TY - BOOK AU - Adams, Douglas AU - Jennings,Garth AU - Barber,Gary AU - Adams,Douglas AU - Freeman,Martin AU - Mos Def AU - Rockwell,Sam ED - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) TI - The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy SN - 0790766086 PY - 2002/// CY - [London] : , Burbank, Calif. : PB - BBC Video, Warner Home Video, KW - Film adaptations KW - lcgft KW - Comedy films KW - Science fiction films N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -