The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

Director:

Garth Jennings

Writers (WGA):

Douglas Adams (book)
Douglas Adams (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

29 April 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Don't Panic

Plot:

Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, journeyman 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."

Plot Keywords:

Spaceship | Alien | Meaning Of Life | Everyman | Planet

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

Bill Bailey	...	The Whale (voice)
Anna Chancellor	...	Questular Rontok
Warwick Davis	...	Marvin
Mos Def	...	Ford Prefect
Zooey Deschanel	...	Trillian
Su Elliot	...	Pub Customer (as Su Eliott)
Martin Freeman	...	Arthur Dent
Stephen Fry	...	Narrator / The Guide (voice)
Richard Griffiths	...	Jeltz (voice)
Dominique Jackson	...	Fook
Simon Jones	...	Ghostly Image
Thomas Lennon	...	Eddie the Computer (voice)
Mark Longhurst	...	Bulldozer Driver
Kelly Macdonald	...	Reporter
John Malkovich	...	Humma Kavula
Ian McNeice	...	Kwaltz (voice)
Helen Mirren	...	Deep Thought (voice)
Bill Nighy	...	Slartibartfast
Steve Pemberton	...	Mr. Prosser / Additional Vogon Voices (also as The League of Gentlemen)
Alan Rickman	...	Marvin (voice)
Sam Rockwell	...	Zaphod Beeblebrox
Mark Gatiss	...	Additional Vogon Voices (as The League of Gentlemen)
Reece Shearsmith	...	Additional Vogon Voices (as The League of Gentlemen)
Jack Stanley	...	Lunkwill
Mak Wilson	...	Vogon Interpreter (voice)
Albie Woodington	...	Barman
Mason Ball	...	Creature Performer
Sarah Bennett	...	Creature Performer
Danny Blackner	...	Creature Performer
Hayley Burroughs	...	Creature Performer
Cecily Fay	...	Creature Performer (as Cecily Faye)
Aron Freeman	...	Creature Performer
Ian Kay	...	Creature Performer
Nikki McInness	...	Creature Performer
Mohsen Nouri	...	Creature Performer
Oliver Parham	...	Creature Performer (as Ollie Parham)
Nigel Plaskitt	...	Creature Performer
Lynn Robertson Bruce	...	Creature Performer (as Lynne Robertson Bruce)
Jerome Blake	...	Vogon Soldier
Milo Bodrozic	...	Vogon Soldier
Martin Dawson	...	Vogon Soldier
Dan Ellis	...	Vogon Soldier
Steve Grindle	...	Vogon Soldier
Art Hewitt	...	Vogon Soldier
Simon Hibbs	...	Vogon Soldier
Rob Horseman	...	Vogon Soldier
Mike Lewis	...	Vogon Soldier
Paul Nathaniel	...	Vogon Soldier
Tim Perrin	...	Vogon Soldier
Jessie Riley	...	Vogon Soldier
Tucker Stevens	...	Vogon Soldier
Ashley Stuart	...	Vogon Soldier
Ben Uttley	...	Vogon Soldier
Patrick Walker	...	Vogon Soldier
Spencer Wilding	...	Vogon Soldier
William Wollen	...	Vogon Soldier
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Polly Jane Rocket Adams	...	London Citizen (uncredited)
Alex Argenti	...	Alien (uncredited)
Ray Donn	...	Humma Worshiper (uncredited)
Susie Gossling Valerio	...	Daewoo Driver (uncredited)
Garth Jennings	...	Frankie Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Rich Johnston	...	Congregation (uncredited)
Zoe Kubaisi	...	Benjy Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Jim Lynn	...	London Citizen (uncredited)
Jason Schwartzman	...	Gag Halfrunt (uncredited)
Alisha Smith	...	Trillian DBL (uncredited)
Mark Smith	...	Pall Bearer (uncredited)
Sean Sollé	...	London Citizen (uncredited)
Mark Stevenson	...	Native American (uncredited)
Edgar Wright	...	Deep Thought Technician (uncredited)

Directed by
Garth Jennings

Writing credits (WGA)
Douglas Adams		(book)
Douglas Adams		(screenplay) and
Karey Kirkpatrick		(screenplay)

