| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | 
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Sales Rank: 2346
Category: Video
Actors: Simon Jones, David Dixon, Sandra Dickinson, Mark Wing Davey
Director: Alan J.w. Bell
Publisher: BBC Warner
Studio: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Label: BBC Warner
Format: Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Running Time: 180 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0790766078
UPC: 794051161734
EAN: 9780790766072
ASIN: B00005YUQP
Release Date: April 30, 2002
Theatrical Release Date: October 30, 1982
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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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 Always Know where your towel is! September 30, 2008
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!
The only guide you'll ever need June 9, 2008
Forget the movie ever happened. This DVD of the original BBC series is all that matters and is 100x funnier.
Not for people who need a big, warm, huggy "and they lived happily ever after" resolution to the story. Just enjoy the ride.
The Original Hitchhickers Guide to Galaxy BBC mini Series June 5, 2008
If you a fan of the book series you will enjoy the original BBC series it is more true to the book, than the Disney version.
call me slardibarsfart June 1, 2008
i guess i am old skool. i was very disappointed when i saw the new version of the hitchiker's guide to the galaxy, and i will call it drek. it did not follow the bbc series, which was excellently done. zooey deschantel did not do a very good job as trillian, she does a much better kat on the second season of weeds. this the only version to have, and whom ever did the film, ok, i'll give mos def credit as ford prefect, should be made to listen to poetry read by the vogons.
A cult classic May 5, 2008
I jumped a mile back when this DVD first came out, because I had been waiting so long for this favorite of mine to be released. This series may not have had the world's best special effects or production values by today's standards, but actually was ahead of its time with things like the computer effects in the Encyclopedia Galactica. To the uninitiated, this could be described as "Monty Python meets Star Trek" but really is a lot more -- a truly brilliant showcase of great storytelling and inspired lunacy that comes along only once in a great while.
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