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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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."

Director

Garth Jennings

Year

Genre

adventure, comedy, sci-fi

Box Office

$51,085,416

Production

Spyglass Entertainment,Everyman Pictures,Hammer & Tongs,Touchstone Pictures

Awards

1 win & 10 nominations

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The Whale

Questular Rontok

Anna Chancellor

Marvin

Ford Prefect

Trillian

Zooey Deschanel

Pub Customer (as Su Eliott)

Arthur Dent

Narrator

Jeltz

Richard Griffiths

Fook

Dominique Jackson

Ghostly Image

Eddie the Computer

Bulldozer Driver

Reporter

Kelly Macdonald

Humma Kavula

Kwaltz (voice)

Deep Thought

Slartibartfast

Mr. Prosser

Steve Pemberton

Marvin

Zaphod Beeblebrox

Lunkwill

Additional Vogon Voices

Additional Vogon Voices (as The League of Gentlemen)

Reece Shearsmith

Vogon Interpreter (voice)

Barman

Albie Woodington

Creature Performer

Creature Performer

Creature Performer

Creature Performer

Hayley Burroughs

Creature Performer (as Cecily Faye)

Creature Performer

Creature Performer

Creature Performer (as Nikki McInness)

Creature Performer

Creature Performer (as Ollie Parham)

Creature Performer

Creature Performer (as Lynne Robertson Bruce)

Lynn Robertson Bruce

Vogon Soldier (as Jerome Blake)

Jerome St. John Blake

Vogon Soldier

Vogon Soldier

Vogon Soldier

Vogon Soldier

Vogon Soldier

Vogon Soldier

Vogon Soldier

Vogon Soldier

Vogon Soldier

Vogon Soldier

Vogon Soldier

Vogon Soldier

Vogon Soldier

Vogon Soldier

Vogon Soldier

Vogon Soldier

Spencer Wilding

Vogon Soldier

London Citizen

Polly Jane Rocket Adams

Alien

Extra

Marvin

Peter Burroughs

Humma Worshiper

Frankie Mouse

Congregation

Benjy Mouse (voice)

London Citizen

Gag Halfrunt

Jason Schwartzman

Trillian DBL

Pall Bearer

Mark Rhino Smith

London Citizen

Native American

London Citizen

Humma Worshipper

Daewoo Driver

Deep Thought Technician

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The Whale Zaphod Beeblebrox Narrator Trillian Lunkwill Deep Thought Fook Native American Arthur Dent Marvin Slartibartfast Humma Kavula Eddie The Computer Jeltz Questular Rontok Ghostly Image Gag Halfrunt Mr. Prosser Barman

Male chorus So long and thanks for all the fishSo sad that it should come to thisWe tried to warn you all but oh dearYou may not share our intellectWhich might explain your disrespectFor all the natural wonders that grow around youSo long so long and - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Male chorus So long and thanks for all the fishSo sad that...

♪ So long, so long, so long ♪ So long, so long ♪ So long, so long and thanks for all the fish ♪ - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

♪ So long, so long, so long ♪ So long, so long ♪ So long, so...

The extraordinary story of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy begins very simply. - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The extraordinary story of The Hitchhiker's Guide to...

Ooh! An Earthman, to be precise, who no more knows his destiny than a tea leaf knows the history of - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Ooh! An Earthman, to be precise, who no more knows his...

Who no more knows his destinythan a tea leaf knows the history of the East India Company - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Who no more knows his destinythan a tea leaf knows the...

He is a five foot eight inch tall ape descendantand someone is trying to drive a bypass through his house - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

He is a five foot eight inch tall ape descendantand someone...

Mr Dent have you any idea how much damage this bulldozer would sufferif I just let it roll straight over youHow much None at all - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Mr Dent have you any idea how much damage this bulldozer...

Workers of the Earth, I bring good tidings of peanuts and beer! - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Workers of the Earth, I bring good tidings of peanuts and...

- Good. Let's go to the pub. - Huh? They won't demolish it until they've finished the beers. - Can w - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

- Good. Let's go to the pub. - Huh? They won't...

Sorry Ah Time is an illusionLunchtime doubly so - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Sorry Ah Time is an illusionLunchtime doubly so

Wasn't it strange I was trying to shake hands with a carI assumed you were drunkI thought cars were the dominant life form I was introducing myself - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Wasn't it strange I was trying to shake hands with a...

It must be Thursday I could never get the hang of Thursdays - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

It must be Thursday I could never get the hang of Thursdays

Arthur I hate those kind of partiesI'd rather have stayed at home and ironed my hankies - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Arthur I hate those kind of partiesI'd rather have...

Uh Dent Arthur Dent Oh no I mean who are you - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Uh Dent Arthur Dent Oh no I mean who are you

Uh Dent Arthur Dent Oh no I mean who are youOh the costume Right Livingstone I presumeYeah it's not as clever as Darwin but the best I could do at short noticeYou're the first to get that rightArthur Really Yes Everyone calls me SantaRight I thought the - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Uh Dent Arthur Dent Oh no I mean who are youOh the costume...

