The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Alan J.W. Bell
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Actor: Andrew Mussell, Cleo Rocos, Joe Melia, Martin Benson, Steve ConwayDirector: Alan J.W. Bell
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 190 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-04-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Video
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Movie Review: Always Know where your towel is!
Summary: 5 Stars
The BBC Production of The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy in every aspect is primative and inferior to the 100 million dollar Disney theatrical version. This begs the question why is this shoestring budget TV version monumentally superior? Lets start with the actors. Mark Wing Davies not only plays Zaphod Beeblebrox but truly captures the sprit of the Zaphod, Douglas Adams created in exactly the same way Sam Rockwell did not. Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Marvin, Eddie the shipboard computer even the lowly Vogon Guard are just as if the lept from the pages of the first two Hitchhikers Guide Books, This DVD is a gem and a must buy for all fans of "The Guide" . As a side note before BBC did "The Guide" as a TV Series it was a 13 part radio show also avilable from BBC. Two years ago BBC radio gathered many of the original cast members and set out to do radio productions of the rest of "The Guide Books" "So long and Thanks for all the Fish","Life the Universe and Everything" and "Mostly Harmless". The are all supurb! So grab your towel, pour yourself a Pan Galatic Gargleblaster and when you return from the hospital order them all!
Summary of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
With the galaxy's best-selling tour guide and a good towel, earthling Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect (actually from planet Betelgeuse) are transported, among other places, to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe and back to the beginning of time.The production values aren't the greatest here, but this adaptation does capture some of the ebullient, hilarious anarchy of Douglas Adams's book. Arthur Dent discovers that his friend, Ford Prefect, isn't human at all but an alien on assignment, writing for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Many of Adams's delicious asides are dropped off here, like the woman who figures out the meaning of life right at the moment that she gets blown up with the rest of the Earth, but it retains what it can. Sure, the book was better, and the realization of Zaphod Beeblebox and Trillian are, well, just different, but it's a great introduction to the series for the uninitiated. --Keith Simanton
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