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Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy (2005/ Pan & Scan) |
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Buena Vista |
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When Arthur Dent learns that a friend of his is actually an alien with advanced knowledge of Earth's impending destruction, he is transported off the Earth seconds before it is exploded to make way for a new hyperspace motorway. |
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ( 2005)
Genre:
Adventure
/
Comedy /
Sci-Fi
Tagline: Don't Panic
Plot Outline: 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." Everyone has
bad mornings. You wake up late, you stub your toe, you burn
the toast...but for a man named Arthur Dent, this goes far
beyond a bad day. When he learns that a friend of his is
actually an alien with advanced knowledge of Earth's
impending destruction, he is transported off the Earth
seconds before it is exploded to make way for a new
hyperspace motorway. And as if that's not enough, throw in
being wanted by the police, Earth II, an insane electronic
encyclopedia, no tea whatsoever, a chronically depressed
robot and the search for the meaning of life, and you've
got the greatest adventure off Earth.
User Comments: This movie is Mostly
Harmless...
User Rating:
6.7/10 (17,733 votes)
MPAA: Rated PG for
thematic elements, action and mild language.
Runtime: 109 min
Country:
USA /
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Sound Mix:
DTS-ES
/
Dolby
Digital /
SDDS
Certification:
Spain:7
/
Taiwan:GP
/
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
/
USA:PG
/
Philippines:PG-13
/
Switzerland:7
(canton of Vaud) /
Switzerland:7
(canton of Geneva) /
Sweden:11
Trivia: The hymn sung by the
Jatravartidian followers of Humma Kavula was recorded at
St. Martin's Church, Highgate, London on 19 June 2004. The
hymn was sung by several hundred untrained members of the
public invited to the recording via a call for singers
circulated on the internet.
Goofs: Continuity: When Arthur is
standing in front of the portal on Magrathea, the amount of
snow covering the ground changes between shots.
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 were
of course dolphins...
Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations
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115 out of 167 people found the following comment
useful:-
This movie is Mostly Harmless...,
25 April 2005
Author:
Hitsuzen
from United Kingdom
It's a known fact that the movie adaptation of
Hitchhiker's has been up in the air for some years now.
Passing from the hands of one director to the next (James
Cameron, Spike Jonze and Jay Roach), it wasn't until the
idea landed in front of Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith
that things truly started to take shape.
Douglas Adams died from a heart attack in 2001, but
after reading the books, watching the film and drawing a
comparison, it's clear that Adams would've accepted this
adaptation of the TV series of the computer game of the
radio series wholeheartedly.
Martin Freeman is an inspired choice as the face of
Arthur Dent. He's an everyman, his slightly vacant,
permanently confused facial expression (which we've all
come to recognise from his role in The Office), truly
becoming from a man who's trying to make sense of what's
Out There, which happens to be similar to, though on a
slightly larger scale than what's Down Here. And stupider.
Admittedly, it would've been nice to see more
English talent taking on the roles from Adams' well loved
creation. Steven Fry is THE Guide, the quintessential voice
of logic and good-humoured reasoning in the Universe. Bill
Nighy makes a great Slartibartfast, coming across as the
kindly, if a little absent minded, genius that I've always
imagined. And Alan Rickman providing his nasal drones to
Marvin the Paranoid Android worked to near perfection.
That's not to say that the American cast isn't
great. Mos Def and Zooey Deschanel are excellent as Ford
Prefect and Trillian, but it's obvious that it's Sam
Rockwell who's having all the fun, relishing his role as
the over-excitable, reminiscently hippie-rockstar
Ex-President of the Galaxy, Zaphod Beeblebrox.
So all in all, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
is a great experience. Non-Adamites will love it, as will
the die hard fans. It's such a shame that its creator had
to bow out before his beloved creation came to life, but
due to his input into the movie script (the character Humma
Kavula, played by John Malkovich, was written by him
especially for the movie), his enthusiasm still lives on.
Want to go to the Restaurant at the End of the
Universe now, please. |
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