Film The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

after several years of setbacks , renewed efforts start production , quarter of century after first book published, big-screen adaptation of hitchhiker s guide galaxy shot. pre-production began in 2003, filming began on 19 april 2004 , post-production began in september 2004.

after london premiere on 20 april 2005, released on 28 april in uk , australia, 29 april in united states , canada, , 29 july in south africa. (a full list of release dates available @ imdb.) movie stars martin freeman arthur, mos def ford, sam rockwell president of galaxy zaphod beeblebrox , zooey deschanel trillian, alan rickman providing voice of marvin paranoid android (and warwick davis acting in marvin s costume), , stephen fry voice of guide/narrator.

the plot of film adaptation of hitchhiker s guide differs of radio show, book , television series. romantic triangle between arthur, zaphod, , trillian more prominent in film; , visits vogsphere, homeworld of vogons (which, in books, abandoned), , viltvodle vi inserted. film covers events in first 4 radio episodes, , ends characters en route restaurant @ end of universe, leaving opportunity sequel open. unique appearance made point-of-view gun, device created adams himself movie.

commercially film modest success, taking $21 million in opening weekend in united states, , £3.3 million in opening weekend in united kingdom.

the film released on dvd (region 2, pal) in uk on 5 september 2005. both standard double-disc edition , uk-exclusive numbered limited edition giftpack released on date. giftpack edition includes copy of novel movie tie-in cover, , collectible prints film, packaged in replica of film s version of hitchhiker s guide prop. single-disc widescreen or full-screen edition (region 1, ntsc) made available in united states , canada on 13 september 2005. single-disc releases in blu-ray format , umd format playstation portable released on respective dates in these 3 countries.