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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Garth Jennings
(2005)
104min
PG Certificate
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Review
Our Score
by
Jamie Russell
Don't Panic! This long-awaited adaptation of Douglas Adams's classic BBC radio series/book/TV series finally makes it to the big screen without sacrificing any of its late creator's jovially lugubrious vision. Martin Freeman stars as put-upon everyman Arthur Dent who, in the company of extraterrestrial friend Ford Prefect (rapper Mos Def), escapes the Earth moments before it's demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. Armed with Ford's copy of the eponymous guide - a PDA travelogue voiced by Stephen Fry - Arthur tries to make sense of a universe in which aliens recite brain-mangling verse, sperm whales fall from the sky while pondering the nature of existence and a paranoid android (voiced by Alan Rickman) copes with depression. Although signs of Hollywood studio tampering are in evidence - the clumsy love story between Arthur and space girl Trillian (Zooey Deschanel) - director Garth Jennings stays true to the oddity at the heart of this quintessentially British space odyssey.
Summary
A thoroughly ordinary man is hurled into an intergalactic adventure when Earth is destroyed to make way for a hyperspace bypass. Luckily, his friend, who turns out to be an alien, gives him a handy travel guide to help him make sense of the universe. Sci-fi comedy based on Douglas Adams' classic series, with Martin Freeman, Bill Nighy, Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel and Sam Rockwell. Stephen Fry is the guide's narrator.
Cast & Crew
Arthur Dent
Martin Freeman
Slartibartfast
Bill Nighy
Zaphod Beeblebrox
Sam Rockwell
Ford Prefect
Mos Def
Trillian
Zooey Deschanel
Marvin
Warwick Davis
Narrator/The Guide
Stephen Fry
Reporter
Kelly Macdonald
Humma Kavula
John Malkovich
Deep Thought
Helen Mirren
The Whale
Bill Bailey
Director
Garth Jennings
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Other Information
Language:
English
Colour
Theatrical distributor:
Buena Vista
Available on:
video, DVD and Blu-ray
Drama
Comedy
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