher Gilt
Mr. Pump
Adora Belle Dearheart
Stanley Howler
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