Tuesday, December 27, 2005

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Written by:
Douglas Adams (book)
Douglas Adams (screenplay)

Directed by:
Garth Jennings

Made in:
USA & UK in 2005

Actors:
Bill Bailey .... The Whale (voice)
Anna Chancellor .... Questular Rontok
Warwick Davis .... Marvin
Mos Def .... Ford Prefect
Zooey Deschanel .... Trillian
Su Elliot .... Pub Customer (as Su Eliott)
Martin Freeman .... Arthur Dent
Stephen Fry .... Narrator/The Guide (voice)
Richard Griffiths .... Jeltz (voice)
Dominique Jackson .... Fook
Simon Jones .... Ghostly Image
Thomas Lennon .... Eddie the Computer (voice)
Mark Longhurst .... Bulldozer Driver
Kelly Macdonald .... Reporter
John Malkovich .... Humma Kavula

Plot:
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. IMDB

Review:
Fun, silly, and one of my favorites!
Starts out exactly like the book, and then the plot takes a different turn.
You'll laugh the whole way through the movie!
I love the point-of-view gun. :) And the depressed robot is super cute.

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