The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Don't leave Earth without it.

2005•1h 49m•6.7/10

AdventureComedyScience Fiction

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.7/10(4K)

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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Production

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

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Martin Freeman

Martin Freeman

Arthur Dent

Yasiin Bey

Yasiin Bey

Ford Prefect

Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Deschanel

Trillian

Sam Rockwell

Sam Rockwell

Zaphod Beeblebrox

Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman

Marvin (voice)

Anna Chancellor

Anna Chancellor

Questular Rontok

Bill Nighy

Bill Nighy

Slartibartfast

Richard Griffiths

Richard Griffiths

Jeltz (voice)

John Malkovich

John Malkovich

Humma Kavula

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren

Deep Thought (voice)

Thomas Lennon

Thomas Lennon

Eddie the Computer (voice)

Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry

Narrator / The Guide (voice)

Warwick Davis

Warwick Davis

Marvin

Bill Bailey

Bill Bailey

The Whale (voice)

Su Elliot

Pub Customer

Dominique Jackson

Dominique Jackson

Fook

Simon Jones

Simon Jones

Ghostly Image

Kelly Macdonald

Kelly Macdonald

Reporter

Ian McNeice

Ian McNeice

Kwaltz (voice)

Steve Pemberton

Steve Pemberton

Mr. Prosser

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