Produced by
Douglas Adams	....	executive producer (posthumous credit)
Todd Arnow	....	co-producer
Gary Barber	....	producer
Roger Birnbaum	....	producer
Derek Evans	....	executive producer
Jonathan Glickman	....	producer
Nick Goldsmith	....	producer
Caroline Hewitt	....	co-producer
Jay Roach	....	producer
Rebekah Rudd	....	co-producer
Robbie Stamp	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Joby Talbot

Cinematography by
Igor Jadue-Lillo		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Niven Howie

Casting by
Marcia Ross

Production Design by
Joel Collins

Art Direction by
Alan Cassie
Daniel May
Phil Sims
Andy Thomson
Frank Walsh		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Kate Beckly

Costume Design by
Sammy Sheldon

Makeup Department
Rebecca Cole	....	chief makeup artist: second unit
Paul Gooch	....	makeup artist
Nikita Rae	....	hair stylist
Nikita Rae	....	makeup artist
Natalie Reid	....	makeup artist: second unit
Liz Tagg	....	chief hair designer (as Elizabeth Tagg)
Liz Tagg	....	chief makeup designer (as Elizabeth Tagg)
Duncan Jarman	....	prosthetic makeup artist (uncredited)
Matthew Smith	....	prosthetic makeup artist (uncredited)
Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou	....	make-up/hair artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Terry Bamber	....	production manager: second unit
David Cain	....	unit manager: second unit
Abby Callahan	....	post-production supervisor: Spyglass Entertainment
Peter Heslop	....	unit production manager
Bobby Prince	....	unit manager
Michael Solinger	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Terry Bamber	....	first assistant director: second unit
Tamana Bleasdale	....	second assistant director
David Cain	....	second assistant director: second unit
Helen Chapman	....	co-third assistant director
Chris Croucher	....	crowd assistant director
David Decio	....	additional third assistant director
Fraser Fennell-Ball	....	third assistant director: second unit
Iain Lawrence	....	assistant director
Dominic Leung	....	second unit director
Terence Madden	....	third assistant director: second unit
Samar Pollitt	....	third assistant director
Richard Whelan	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jim Barr	....	draftsman
Bruce Bigg	....	property master
Steve Bohan	....	construction manager
Tony Chance	....	storyboard artist
Dean Clegg	....	assistant art director
Mark Curtis	....	props
Anita Dhillon	....	graphic designer
Paul Duff	....	supervising carpenter
Alex Fort	....	concept artist
Philippe Gaulier	....	concept artist
Turlo Griffin	....	concept artist
Jason Knox-Johnston	....	assistant art director
Dougie Lankston	....	dressing prop daily
Warren Lever	....	carpenter
Seeta Lingam	....	junior draughtsperson
Sean Mathiesen	....	previsualisation artist
Matthew O'Neill	....	previsualisation assistant
Robyn Paiba	....	stand-by art director
Harry Pain	....	junior draughtsman
Kimberley Pope	....	concept artist
Matt Sims	....	CAD draughtsman
David Weller	....	on-set rigger
Katy Henderson	....	additional visual development (uncredited)

