The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Synopsis

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

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Cast

Martin Freeman

Arthur Dent

Yasiin Bey

Ford Prefect

Zooey Deschanel

Trillian

Sam Rockwell

Zaphod Beeblebrox

Alan Rickman

Marvin (voice)

Anna Chancellor

Questular Rontok

Bill Nighy

Slartibartfast

Richard Griffiths

Jeltz (voice)

John Malkovich

Humma Kavula

Helen Mirren

Deep Thought (voice)

Thomas Lennon

Eddie the Computer (voice)

Stephen Fry

Narrator / The Guide (voice)

Warwick Davis

Marvin

Bill Bailey

The Whale (voice)

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Su Elliot

Pub Customer

Dominique Jackson

Fook

Simon Jones

Ghostly Image

Kelly Macdonald

Reporter

Ian McNeice

Kwaltz (voice)

Steve Pemberton

Mr. Prosser

Crew

Art

• Joel Collins Production Design
• Alan Cassie Art Direction
• Phil Sims Art Direction
• Andy Thomson Art Direction
• Frank Walsh Supervising Art Director
• Kate Beckly Set Decoration
• Rebecca Amissah Art Department Assistant
• Tim Jetis Art Department Coordinator
• Dean Clegg Assistant Art Director
• Tim Lanning Greensman
• Philip Clark Location Scout
• Bruce Gallup Painter

Camera

• Igor Jadue-Lillo Director of Photography
• John Gamble First Assistant Camera
• John Arnold Key Grip
• Ian Buckley Grip
• John Marzano Aerial Director of Photography
• Paul Edwards Steadicam Operator
• Laurie Sparham Still Photographer
• Mike Valentine Underwater Camera
• Shaun Cobley Assistant Camera
• Darren Vincent Camera Trainee
• Susan Luciani Clapper Loader
• Chas Bain Focus Puller

Costume & Make-Up

• Sammy Sheldon Costume Design
• Charlotte-Rose Armstrong Assistant Costume Designer
• Rosemary Burrows Costume Supervisor
• Liz Tagg Hair Designer
• Nikita Rae Hairstylist
• Paul Gooch Makeup Artist
• Liz Tagg Makeup Designer
• Duncan Jarman Prosthetic Makeup Artist
• Christian Kennedy Set Dressing Artist
• Jemma Scott-Knox-Gore Contact Lens Technician
• Denny Edwards Costume Assistant
• Jo Budden Dresser

Crew

• Mark Hopkins Set Runner
• Richard Darwin Animatronics Designer
• Warren Lever Carpenter
• Tim Earl Driver
• Mark Wyllie Mixing Engineer
• Abby Callahan Post Production Supervisor
• Gary Gillingham Production Controller
• Jan Meade Projection
• Colin Childs Propmaker
• Warwick Campbell Sequence Supervisor
• Rose Wilde Set Production Assistant
• Wilma Dunn Special Effects Coordinator

Directing

• Garth Jennings Director
• Richard Whelan First Assistant Director
• Iain Lawrence Assistant Director
• Chris Croucher Crowd Assistant Director
• Tamana Bleasdale Second Assistant Director
• Dominic Leung Second Unit Director
• David Decio Third Assistant Director
• Frazer Fennell-Ball Other
• Terence Madden Other

Editing

• Niven Howie Editor
• Phil Ashton Color Timer
• Mark Harris First Assistant Editor
• Carrie Holecek Digital Intermediate Producer
• Mark Wright Negative Cutter

Lighting

• Stewart Monteith Best Boy Electric
• Joey Coughlin Electrician
• Eddie Knight Gaffer
• Ronnie Phillips Rigging Gaffer

Production

• Gary Barber Producer
• Roger Birnbaum Producer
• Jonathan Glickman Producer
• Nick Goldsmith Producer
• Jay Roach Producer
• Douglas Adams Executive Producer
• Derek Evans Executive Producer
• Robbie Stamp Executive Producer
• Todd Arnow Co-Producer
• Caroline Hewitt Co-Producer
• Rebekah Rudd Co-Producer
• Marcia Ross Casting

Sound

• Joby Talbot Original Music Composer
• Andy Shelley Dialogue Editor
• Bjørn Ole Schroeder ADR Supervisor
• Robin Green Boom Operator
• Robin Knapp Assistant Sound Editor
• Christopher Austin Orchestrator
• Alastair Sirkett Sound Designer
• Alastair Sirkett Sound Effects Editor
• Mark Holding Sound Mixer
• Ian Wilson Supervising Sound Editor
• Tony Currie ADR Editor
• Paul Drenning ADR Mixer

Visual Effects

• Dimitri Bakalov 3D Animator
• Richard Baker Digital Compositors
• Alistair Bell Visual Effects
• Ben Flatter Visual Effects Coordinator
• Ken Dailey Visual Effects Producer
• Angus Bickerton Visual Effects Supervisor
• Oliver Jarlett Mechanical Designer
• Oliver Faldo VFX Artist
• Steve Pang Visual Effects Assistant Editor
• Rick Mietkowski VFX Director of Photography
• Jamie McCarter Animation Director
• Fernanda Moreno CG Artist

Writing

• Douglas Adams Novel
• Karey Kirkpatrick Screenplay
• Douglas Adams Screenplay

Photos