| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1982)
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| Front Cover |
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Back Cover |
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| Gary Barber |
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| Roger Birnbaum |
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| Anna Chancellor |
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| Warwick Davis |
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| Mos Def |
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| Zooey Deschanel |
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| Martin Freeman |
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| Stephen Fry |
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| Simon Jones |
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| Thomas Lennon |
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| John Malkovich |
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| Helen Mirren |
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Adventure; Family |
| Director |
Alan J.W. Bell; Garth Jennings |
| Producer |
Gary Barber; Roger Birnbaum |
| Writer |
Douglas Adams; Karey Kirkpatrick |
| Studio |
Disney / Buena Vista |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
NR (Not Rated) |
| Running Time |
3 hr 0 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| The production values aren't the greatest here, but this adaptation does capture some of the ebullient, hilarious anarchy of Douglas Adams's book. Arthur Dent discovers that his friend, Ford Prefect, isn't human at all but an alien on assignment, writing for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Many of Adams's delicious asides are dropped off here, like the woman who figures out the meaning of life right at the moment that she gets blown up with the rest of the Earth, but it retains what it can. Sure, the book was better, and the realization of Zaphod Beeblebox and Trillian are, well, just different, but it's a great introduction to the series for the uninitiated. --Keith Simanton |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
1.33:1 |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
794051161727 |
| Release Date |
4/30/2002 |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
2 |
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Extra Features
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Deleted Scenes - Bulldozed right out of the movie
Fake Deleted Scenes - Way, way too-far-out outtakes
Additional Guide Entry - What the Guide has to say about quite possibly the oddest thing in the universe
Sing Along "So Long & Thank For All The Fish" - Performed by the second most intelligent creatures on Earth
"The Making of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy"
2 Wholly Remarkable Audio Commentaries - Executive Producer and Douglas Adams' Colleague Sean Salle; Producer & Actors
Set-Top Game: Marvin's Hangman - A simple word game with detachable results using Marvin the paranoid android |
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