Sound Department
Mark Appleby	....	adr recordist
Tim Cavagin	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tony Currie	....	adr editor
Peter Eusebe	....	sound maintenance engineer
David E. Fluhr	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nick Foley	....	adr recordist
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer
Robin Green	....	boom operator
Mark Holding	....	sound
Robin Knapp	....	assistant sound designer
Robin Knapp	....	assistant sound editor
Mark Lafbery	....	adr foley mixer
Michael Redfern	....	foley editor
Jake Roberts	....	sound conforming editor
Jamie Roden	....	adr mixer
Gavin Rose	....	adr recordist
Bjorn Ole Schroeder	....	adr supervisor
Andy Shelley	....	dialogue editor
Steve Single	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alastair Sirkett	....	sound designer
Alastair Sirkett	....	sound effects editor
Ted Swanscott	....	adr mixer
Ian Wilson	....	sound designer
Ian Wilson	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Vanessa Bastyan	....	fabricator: Jim Henson Creature Shop
Jo Budden	....	fabricator: Jim Hensons Creature Shop
Richard Darwin	....	key animatronic designer
Richard Darwin	....	puppeteer
Paul Dunn	....	special effects director
Wilma Dunn	....	special effects coordinator
Cat Hart	....	special effects pyrotechnician
Catherine Hart	....	special effects
Laurence Harvey	....	special effects technician
Mark Hunter	....	senior animatronics technician
Martin Jago	....	animatronic technician
Oliver Jarlett	....	mechanical design
Vincent Jenkins	....	model maker
Paul Jomain	....	Marvin build and crew: Jim Henson Creature Shop
Adam Keenan	....	animatronic model designer
Adam Keenan	....	electronics
Sean Kenrick	....	special effects technician
Matt Lewis	....	model & prop maker
Jared Manley	....	animatronics technician
Jared Manley	....	puppeteer
Luke Marcel	....	special effects senior technician
Scott McIntyre	....	special effects
Charlie Olsen	....	special effects technician: pyrotechnics
Colin Shulver	....	art finisher: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Colin Shulver	....	sculptor: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Nicola Tedman	....	Marvin build and crew: Jim Henson Creature Shop
Mark Topping	....	special effects technician
Jason Troughton	....	special effects senior technician
Anne Marie Walters	....	prop maker
Simon Webber	....	creature effects crew
Mark White	....	special effects technician
Dan Martin	....	mould shop trainee (uncredited)
Karl Openshaw	....	special effects technician: animatronic effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Joe Arnold	....	tracker: Cinesite
Jaume Arteman	....	compositor: Cinesite
John Attwood	....	best boy: models special effects lighting
Chris Bailey	....	gaffer: model unit
Dimitri Bakalov	....	3D animator: Cinesite
Richard Baker	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Mark Bakowski	....	digital compositor
Sebastien Beaulieu	....	lighting technical director
Alistair Bell	....	visual effects
John Benn	....	scanning and recording: Cinesite
Angus Bickerton	....	visual effects supervisor
Steve Brooke Smith	....	model camera operator
Adam Buckner	....	associate animatronics producer
Simon Bunker	....	3D technical director: Cinesite
Leo Burton	....	production assistant: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Mark Buschbacher	....	scanning and recording: Cinesite
Kevin Campbell	....	software developer
Warwick Campbell	....	sequence supervisor: Cinesite
Simon Carr	....	digital effects artist: The Senate VFX
Chas Cash	....	3D sequence lead: Cinesite (as Charles Cash)
Jason Chalmers	....	model maker
Lee Chidwick	....	2K playback operator: Cinesite
Colin Childs	....	senior propmaker
Angela Cole	....	3D sequence lead: Cinesite
Tom Conneely	....	scanning operator: Cinesite
Pete Coogan	....	executive producer: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Laurent Cordier	....	3D artist: Cinesite
Jamie Courtier	....	project supervisor: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Tyson Cross	....	digital artist
Tiffany Cullum	....	3D manager: Cinesite
Mark Curtis	....	models and action props: Asylum Models and Effects
Aimee Dadswell-Davies	....	visual effects line producer: Cinesite (as Aimee Dadswell-Davies)
Ken Dailey	....	visual effects producer: Cinesite
Matthew D'Angibau	....	3D motion control technician: Cinesite
Evan Davies	....	previsualisation artist: Cinesite
Martin R. Davison	....	digital compositor
Max Dennison	....	digital matte painter: Cinesite
Keith Devlin	....	senior compositor: Cinesite
Piero Di'Giovanni	....	prop maker
Ben Dishart	....	texture artist
Laura Dubsky	....	rotoscope artist: Cinesite
Ruth Ducker	....	previsualisation artist: Cinesite
Dave Early	....	head of digital matte painting: David Early
Jonathan East	....	render wrangler
Erik Ellefsen	....	character modeler: Shynola
Chris Elson	....	compositor: Cinesite
Guy Elson	....	compositor: Cinesite
Jo Fenton	....	prop sculptor
Ben Flatter	....	visual effects coordinator
Andy Fowler	....	visual effects producer
Jim Gaffney	....	prop maker
Manu Garcia	....	tracker: Cinesite
Peter Godden	....	digital artist
Sally Goldberg	....	3D animator: Cinesite
Astrid Goldsmith	....	prop runner
Simon Gosling	....	prop maker
Verner Gresty	....	technical supervisor: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Kate Griffin	....	production accountant: Cinesite
Michael Grobe	....	3D sequence lead: Cinesite
Alexis Hall	....	3D technical director: Cinesite
P.J. Harling	....	visual effects editor
Ryan Harrington	....	3D artist: Cinesite
Mark Harrison	....	model unit
Dan Harrod	....	digital artist
