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The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy Cover Image DVD

The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy [videorecording]/ Touchstone Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment present a Barber/Birnbaum production ; a Hammer & Tongs production ; an Everyman Pictures production ; executive producers, Douglas Adams, Robbie Stamp, Derek Evans ; produced by Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum ; produced by Nick Goldsmith, Jay Roach, Jonathan Glickman ; screenplay by Douglas Adams and Karey Kirkpatrick ; directed by Garth Jennings.

Mos Def (Rapper), (actor.). Adams, Douglas, 1952-2001 (film producer,, screenwriter.). Barber, Gary, (film producer.). Birnbaum, Roger, (film producer.). Chancellor, Anna, (actor.). Collins, Joel, (production designer.). Davis, Warwick, (actor.). Deschanel, Zooey, 1980- (actor.). Evans, Derek, (film producer.). Freeman, Martin, 1971- (actor.). Fry, Stephen, 1957- (actor.). Glickman, Jonathan, (film producer.). Goldsmith, Nick, 1971- (film producer.). Howie, Niven, (film editor.). Jadue-Lillo, Igor, (director of photography.). Jennings, Garth, (film director.). Kirkpatrick, Karey, (screenwriter.). Malkovich, John, (actor.). Mirren, Helen, (actor.). Nighy, Bill, 1949- (actor.). Rickman, Alan, (actor.). Roach, Jay, (film producer.). Rockwell, Sam, (actor.). Sheldon, Sammy, (costume designer.). Stamp, Robbie, (film producer.). Talbot, Joby, (composer (expression)). Adams, Douglas, 1952-2001 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy (Novel) (Added Author). Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm), (film distributor.). Everyman Pictures, (production company.). Hammer & Tongs (Firm), (production company.). Spyglass Entertainment (Firm), (presenter.). Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm), (film distributor.). Touchstone Pictures, (presenter.). Sam Rockwell, Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel, Martin Freeman, Bill Nighy, Warwick Davis, Anna Chancellor, Alan Rickman, Helen Mirren, Stephen Fry, John Malkovich. (Cast).

Summary:

Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect escape from the Earth moments before its destruction and join forces with Zaphod Beeblebrox on board the ship Heart of Gold. They meet many people and aliens in their search for the ultimate question.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0786936258
  • ISBN: 0788856359
  • ISBN: 0788856731
  • ISBN: 6936258468
  • ISBN: 9780786936250
  • ISBN: 9780788856358
  • ISBN: 9780788856730
  • ISBN: 9786936258463
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 109 minutes) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen.
  • Producer: Burbank, CA : Touchstone Home Entertainment, [2005]
  • Distributor: Burbank, CA : Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2005]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the book by Douglas Adams.
Bonus features: Making of The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy; Additional Guide entry; Deleted scenes; Really deleted scenes; Sing along "So long & thanks for all the fish"; Audio commentaries: with director Garth Jennings, producer Nick Goldsmith and actors Martin Freeman and Bill Nighy; with executive producer Robbie Stamp and Douglas Adams colleague Susan Solle; Marvin's hangman (word game); Improbability drive.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2005.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Music by Joby Talbot ; costume designer, Sammy Sheldon ; editor, Niven Howie ; production designer, Joel Collins ; director of photography, Igor Jadue-Lillo.
Participant or Performer Note:
Sam Rockwell, Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel, Martin Freeman, Bill Nighy, Warwick Davis, Anna Chancellor, Alan Rickman, Helen Mirren, Stephen Fry, John Malkovich.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG; thematic elements, action & mild language.
System Details Note:
DVD, region 1; NTSC, widescreen (2.35:1), enhanced for 16x9 televisions Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound DTS 5.1.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
Home use only.
Language Note:
English (Dolby 5.1 surround or DTS 5.1 digital surround), French (Dolby digital 2.0.) and Spanish (Dolby digital 2.0) soundtracks with optional subtitles in French or Spanish and captions in English for the hearing impaired; closed-captioned in English.

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Dent, Arthur (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Prefect, Ford > Drama.
Human-alien encounters > Drama.
Interplanetary voyages > Drama.
Interstellar travel > Drama.
Life on other planets > Drama.
French language materials.
Spanish language materials.
Genre:
DVD-Video discs.
Feature films > Great Britain.
Feature films > United States.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Science fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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  • 24 of 25 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.

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