That's awkward - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

She was amazing though FordBeautiful witty mad as a balloon - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

She was amazing though FordBeautiful witty mad as a balloon

Arthur Uh without the beard you look at least 80 years youngerMaybe I'm de evolvingboth laughArthur Well I should tell you that I do not datesingle celled organisms OK - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Arthur Uh without the beard you look at least 80 years...

Let's go somewhereYeah Definitely Um where do you have in mindMadagascar Is that that new club on Dean StreetNo it's a country off the coast of Africa - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Let's go somewhereYeah Definitely Um where do you have...

I want to go somewhere I've never been and I'd like to go with you so - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

I want to go somewhere I've never been and I'd...

Is this guy boring youWhy don't you talk to me insteadI'm from a different planetIt's true You want to see my spaceship - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Is this guy boring youWhy don't you talk to me...

People of Earth, a round of drinks, for everyone, on me. - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

People of Earth, a round of drinks, for everyone, on me.

Barman You really think the world's going to endYesShouldn't we lie down or put a paper bag over our heads or somethingIf you like Will it helpNot at all See youbarman Last orders - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Barman You really think the world's going to...

- What is that? - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

- What is that?

Aha! Towel! Arthur! What the hell are those things? Yeow! They're ships from a Vogon constructor fle - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Aha! Towel! Arthur! What the hell are those things? Yeow!...

There's no point acting surprised about it. - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

There's no point acting surprised about it.

Apathetic bloody planetI've no sympathy at all - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Apathetic bloody planetI've no sympathy at all

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book Perhaps the most remarkable, certainly the most successful, ever to come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor. - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly...

So you're not from Guildford? - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

So you're not from Guildford?

You don't remember - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

You don't remember

- Huh, blown up. - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

- Huh, blown up.

It's a tough galaxy If you want to survive out here you'vegotta know where your towel is - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

It's a tough galaxy If you want to survive out here...

Guide Vogons are one of the most unpleasant races in the galaxyNot evil but bad tempered bureaucratic officious and callousThey wouldn't even lift a finger to save their own grandmothersfrom the Ravenous Bug blatter Beast of Traal without orderssigned in - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Guide Vogons are one of the most unpleasant races in the...

Ford They can't think or imagine Most can't spell They just run thingsHmmgruntsAnd if we don't get a ride soonwe won't need the Guide to tell us how unpleasant the Vogons areThey've already destroyed a planet todayThat always makes them a little eeee - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Ford They can't think or imagine Most can't spell...

Resistance is useless - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Resistance is useless

Resistance is useless. - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Resistance is useless.

Wheee! - - - - Ha, ha! - Hmmm. - Sir. - What? - Hitchhikers. - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Wheee! - - - - Ha, ha! - Hmmm. - Sir. - What? - Hitchhikers.

Guide Vogon poetry is widely accepted as the third worst in the universegroansGuide The second worst is that of the Azgoths of KriaDuring a recitation by their Poet Master Grunthos the Flatulentof his poem Ode to a Small Lump of Green PuttyI Found in My - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Guide Vogon poetry is widely accepted as the third worst in...

Either die in the vacuum of spaceor tell me what you thought of my poemVogons chuckleA a actually I rather liked itJeltz Hmm Ford YeahThat's good Run with it HmmUh some of the words I didn't understandbut I found the imagery quite effectiveContinueWell uh - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Either die in the vacuum of spaceor tell me what you thought...

Shut up Get a job Wash your filthy handsDon't panic Don't panicSo this is itWe're going to dieYeah we're gonna dieNo no what's thisWhat is thisWhat's this This is nothing Yeah we're gonna die - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Shut up Get a job Wash your filthy handsDon't panic...

Would you like a hug - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Would you like a hug

You're sweating - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

You're sweating

- Would you like a hug? - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

- Would you like a hug?

Guide Space says the introduction to The Hitchhiker's Guideis big Really bigYou just won't believe how vastly hugely mind bogglingly big it isA a and so on - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Guide Space says the introduction to The Hitchhiker's...

On the planet Earth - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

On the planet Earth

Ford Yes - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Arthur I think I'm a sofa Ford I know how you feel - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Arthur I think I'm a sofa Ford I know how you feel

So much for the laws of physics - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

So much for the laws of physics

Zaphod In the name of people freedom and uh democracy stuff like thatI hereby kidnap myself and I'm taking the ship with me Whoo - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Zaphod In the name of people freedom and uh democracy stuff...

If there's anything more important than my ego I want it caught and shot now - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

If there's anything more important than my ego I want...

TV Zaphod's just this guy you know - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

TV Zaphod's just this guy you know

Hitchhikers Why'd you pick up hitchhikersI didn't The ship did - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Hitchhikers Why'd you pick up hitchhikersI didn't...

You ought to know I'm feeling very depressed - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

You ought to know I'm feeling very depressed

You ought to know, I'm feeling very depressed. - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

You ought to know, I'm feeling very depressed.

