The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

April 28, 2005 (GB) • Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction • 109m

Overview

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."

Director

Garth Jennings

Writers

Douglas Adams, Karey Kirkpatrick, Douglas Adams

Top Billed

Martin Freeman

Keywords

galaxy android bureaucracy based on novel or book chase space travel alien survival hitchhiker robot alien invasion space opera hyperspace meaning of life destruction of earth intergalactic travel whimsical cheerful

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Top Billed Cast

Martin Freeman

Arthur Dent

Yasiin Bey

Ford Prefect

Zooey Deschanel

Trillian

Sam Rockwell

Zaphod Beeblebrox

Alan Rickman

Marvin (voice)

Anna Chancellor

Questular Rontok

Bill Nighy

Slartibartfast

Richard Griffiths

Jeltz (voice)

John Malkovich

Humma Kavula

Helen Mirren

Deep Thought (voice)

Thomas Lennon

Eddie the Computer (voice)

Stephen Fry

Narrator / The Guide (voice)

Warwick Davis

Marvin

Bill Bailey

The Whale (voice)

Su Elliot

Pub Customer

Dominique Jackson

Fook

Simon Jones

Ghostly Image

Kelly Macdonald

Reporter

Ian McNeice

Kwaltz (voice)

Steve Pemberton

Mr. Prosser

Albie Woodington

Barman

Mark Longhurst

Bulldozer Driver

Jack Stanley

Lunkwill

Mak Wilson

Vogon Interpreter (voice)

Mark Gatiss

Additional Vogon Voices

Reece Shearsmith

Additional Vogon Voices

Mason Ball

Creature Performer

Sarah Bennett

Creature Performer

Danny Blackner

Creature Performer

Hayley Burroughs

Creature Performer

Cecily Fay

Creature Performer

Aron Freeman

Creature Performer

Ian Kay

Creature Performer

Nikki Bond

Creature Performer

Mohsen Nouri

Creature Performer

Oliver Parham

Creature Performer

Nigel Plaskitt

Creature Performer

Lynn Robertson Bruce

Creature Performer

Jerome St. John Blake

Vogon Soldier

Milo Bodrozic

Vogon Soldier

Martin Dawson

Vogon Soldier

Dan Ellis

Vogon Soldier

Steve Grindle

Vogon Soldier

Art Hewitt

Vogon Soldier

Simon Hibbs

Vogon Soldier

Rob Horseman

Vogon Soldier

Mike Lewis

Vogon Soldier

Paul Nathaniel

Vogon Soldier

Tim Perrin

Vogon Soldier

Jessie Riley

Vogon Soldier

Tucker Stevens

Vogon Soldier

Ashley Stuart

Vogon Soldier

Benjamin Uttley

Vogon Soldier

Patrick Walker

Vogon Soldier

Spencer Wilding

Vogon Soldier

William Wollen

Vogon Soldier

Edgar Wright

Deep Thought Technician (uncredited)

Jason Schwartzman

Gag Halfrunt (uncredited)

Mark Rhino Smith

Pall Bearer (uncredited)

