The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2005
Directed by Garth Jennings
- Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
- 109 min
- PG
Don't leave Earth without it.
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, 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."
AdventureComedyScience Fictiongalaxyandroidbureaucracybased on novel or bookchasespace travelaliensurvivalhitchhikerrobotalien invasionspace opera
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Epic, comic, unpretentious and cool.
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
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Cast
- Martin FreemanArthur Dent
- Yasiin BeyFord Prefect
- Zooey DeschanelTrillian
- Sam RockwellZaphod Beeblebrox
- Alan RickmanMarvin (voice)
- Anna ChancellorQuestular Rontok
- Bill NighySlartibartfast
- Richard GriffithsJeltz (voice)
- John MalkovichHumma Kavula
- Helen MirrenDeep Thought (voice)
Crew
- Garth JenningsDirector
- Karey KirkpatrickScreenplay
- Douglas AdamsScreenplay
- Douglas AdamsNovel
- Igor Jadue-LilloDirector of Photography
- Joby TalbotOriginal Music Composer
- Niven HowieEditor
- Gary BarberProducer
- Jay RoachProducer
- Nick GoldsmithProducer
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