Marvin Life Don't talk to me about life - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Marvin Life Don't talk to me about life

- Commander Kwaltz. - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

- Commander Kwaltz.

I think that door just sighedMarvin Ghastly isn't itAll the doors have been programmedto have a cheerful and sunny disposition - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

I think that door just sighedMarvin Ghastly isn't itAll...

Here I am brain the size of a planetand they ask me to take you up to the bridgeCall that job satisfaction 'Cause I don't - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Here I am brain the size of a planetand they ask me to take...

You can thank the Sirius Cybernetics Corporationfor building robots with G P PArthur What's G P P Marvin Genuine People PersonalitiesI'm a personality prototype You can tell can't you - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

You can thank the Sirius Cybernetics Corporationfor building...

Zaphod Hey Slim are you wearing my underwear 'Cause I'm wearing yoursAnd they ain't doing the trick Come on All right - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Zaphod Hey Slim are you wearing my underwear 'Cause...

Marvin Freeze I'm a robot Not a refrigerator - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Marvin Freeze I'm a robot Not a refrigerator

You Zarkin' Frood - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

You Zarkin' Frood

Now I've got a headache - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Now I've got a headache

That's a good one Well this is weird - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

That's a good one Well this is weird

They're gonna demolish my home - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

They're gonna demolish my home

Sings He's a guest on my shipI thought you said you stole it - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Sings He's a guest on my shipI thought you said you...

That doesn't sound good - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

That doesn't sound good

I'm pleased to report that it's a fleet of 100 Vogon battle destroyers - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

I'm pleased to report that it's a fleet of 100...

She digs me - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Guide The best drink in existence is the Pan Galactic Gargle Blasterthe effect of which is like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemonwrapped round a large gold brick - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Guide The best drink in existence is the Pan Galactic Gargle...

No hard feelings OK Sorry to hear about your planetEarth Yeah I liked EarthGot these boots there But don't mention it to the girlBecause if you do I'll pull your spleen out through your throat - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

No hard feelings OK Sorry to hear about your planetEarth...

I like those jammies - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

I like those jammies

Hey hey Zaphod what's with the two head thingOh yeah Apparently you can't be president with a whole brain - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Hey hey Zaphod what's with the two head thingOh yeah...

Parts of my personality weren't exactly what you'd call presidential - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Parts of my personality weren't exactly what you'd...

I suppose I should've said it resembles tea. - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

I suppose I should've said it resembles tea.

I suppose I should've said it resembles tea laughs - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

I suppose I should've said it resembles tea laughs

This detects what you're craving and makes it for youmachine Enjoy your doughnutDo you see this buzzingThis toasts breadwhile you're slicing itWe're on a spaceship Arthur In space - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

This detects what you're craving and makes it for...

- Do you see this? - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

- Do you see this?

How badly does it hurt It doesn't feel great - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

How badly does it hurt It doesn't feel great

Ford Is it finished No there's more They go backSeven and a half million years later That's right they do - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Ford Is it finished No there's more They go backSeven...

Deep Thought, do you have...? - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Deep Thought, do you have...?

An answer for you Yes but you're not going to like it - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

An answer for you Yes but you're not going to like it

...42. Yeah? What? 42? Yes, I thought it over quite thoroughly. It's 42. It would've been simpler to - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

...42. Yeah? What? 42? Yes, I thought it over quite...

Ford You're looking for the ultimate question You WhyZaphod I tried that Why 42 Doesn't work - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Ford You're looking for the ultimate question You...

You're looking for the ultimate question You Why - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

You're looking for the ultimate question You Why

We just hit that button and bam we're at Magrathea I thinkWe've hit it twice and we're still not there but anyway - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

We just hit that button and bam we're at Magrathea I...

Guide The Infinite Improbability Drive is a wonderful new methodof crossing interstellar distances in a few secondswithout all that tedious mucking about in hyperspaceAs the Improbability Drive reaches infinite improbabilityit passes through every - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Guide The Infinite Improbability Drive is a wonderful new...

Zaphod Wow is this gonna happen every time we hit that buttonTrillian Very probably yes - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Zaphod Wow is this gonna happen every time we hit that...

Marvin Ah I think the Earthman's about to be sickZaphod In the trashcan ape man This ship's new - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Marvin Ah I think the Earthman's about to be sickZaphod...

Humma Kavula - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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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."

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Director: Garth Jennings

Writer: Douglas Adams, Karey Kirkpatrick

Production: Spyglass Entertainment,Everyman Pictures,Hammer & Tongs,Touchstone Pictures

Genre: adventure, comedy, sci-fi

Year: 2005

MetaScore: 63/100

ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: $51,085,416

Released: 29 Apr 2005

Awards: 1 win & 10 nominations

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Also watch: The World's End, Dreamcatcher, The Island, E T the Extra Terrestrial, Galaxy Quest, Short Circuit, Matchstick Men, Hot Fuzz, Doom, Flubber, Night on Earth, Monsters vs Aliens, Mars Attacks!, Battle Los Angeles, Sin City, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, The Scorpion King, Pixels, Ender's Game