The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Garth Jennings

Writers (WGA):

Douglas Adams (book)
Douglas Adams (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

29 April 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Don't Panic

Plot:

Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, journeyman Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

Plot Keywords:

Spaceship | Alien | Meaning Of Life | Everyman | Planet

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

Bill Bailey	...	The Whale (voice)
Anna Chancellor	...	Questular Rontok
Warwick Davis	...	Marvin
Mos Def	...	Ford Prefect
Zooey Deschanel	...	Trillian
Su Elliot	...	Pub Customer (as Su Eliott)
Martin Freeman	...	Arthur Dent
Stephen Fry	...	Narrator / The Guide (voice)
Richard Griffiths	...	Jeltz (voice)
Dominique Jackson	...	Fook
Simon Jones	...	Ghostly Image
Thomas Lennon	...	Eddie the Computer (voice)
Mark Longhurst	...	Bulldozer Driver
Kelly Macdonald	...	Reporter
John Malkovich	...	Humma Kavula

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic elements, action and mild language.

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Spain:7 | Taiwan:GP | Argentina:Atp | Malaysia:U | Netherlands:MG6 (DVD rating) | Iceland:10 | Iceland:LH (video rating) | Hungary:14 | USA:PG (certificate #41593) | Canada:PG | South Korea:All | Australia:PG | Brazil:10 | Canada:G (British Columbia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Finland:K-11 | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:12A | New Zealand:PG | Norway:7 | Singapore:PG | UK:PG | Philippines:PG-13 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Beehive Pub, Hare Street, Nr Buntingford, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Touchstone Pictures

Trivia:

The names of all five books -- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life the Universe and Everything, So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, and Mostly Harmless -- are each mentioned throughout the course of the movie. The last, however, ended up on the cutting room floor and can be seen in the Deleted Scenes of the DVD.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Humma Kavula steps off of his dinner table, in the next shot, you can see the actor walking normally (taking a step) instead of the supposed mechanical movement of his many legs.

Quotes:

[first lines]
The Book: It's an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, Man had always assumed that he was the most intelligent species occupying the planet, instead of the *third* most intelligent. The second most intelligent creatures were of course dolphins who...

Movie Connections:

Featured in Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

So Long & Thanks for All the Fish

Sorry Douglas....

I lived and breathed Hitch hikers in the 80's, I have every version possible on audio tape ,dvd and video. All the various book versions and even the radio scripts, But I went into this film with an open mind, Yes I did. O.K, I wasn't expecting word for word but I have no idea what this dis-jointed, confusing, badly edited, hash of a film was about. They didn't even get close. Characters appeared with no explanation of who they were , events happened and I have no idea why, hell half the time the actors not in the scene looked bored and wandered off. Most disappointing film since The Phantom Menace, maybe Hitchikers could have used a Jar-Jar. Once again that big film industry over the sea has taken a great idea and destroyed it as with the Dr Who movie. At the end of the film it said "for Douglas" it should have said "Sorry Douglas we stuffed it"