The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

Directed by

Garth Jennings

Genre

comedy film, adventure film, science fiction film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 4,291 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An ordinary man gets swept off Earth by his alien friend just before the planet is destroyed. He then travels through space on a stolen ship, encountering eccentric characters and odd situations.

whimsicalabsurdistlightheartedfast-pacedquirkycomedicoffbeat

What happens

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a 2005 science fiction comedy film directed by Garth Jennings, based upon the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series created by Douglas Adams. It stars Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell, Yasiin Bey (credited as Mos Def), Zooey Deschanel, Bill Nighy, Anna Chancellor, and John Malkovich, and the voices of Stephen Fry, Helen Mirren, Richard Griffiths, Thomas Lennon, Ian McNeice, and Alan Rickman. Adams co-wrote the screenplay with Karey Kirkpatrick, and the film is dedicated to Adams, who died in 2001 before production began. The film received mainly positive reviews and grossed over $100 million worldwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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