Hitchhiker's Guide
to the Galaxy - The Movie
| Movie DVD released September 5th 2005 The twin DVD set includes: an extended Babel Fish guide entry, 3 deleted scenes (why were these cut!), singalong "so long and thanks", a 10 minute "Making of" feature, and an excellent commentary from director Garth Jennings, Producer Nick Goldsmith, and cast members Martin Freeman (Arthur) and Bill Nighy (Slartibartfast). Save £9 by buying online... We've found it cheapest at Play.com (£7.99). Also at Sendit (£9.99 delivered) & Amazon (£8.79) |
At last, after years of waiting, Douglas Adams' dream of a HitchHikers Guide film has been realised - The Movie was released in the UK on the 28th April 2005, and worldwide from May 2005.
For information
on the whole HHGG universe, see our Hitch-Hikers
page.
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HitchHiker's The Movie: Cast summary
Watch out for Simon Jones (the original Arthur Dent), and the early Marvin making cameo appearances too... |
For the trailer, go to: www.imdb.com/title/tt0371724/trailers
For the official UK movie site, go to www.hitchhikersmovie.co.uk
Also, check out the unofficial movie
site
Our comments on the film:
Our team went to
see the movie on Day One of it's UK debut, and despite a few misgivings,
found it to be a good watch - there's been a serious attempt to keep
in much of what the original radio series
fans will remember and relate to (with updates to the 1970s terminology),
as well as to create a more general appeal to today's movie-goer. Personally,
I felt that there wasn't a lot of time to get to know the characters
- not a fault of the actors, but in an effort to get the story across,
Ford and Zaphod just didn't come across as the galaxy-weary travellers
from the radio series, and the less said about the Trillian love triange
the better!
Also, I felt there were a few attempts to 'pythonise' the humour (for
the US market, perhaps?)... but, hey, it's new Hitch-hikers, a good
watch, and if it gets a few more people familiar with the epic, it gets
my vote! Some other notes:
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Great to see Simon Jones (the original Arthur Dent) paying a 'courtesy' walkon
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Bill Bailey as the whale? Inspired choice!
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Some subtle H2G2 refererences for the diehard fans.... including the Vogon's chair
- No mention of the Guide's entry on Earth, or Ford's revision... odd.
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Star Wars knives... what a great idea!
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The Magrathea shop floor... wow!
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Don't leave the cinema as soon as the credits roll...
Anything to say? Comments on the film appreciated in our forum
Another two films to follow? Check out the BBC Story...
 The soundtrack to the film |
 The book of how they made the film |
 The DVD and video of the film Out September 2005 |
 The book of the film of the book |
 Audiobook, read by Stephen Fry) |
 A book about the book |
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The various versions of The Guide - From Amazon
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