"Don't leave Earth without it"

2005

1h 49m

6.7(4008 votes)

Adventure

Comedy

Science Fiction

Overview

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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60 members

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Martin Freeman

Arthur Dent

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Yasiin Bey

Ford Prefect

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Zooey Deschanel

Trillian

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Sam Rockwell

Zaphod Beeblebrox

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Alan Rickman

Marvin (voice)

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Anna Chancellor

Questular Rontok

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Bill Nighy

Slartibartfast

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Richard Griffiths

Jeltz (voice)

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John Malkovich

Humma Kavula

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Helen Mirren

Deep Thought (voice)

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Thomas Lennon

Eddie the Computer (voice)

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Stephen Fry

Narrator / The Guide (voice)

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Warwick Davis

Marvin

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Bill Bailey

The Whale (voice)

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Su Elliot

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Dominique Jackson

Fook

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Simon Jones

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Kelly Macdonald

Reporter

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Ian McNeice

Kwaltz (voice)

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Steve Pemberton

Mr. Prosser

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Albie Woodington

Barman

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Mark Longhurst

Bulldozer Driver

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Jack Stanley

Lunkwill

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Mak Wilson

Vogon Interpreter (voice)

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Mark Gatiss

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Reece Shearsmith

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Mason Ball

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Sarah Bennett

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Danny Blackner

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Hayley Burroughs

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Cecily Fay

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Aron Freeman

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Ian Kay

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Nikki Bond

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Mohsen Nouri

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Oliver Parham

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Nigel Plaskitt

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Lynn Robertson Bruce

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Jerome St. John Blake

Vogon Soldier

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Milo Bodrozic

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Martin Dawson

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Dan Ellis

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Steve Grindle

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Art Hewitt

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Simon Hibbs

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Rob Horseman

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Mike Lewis

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Paul Nathaniel

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Tim Perrin

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Jessie Riley

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Tucker Stevens

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Ashley Stuart

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Benjamin Uttley

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Patrick Walker

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Spencer Wilding

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William Wollen

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Edgar Wright

Deep Thought Technician (uncredited)

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Jason Schwartzman

Gag Halfrunt (uncredited)

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Mark Rhino Smith

Pall Bearer (uncredited)

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Sean Sollé

London Citizen

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