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The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy / British Broadcasting Corporation ; producer, Alan J.W. Bell ; by Douglas Adams.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: [London] : Burbank, Calif. : BBC Video ; Warner Home Video, 2002.Description: 2 videodiscs (200 min.) : sound, color ; sound, color; 2 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0790766086
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Contents:
Special features (Disc 1): optional production notes for each episode. Special features (Disc 2): out-takes and deleted scenes; behind-the-scenes footage from Tomorrow's world and Pebble Mill at one; the making of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (59 min.); short film of scene created for the radio production; Douglas Adams tribute program from Omnibus (49 min.); additional footage not used in the "Making of" documentary (26 min.); introduction by Peter Jones; photo gallery; original trailers.
Production credits:
  • Exceutive producers, Douglas Adams, Robbie Stamp, Derek Evans ; camera, Igor Jadue-Lillo ; editor, Niven Howie ; music, Joby Talbot ; production designer, Joel Collins.
Cast: Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Sam Rockwell, Warwick Davis, Alan Rickman, John Malkovich.Summary: A man wakes up one morning to learn that the earth is going to be blown up so as to make way for a hyperspace highway. Fortunately, he is rescued by his best friend, who turns out to be an alien. The pair hitch a ride on a spaceship and have an array of offbeat adventures as they travel through space.Summary: This compilation contains all six episodes of the BBC's adaptation of a sci-fi fantasy about an unassuming Englishman and his outwardly average neighbor who is actually an alien from the vicinity of Betelgeuse.
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Based on the novel by Douglas Adams.

Originally produced as a BBC television series in 1981.
Adapted from the BBC Radio series.

Special features (Disc 1): optional production notes for each episode. Special features (Disc 2): out-takes and deleted scenes; behind-the-scenes footage from Tomorrow's world and Pebble Mill at one; the making of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (59 min.); short film of scene created for the radio production; Douglas Adams tribute program from Omnibus (49 min.); additional footage not used in the "Making of" documentary (26 min.); introduction by Peter Jones; photo gallery; original trailers.

Exceutive producers, Douglas Adams, Robbie Stamp, Derek Evans ; camera, Igor Jadue-Lillo ; editor, Niven Howie ; music, Joby Talbot ; production designer, Joel Collins.

Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Sam Rockwell, Warwick Davis, Alan Rickman, John Malkovich.

A man wakes up one morning to learn that the earth is going to be blown up so as to make way for a hyperspace highway. Fortunately, he is rescued by his best friend, who turns out to be an alien. The pair hitch a ride on a spaceship and have an array of offbeat adventures as they travel through space.

This compilation contains all six episodes of the BBC's adaptation of a sci-fi fantasy about an unassuming Englishman and his outwardly average neighbor who is actually an alien from the vicinity of Betelgeuse.

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