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( - Audio commentary from director Garth Jennings
- Deleted scenes
- Fake deleted scenes
- Additional entries from the Guide
- Sing-a-long to "Thanks For All The Fish"
- 'Marvin's Hangman' set-top game
- 'Making Of' Featurette
- UK exclusive bonus feature: Don't Crash: The Making Of Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy
Don't panic...
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, English everyman Arthur Dent (Martin Freeman) is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect (Mos Def), who is actually not human but an alien researcher penning a new edition of the essential travel tome known as "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy".
Landing aboard a spaceship from the Vogon Constructor Fleet which has just obliterated the Earth, Arthur is flung into an outer space adventure where he'll meet oddball characters like Slartibartfast, Zaphod Beeblebrox & Marvin the paranoid android, visit amazing places such as Magrathea, endure the 3rd worst poetry in the galaxy, discover mice want his brain and learn that the answer to life, the universe and everything is, well, 42...
Following incarnations as a radio series, a set of books which became known as a 'Trilogy In Five Parts' and a TV adaptation, Douglas Adams' seminal science fiction comedy blasts onto DVD as a fantastically funny film, co-written by the author himself prior to his death. The film features a galaxy of British and American stars, also including the voices of Alan Rickman as Marvin and Stephen Fry as the Guide.
Average rating (10 reviews)
Vote Zaphod Beeblebrox for President!
StokeMeAKlipper | 12/03/2008 | See all StokeMeAKlipper's reviews (1) »
I just want to say that I have not read the book, or seen the original series... but I do genuinely like this film. I love Stephen Fry (narrator), Bill Bailey (the whale), Mos Def (Ford Prefect) and Sam Rockwell is possibly one of the funniest characters I have ever seen as Zaphod Beeblebrox. Its a shame this film has recieved so many bad reviews. I say rent this first, if you can, either you will love it for its sillyness, the 'Don't Think!' scene and Zaphod Beeblebrox amongst many other things... or like many others you will hate it because it is not true to the book (I don't know much about that, as I said I have not read the book) or it is not as good as the original series (I haven't seen that either).
Like I said, give it a chance by renting it if you can. If you like it, like I do, then come back on here and buy it :) I liked it so much that I am going to buy the book.
P.S. DON'T PANIC!
Hang on to your towel ...
misternervosa | 29/01/2008 | See all misternervosa's reviews (4) »
Sadly dissapointing
Banski | 10/01/2008 | See all Banski's reviews (14) »
I was dissapointed. The wonderfully created Douglas Adams characters were Americanised. The Story lost in space and Marvin the Paraniod Android under developed and easily forgotten, which is probably for the best.
Go for the BBC TV original, or better still the books.
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Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Alan Rickman, Bill Bailey, Zooey Deschanel, John Malkovich, Stephen Fry, Richard Griffiths, Simon Jones, Ian McNeice, Helen Mirren, Bill Nighy, Mark Gatiss, Sam Rockwell, Reece Shearsmith & Kelly Macdonald | |
12 years and over | |
2005 | |
Widescreen 2.35:1 Anamorphic | |
English - Dolby Digital (5.1) ; DTS | |
English ; English for the hard of hearing | |
1 hour and 45 minutes (approx) | |
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players. |