Sean Sollé

London Citizen

Crew

Garth Jennings

Director

Douglas Adams

Novel

Karey Kirkpatrick

Screenplay

Niven Howie

Editor

Igor Jadue-Lillo

Director of Photography

Douglas Adams

Screenplay

Mark Hopkins

Set Runner

Gary Barber

Producer

Roger Birnbaum

Producer

Jonathan Glickman

Producer

Nick Goldsmith

Producer

Jay Roach

Producer

Douglas Adams

Executive Producer

Derek Evans

Executive Producer

Robbie Stamp

Executive Producer

Todd Arnow

Co-Producer

Caroline Hewitt

Co-Producer

Rebekah Rudd

Co-Producer

Joby Talbot

Original Music Composer

Marcia Ross

Casting

Joel Collins

Production Design

Alan Cassie

Art Direction

Phil Sims

Art Direction

Andy Thomson

Art Direction

Frank Walsh

Supervising Art Director

Kate Beckly

Set Decoration

Sammy Sheldon

Costume Design

Rebecca Amissah

Art Department Assistant

Tim Jetis

Art Department Coordinator

Dean Clegg

Assistant Art Director

Tim Lanning

Greensman

Philip Clark

Location Scout

Bruce Gallup

Painter

John Gamble

First Assistant Camera

John Arnold

Key Grip

Ian Buckley

Grip

John Marzano

Aerial Director of Photography

Paul Edwards

Steadicam Operator

Laurie Sparham

Still Photographer

Mike Valentine

Underwater Camera

Charlotte-Rose Armstrong

Assistant Costume Designer

Rosemary Burrows

Costume Supervisor

Liz Tagg

Hair Designer

Nikita Rae

Hairstylist

Paul Gooch

Makeup Artist

Liz Tagg

Makeup Designer

Duncan Jarman

Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Christian Kennedy

Set Dressing Artist

Richard Darwin

Animatronics Designer

Warren Lever

Carpenter

Tim Earl

Driver

Mark Wyllie

Mixing Engineer

Abby Callahan

Post Production Supervisor

Gary Gillingham

Production Controller

Jan Meade

Projection

Colin Childs

Propmaker

Bruce Bigg

Property Master

Warwick Campbell

Sequence Supervisor

Rose Wilde

Set Production Assistant

Wilma Dunn

Special Effects Coordinator

Jason Rayford

Stand In

Jim Dowdall

Stunt Coordinator

Andy Bennett

Stunts

Verner Gresty

Technical Supervisor

Simon Jones

Transportation Coordinator

Peter Heslop

Unit Production Manager

Deborah Simmrin

Unit Publicist

Demetri Jagger

Video Assist Operator

PJ Harling

Visual Effects Editor

Richard Whelan

First Assistant Director

Phil Ashton

Color Timer

Andy Shelley

Dialogue Editor

Mark Harris

First Assistant Editor

Stewart Monteith

Best Boy Electric

Joey Coughlin

Electrician

Eddie Knight

Gaffer

Ronnie Phillips

Rigging Gaffer

Nadia Aleyd

Casting Associate

David Broder

Location Manager

Kate Griffin

Production Accountant

Deryn Stafford

Production Coordinator

Daniel Pettipher

Production Manager

Bjørn Ole Schroeder

ADR Supervisor

Robin Green

Boom Operator

Robin Knapp

Assistant Sound Editor

Christopher Austin

Orchestrator

Alastair Sirkett

Sound Designer

Alastair Sirkett

Sound Effects Editor

Mark Holding

Sound Mixer

Ian Wilson

Supervising Sound Editor

Dimitri Bakalov

3D Animator

Richard Baker

Digital Compositors

Alistair Bell

Visual Effects

Ben Flatter

Visual Effects Coordinator

Ken Dailey

Visual Effects Producer

Angus Bickerton

Visual Effects Supervisor

Oliver Jarlett

Mechanical Designer

Bobby Prince

Unit Manager

Spike Jonze

Thanks

Jemma Scott-Knox-Gore

Contact Lens Technician

Denny Edwards

Costume Assistant

Jo Budden

Dresser

Celia Yau

Key Costumer

Sunny Rowley

Key Set Costumer

Tamsin Wright

Set Costumer

Iain Lawrence

Assistant Director

Chris Croucher

Crowd Assistant Director

Tamana Bleasdale

Second Assistant Director

Dominic Leung

Second Unit Director

David Decio

Third Assistant Director

Claire Garrett

Art Department Trainee

Michael Fleming

Dressing Prop

Anita Dhillon

Graphic Designer

Tony Chance

Storyboard Artist

Paul Duff

Supervising Carpenter

Jon Hollis

Title Designer

Tony Currie

ADR Editor

Paul Drenning

ADR Mixer

Mark Appleby

ADR Recordist

Diane Greaves

Foley Artist

Oliver Faldo

VFX Artist

Steve Pang

Visual Effects Assistant Editor

Rick Mietkowski

VFX Director of Photography

Shaun Cobley

Assistant Camera

Darren Vincent

Camera Trainee

Susan Luciani

Clapper Loader

Chas Bain

Focus Puller

Tim Dean

Libra Head Technician

Chris Dale

Second Assistant Camera

Jamie McCarter

Animation Director

Vanessa Baker

ADR Voice Casting

Lucy St Giles

Casting Assistant

Russell Barnett

Wardrobe Master

Carrie Holecek

Digital Intermediate Producer

Mark Wright

Negative Cutter

Judith Babcock

Post Production Coordinator

Camilla Stephenson

Assistant Location Manager

Billy Pegg

Location Assistant

Christopher Austin

Conductor

Michael Connell

Supervising Music Editor

Rob Meisenholder

Accountant

Hayley Lyon

Assistant Accountant

Fernanda Moreno

CG Artist

Leo Burton

Production Assistant

Jeffrey Chernov

Production Executive

Denise Hanrahan

Production Runner

Laura Dubsky

Rotoscoping Artist

Daniel May

Art Direction

Jack Stew

Foley Artist

Peter Gleaves

ADR Mixer

Nathaniel De'Lineadeus

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Chris Lyons

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Matthew Smith

Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Simon Finney

"A" Camera Operator

Jonathan Neill

CG Supervisor

Chris Rosewarne

Propmaker

Mark Bakowski

Digital Compositor

Steven Woodcock

Set Decoration

Fraser Fennell-Ball

Other

Andy Fowler

Visual Effects Producer

Laurence Harvey

Special Effects Technician

Terence Madden

Other

Reviews

legoman2000

July 20, 2012

Just read the Book, it's so much better. If you have read The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy there is a series to read, get to it!

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Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$50,000,000

Revenue

$104,500,000

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

Douglas Adams, Karey Kirkpatrick, Douglas Adams

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