Simon Haslett	....	Inferno artist: Cinesite
Sandro Henriques	....	rotoscoper: Cinesite
Kay Hoddy	....	roto/prep artist
Jon Hollis	....	title sequence design
Myf Hopkins	....	producer: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
David Hyde	....	3D technical director: Cinesite
Michael Illingworth	....	Inferno artist: Cinesite
Iain Irwin-Powell	....	production support: Cinesite
Andrew Jeffery	....	colour grader: Cinesite
Allan Torp Jensen	....	compositor: Cinesite
Tim Jetis	....	art department coordinator: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Lorraine Johnson	....	scanning and recording: Cinesite
Matt Johnson	....	visual effects supervisor: Cinesite
Simon Johnson	....	scanning and recording: Cinesite
Ilyas Kaduji	....	digital effects artist
Sevendalino Khay	....	digital matte painter: Cinesite
Paul Ladd	....	visual effects line producer: Cinesite
Christopher Learmonth	....	visual effects editor: Cinesite
John Lee	....	model maker
Tracy Lenon	....	producer: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Bruno Lesieur	....	3D lighting: Cinesite
Fredrik Limsater	....	3D technical director: Cinesite
Richard Little	....	senior compositor: Cinesite
Thomas Loeder	....	compositor: Cinesite
Sam Lucas	....	3D artist: Cinesite
Simon Maddocks	....	3D sequence supervisor: Cinesite
Jay Mallet	....	motion control operator
Mark Mason	....	project supervisor: Asylum Models and Effects
Matthew Maude	....	3D technical director: Cinesite
Jamie McCarter	....	animation director: Shynola
Lindsay McFarlane	....	visual effects coordinator: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Adam McInnes	....	visual effects supervisor: Cinesite
Jan Meade	....	projectionist: Cinesite
Ivor Middleton	....	3D sequence supervisor: Cinesite
Rick Mietkowski	....	visual effects director of photography: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Jon Miller	....	head of tracking: Cinesite
Jon Miller	....	head of tracking: second unit matchmover, Cinesite
Sangita Mistry	....	digital I/O: Cinesite
Mitch Mitchell	....	scanning and recording: Cinesite
Kevin Modeste	....	3D animator: Cinesite
Fernanda Moreno	....	cg artist: Cinesite
Ben Morgan	....	compositor: Cinesite
Steve Murgatroyd	....	Inferno artist: Cinesite
Danielle Nadal	....	digital I/O: Cinesite
Jonathan Neill	....	CG supervisor: Cinesite (as Jon Neill)
Gustaf Nilsson	....	compositor: Cinesite
Sarah Norton	....	compositor: Cinesite
Artemis Oikonomopoulou	....	digital artist
David O'Reilly	....	animator
Steve Pang	....	visual effects assistant editor
Jim Parsons	....	Inferno artist: Cinesite
Stuart Partridge	....	sequence supervisor: Cinesite
John Peck	....	compositor: Cinesite
Geoff Pedder	....	lighting technical director
Hannah Peirce	....	compositor: Cinesite
Venetia Penna	....	scanning and recording: Cinesite
Chris Perschky	....	production support: Cinesite
Daniel Pettipher	....	production manager: Cinesite
George Plakides	....	3D artist: Cinesite
Ed Plant	....	senior compositor: Cinesite
Anna Privett	....	production support: Cinesite
Matt Redhead	....	digital artist
David Richardson	....	production support: Cinesite
Gillian Roberts	....	production development: Cinesite
Peter Robertshaw	....	production support: Cinesite
Andy Robinson	....	sequence supervisor: Cinesite London
Campbell Rose	....	senior compositor: Cinesite
Chris Rosewarne	....	prop maker
Sue Rowe	....	visual effects supervisor: Cinesite
Alexander Savenko	....	3D technical director: Cinesite
Carlo Scaduto	....	senior compositor: Cinesite
Christoph Schinko	....	3D animator: Cinesite Europe
Marko Schöbel	....	3D modeler: Cinesite
Jörg Schulz-Gerchow	....	digital compositor: Cinesite London
Denis Scolan	....	senior compositor: Cinesite
Thrain Shadbolt	....	3D sequence supervisor: Cinesite
Shynola	....	visual effects animator: guide
Tony Skinner	....	mechanical effects: Asylum Models and Effects
John Slattery	....	senior compositor: Cinesite
Sharon Smith	....	creative supervisor: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Sharon Smith	....	creature costume designer: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Steve Smith	....	production support: Cinesite
Marc Stevenson	....	tracker: Cinesite
Petra Stueben	....	rotoscoper: Cinesite
Mark Sum	....	scanning and recording: Cinesite
Jan Toensmann	....	sequence supervisor: Cinesite
Sanju Travis	....	compositor: Cinesite (as Sanju Gupta-Travis)
Chris Trice	....	model maker
Lisa Tucker	....	buyer: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Christoph Unger	....	digital matte painter: Cinesite
Gert Van Dermeersch	....	compositor
Courtney Vanderslice	....	executive producer: Cinesite
Holger Voss	....	3D technical director: Cinesite
Maggie Walby	....	digital I/O: Cinesite
Ollie Weigall	....	film assistant
Kathy Wise	....	digital I/O: Cinesite
Pat Wong	....	digital compositor
Christian Zeh	....	sequence supervisor: Cinesite
Patrick Zentis	....	sequence supervisor: Cinesite
Keith Barton	....	production support: Cinesite (uncredited)
Howard Berry	....	script supervisor: visual effects unit (uncredited)
Mike Bryant	....	data I/O: Cinesite (uncredited)
Gary Coulter	....	previs artist: Fuzzygoat Ltd (uncredited)
James Eggleton	....	digital I/O: Cinesite Europe (uncredited)
Anna Ford	....	bidding coordinator: Cinesite (uncredited)
Caroline Garrett	....	previs artist: Fuzzygoat Ltd (uncredited)
Jami Gigot	....	3D artist: Cinesite (uncredited)
Pete Hartless	....	runner: Jim Henson's Creature Shop (uncredited)
Debbie Langford	....	previsualisation artist: Cinesite (uncredited)
Wendy Whaley	....	stereoscopic advisor (uncredited)

