Movie
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005PG1h 49m6.7 / 10
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."
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Synopsis
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."
More about The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Cast
Martin FreemanArthur Dent
Yasiin BeyFord Prefect
Zooey DeschanelTrillian
Sam RockwellZaphod Beeblebrox
Alan RickmanMarvin (voice)
Anna ChancellorQuestular Rontok
Bill NighySlartibartfast
Richard GriffithsJeltz (voice)Credits
- Directed by
- Garth Jennings
- Written by
- Douglas Adams, Karey Kirkpatrick, Douglas Adams
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $50M
- Box office
- $104.5M
Production
Spyglass EntertainmentUnited States- Everyman PicturesUnited States
- Hammer & TongsUnited Kingdom
Touchstone PicturesUnited States
Themes
alienalien invasionandroidbased on novel or bookbureaucracychasecheerfuldestruction of earth
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