Stunts
Andy Bennett	....	stunts
Richard Bradshaw	....	stunts
Ray De-Haan	....	stunts
Kelly Dent	....	stunts (as Kelly J. Dent)
Jim Dowdall	....	stunt coordinator
Neil Finnighan	....	stunts
Glenn Foster	....	stunts
Steve Griffin	....	stunts (as Steve 'Street' Griffin)
Paul Heasman	....	stunts
Derek Lea	....	stunts
Seon Rogers	....	stunts
Lee Sheward	....	stunt coordinator: second unit

Camera and Electrical Department
John Arnold	....	key grip
Chas Bain	....	focus puller
Robert Binnall	....	additional cinematographer
Robert Binnall	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Ian Buckley	....	grip
Shaun Cobley	....	assistant camera: second unit
Joey Coughlin	....	electrician
Nic Cupac	....	grip
Chris Dale	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Paul Edwards	....	Steadicam operator
Toby Eedy	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Lee Eldred	....	electrician
Simon Finney	....	camera operator: "a" camera
John Gamble	....	first assistant camera
Chris Gilbertson	....	lighting console operator
Demetri Jagger	....	video assist operator
Lizzie Kelly	....	creature video assistant
James Lewis	....	underwater camera loader
John Marzano	....	aerial director of photography
Shaun O'Dell	....	director of photography: second unit
James Smith-Pryor	....	electrician
Laurie Sparham	....	still photographer
Mike Valentine	....	underwater camera operator
Darren Vincent	....	camera trainee: model unit
Nick Wall	....	still photographer
Paul Wheeldon	....	second assistant camera
Zoe Whittaker	....	video operator: reduced unit
J. Glyn Williams	....	first assistant camera: aerial unit
Sarah Woodward	....	camera trainee
Jennie Paddon	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit (uncredited)
Steve Petrie	....	video assistant (uncredited)

Casting Department
Nadia Aleyd	....	casting associate
Vanessa Baker	....	adr voice casting
Brendan Donnison	....	adr voice casting
Susie Figgis	....	casting
Lucy St Giles	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Annette Allen	....	set costumer
Russell Barnett	....	wardrobe master
Jo Budden	....	dresser: Jim Hensons Creature Shop
Rosemary Burrows	....	costume supervisor
Nicholas Immaculate	....	wardrobe master
Charlotte-Rose Kay	....	assistant costume designer
Claire Kitchener	....	costumes
Sunny Rowley	....	key set costumer
Celia Yau	....	key costumer

Editorial Department
Phil Ashton	....	color timer
Judith Babcock	....	post-production coordinator: USA
Steven Delman	....	digital film colorist (as Steve Delman)
Mark Harris	....	first assistant editor
Carrie Holecek	....	digital intermediate producer: Los Angeles
Lionel Johnson	....	assistant film editor
Gareth Maynard	....	digital intermediate project manager
Lindsey Morrow	....	trainee assistant editor
Russell Pawson	....	second assistant editor
Tolly Swallow	....	second assistant editor
Dominic Thomson	....	digital editor
Samantha Welland	....	post-production coordinator
Mark Wright	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Christopher Austin	....	conductor
Christopher Austin	....	orchestrator
Luke Bedford	....	music preparation
Gary Carpenter	....	additional orchestrator
Michael Connell	....	supervising music editor
Chris Cozens	....	auricle control systems
Marcia Crayford	....	concert master
Ben Foskett	....	additional orchestrator
Ben Foskett	....	music preparation
Ben Foster	....	additional orchestrator
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Jake Jackson	....	score recordist
Rob Johnston	....	choir master: R'SVP Voices
Bernie Leadon	....	composer: song "Journey of the Sorcerer"
Catherine Manners	....	score coordinator
Nigel Short	....	choir master: Tenebrae
Mark Tucker	....	music engineer
Mark Tucker	....	music mixer

Transportation Department
Guy Bostock	....	action vehicle coordinator
Ian Clarke	....	vehicle technician
Tim Earl	....	driver
Simon Jones	....	transportation coordinator
Sean Thornton	....	picture vehicle technician
Bob Hole	....	unit driver (uncredited)
Darren Leen	....	driver: Sam Rockwell (uncredited)

Other crew
Susan Adams	....	fabricator
Kaseem Allah	....	assistant: Mr. Def
Lucy Anthony	....	unit nurse
J.B. Benna	....	production assistant
Andrew Bernstein	....	assistant: Mr. Evans
Lita Blechman	....	assistant: Mr. Jennings & Mr. Goldsmith
Judy Britten	....	production coordinator: second unit
David Broder	....	location manager
Kim Buttlar	....	executive coordinator: Mr. Barber
Jerry Chater	....	titles editor
Jeffrey Chernov	....	production executive
Richard Coombs	....	puppeteer
David Corke	....	animal consultant
David Corke	....	animal trainer
Phillip Eason	....	puppeteer (as Phil Eason)
Peter Elliott	....	creature performers coordinator
Tim Elliott	....	body double
Tim Elliott	....	stand-in
Gary Gillingham	....	production controller
Christine Greaves	....	food stylist
Denise Hanrahan	....	production runner
Andy Heath	....	puppeteer
Brian Herring	....	puppeteer
Jon Hollis	....	title designer
Mark Hopkins	....	set runner
Pauline Hume	....	title designer: end titles
Mark Jefferis	....	puppeteer
Perry M. Kimura	....	digital scanning and recording: EFILM
Jennifer Lambert	....	construction nurse
Jamie Lengyel	....	location finder
Sara Levy	....	set production assistant: dailies
David Lobatto	....	production runner
Hayley Lyon	....	assistant accountant
Sharon Mansfield	....	script supervisor: second unit
Mark Mason	....	supervisor: Asylum
Rob Meisenholder	....	accountant
Dan Morrow	....	post-production accountant
Dan Morrow	....	production cost accountant
Grant Nicholson	....	double
Billy Pegg	....	location assistant
Eve Petcher	....	assistant coordinator
Ben Pugh	....	production assistant
Jason Rayford	....	stand-in
Adele Rogers	....	food stylist
Adam Rosenberg	....	assistant: Jonathan Glickman
Deborah Simmrin	....	unit publicist
Katherine Smee	....	puppeteer
Deryn Stafford	....	production coordinator
Camilla Stephenson	....	assistant location manager
Heather Thomas-Hughes	....	unit nurse
Marlena Thomas	....	executive coordinator: Mr. Birnbaum
Robert Tygner	....	puppeteer (as Rob Tygner)
Françoise Valentine	....	underwater coordinator
Richard Van Den Bergh	....	modeler designer
Angela Wharton	....	script supervisor
Dan Whitty	....	location assistant
David Wilcock	....	accounts trainee
Rose Wilde	....	set production assistant
Mak Wilson	....	puppeteer
Tim Ballou	....	senior script clearance manager (uncredited)
James Keaton	....	additional floor runner: second unit (uncredited)
Warner Loughlin	....	acting coach (uncredited)
Richard Senior	....	additional runner (uncredited)

Thanks
Douglas Adams	....	dedicatee (as Douglas)
Tim Browse	....	special thanks
Yoz Grahame	....	special thanks
Spike Jonze	....	thanks
Jim Lynn	....	special thanks
Sean Sollé	....	special thanks
Billy Weber	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Touchstone Pictures (present)
• Spyglass Entertainment (present)
• Everyman Pictures
• Hammer & Tongs

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International Italia (2005) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (UK) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Falcon (2005) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• InterCom (2005) (Hungary) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE) (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2005) (Brazil) (VHS) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (Argentina) (all media)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Touchstone Home Video (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Veronica (2008) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)

Special Effects

• Jim Henson's Creature Shop (creature effects)
• Cinesite (visual effects)
• Asylum Models & Effects (models)
• Special Effects UK (special effects)
• Baseblack (additional visual effects)
• Cine Image Film Opticals (digital end titles)
• Gryphon (armatures)
• Jim Henson's Creature Shop
• Motion Control Cameras (motion control)
• Senate Visual Effects, The (visual effects by)
• Snow Business International (snow effects)
• Visual Effects Company, The (motion control)

Other Companies

• Shepperton Studios  movie studio
• AFM Lighting  lighting
• Abbey Road Studios  score recording (as Abbey Road Studios, London)
• Act One Script Clearance  script research
• Air Lyndhurst Studios  score recording
• Arion Facilities  telecine transfers
• CCTV  stock footage
• Casting Collective  extras casting
• Chromakey-Hire.Com  blue/green screens
• Compuhire  computer and video playback
• Cutting Edge  negative cutting
• Elstree Film & Television Studios  movie studio
• Flying Pictures  aerial services (as Flying Pictures Ltd.)
• GMTV  stock footage
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  additional ProTools systems supplied by
• Getty Images  stock footage
• Hollywood Records  soundtrack released by
• Joe Dunton & Company  video assist equipment
• Light by Numbers  lighting control system
• London Editing Machines Ltd.  editing equipment
• London Session Orchestra, The  orchestra (uncredited)
• Manners McDade Artist Management  score coordination
• Mark Angelo Studios  additional music recorded at
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  earth imagery (as NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
• On Set Location Services  facilities vehicles (as On-Set Location Services Ltd.)
• Oxford Scientific Films  stock footage
• Panavision Grips  cranes and dollies
• Panavision UK  camera equipment provided by
• Premier Caterers Ltd.  catering
• R'SVP Voices  song choir
• RAK Studios  additional music recorded at
• TWI  stock footage
• Technicolor Creative Services  digital intermediate (as Technicolor Creative Services, London)
• Tenebrae  score choir
• Twickenham Film Studios  re-recording studios
• Wavevend Communications  mobiles and walkie talkies (as Wavevend Ltd.)

Also Known As:

Guía del viajero intergaláctico (Argentina) (video title) (Panama) [es]
Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis (Austria) (Germany) [de]
Bir otostopçunun galaksi rehberi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Galaxis útikalauz stopposoknak (Hungary) [hu]
Guía del autoestopista galáctico (Spain) [es]
Guida galattica per autostoppisti (Italy) [it]
Guide galactique (Canada: French title) (video title) [fr]
Gyriste ton galaxia me otostop (Greece) [el]
H2G2: le guide du voyageur galactique (France) [fr]
Le guide galactique (Canada: French title) [fr]
Liftarens guide till galaxen (Sweden) [sv]
Linnunradan käsikirja liftareille (Finland) [fi]
O Guia do Mochileiro das Galáxias (Brazil) [pt]
Pöidlaküüdi reisijuht galaktikas (Estonia) [et]

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic elements, action and mild language.

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Spain:7 | Taiwan:GP | Argentina:Atp | Malaysia:U | Netherlands:MG6 (DVD rating) | Iceland:10 | Iceland:LH (video rating) | Hungary:14 | USA:PG (certificate #41593) | Canada:PG | South Korea:All | Australia:PG | Brazil:10 | Canada:G (British Columbia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Finland:K-11 | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:12A | New Zealand:PG | Norway:7 | Singapore:PG | UK:PG | Philippines:PG-13 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Beehive Pub, Hare Street, Nr Buntingford, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Touchstone Pictures

Trivia:

Faint screams can be heard a moment before Mr. Prosser speaks. In the book, Mr. Prosser is a direct male-line descendant of Genghis Khan, the reason why he wears little fur hats and often hears a thousand hairy horsemen shouting in his head.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Arthur goes back to his house, he makes a cup of tea. When he drinks it, there is clearly milk in it, although he never put any in. When it vibrates along the table, it is black again.

Quotes:

[first lines]
The Book: It's an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, Man had always assumed that he was the most intelligent species occupying the planet, instead of the *third* most intelligent. The second most intelligent creatures were of course dolphins who...

Movie Connections:

References Toy Story 2 (1999)

Soundtrack:

So Long & Thanks for All the Fish

Don't Panic! Douglas Adams' legacy has been turned into a delicious acid-trip of a movie, featuring love, aliens and the answer to life, the universe and everything.

Douglas Adams turned his sci-fi phenomenon, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy into a hit radio and TV series, a five-part trilogy of novels and a BAFTA-winning computer game, but complained making it into a movie was like "trying to grill a steak by having a succession of people blow on it".

After a 20-year battle with Disney to get the film made - and a day after a planet was named after the story's protagonist Arthur Dent - Adams died of a heart attack. Fans rushed to their nearest webring to console each other when they discovered the bum-clenchingly great scripting responsibilities had been passed on to Karey Kirkpatrick, the brains behind fluffy kiddie flick, Chicken Run.

To make matters worse, Terry Gilliam and Jay Roach passed the honour of directing the film to Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith, two movie first-timers who made their livings as production duo Hammer & Tongs - the company behind music videos for REM, Supergrass and Pulp among others.

But Don't Panic! As Robbie Stamp, Adams' pal and the movie's executive producer, rightfully says, "The cast and crew rose to the challenge and created the perfect tribute to Douglas."

The film carefully brings the story into the noughties without incurring the wrath of Hitchhiker fans, and adds enough smug nods in their direction to keep them happy. They will relish whispering to their unimpressed cinema neighbour, "Look, Douglas Adams' face is in that shot" or "That's Marvin the Paranoid Android from the TV series." And for the uninitiated, there's an acid-trip of a movie featuring love, aliens and the answer to life, the universe and everything.

A galaxy of stars were enlisted to bring the mind-boggling story to the big screen, including Martin Freeman, who reprises his superb Everyman role from The Office to play Arthur Dent, a tea-loving Londoner who becomes the last man from Earth, following its destruction to make way for a hyperspace bypass.

Mos Def proves not all hip-hop stars are fist-gnawingly embarrassing as actors, in his part as Ford Prefect, a revoltingly cool alien who accompanies Dent on his hitchhiking adventure around the universe.

The unspeakably delicious Zooey Deschanel provides the love story that was sadly lacking in Adams' script drafts. She plays Trillian, the last surviving humanoid female, who finds herself caught in an unsavoury love triangle between Dent and Zaphod Beeblebrox, the President of the Imperial Galactic Government and owner of three arms, two heads and one planet-sized ego.

And if you've ever wondered what Freddie Mercury and George Bush's lovechild would be like (and frankly, who hasn't?) watch Sam Rockwell's extraordinary portrayal of Beeblebrox. As Rockwell testifies, "I studied footage of US presidents and rockers for this role until I tasted blood."

The essential Britishness of the film is provided by the delectable Stephen Fry and Bill Nighy, who are more English than chips, awkward dinner parties and halitosis.

Who better to voice The Guide, a book which contains all the knowledge in the universe, than bulging-brained Fry, who uses the perfect amount of middle-class haughtiness, irony and intelligence to narrate the delightfully complicated story.

And Nighy can't fail as planet builder Slartibartfast (who, as every nerd knows, won an award for creating the twiddly bits around Norwegian fjords) because he based the world-weary alien on the nation's best-loved character, Bill Nighy.

I almost missed out one character, insane religious leader Humma Kammula, a new character Adams wrote especially for John Malkovich. He is easily forgotten because despite his amusing dialogue, the special effects drown out his performance, preventing him from doing the honour justice.

But fans will forgive this small transgression, for the pleasure of seeing a beast of a movie which has defied the laws of the universe to make it onto the big screen.

Jennings and Goldsmith have proved that despite their movie virginity, the first time isn't always messy, awkward and disappointing, it can also be earth shattering, amusing and very, very satisfying.