Making of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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- Опубліковано 16 січ 2011
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, often abbreviated "HHGTTG", was written by Douglas Adams for BBC Radio 4.
Adams claimed that the title came from a 1971 incident while he was hitchhiking around Europe as a young man with a copy of the Hitch-hiker's Guide to Europe book, and while lying drunk in a field in Innsbruck with a copy of the book and looking up at the stars, thought it would be a good idea for someone to write a hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy as well. - Фільми й анімація
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That awkward moment when Snape and Fillius come together and make one manic depressed robot.
I understand why people don't like this movie. I really do. It differs wildly from the books, which are brilliant and hilarious. But frankly, this is one of my favorite movies. I saw it when I was a kid and I've loved it ever since. Yeah, the characters were a little different and the story was barely the same, but who really cares? The writing is hilarious, the movie's story is brilliant, and the casting is top-notch. Truly a great family comedy. And, while the story itself is technically different, the whole film is very much in the spirit of the books. Satirical, ridiculous, and at times almost surreal. I think Douglas Adams would've been proud.
You need to take it the same way CinemaSins would: ignore all other media. Focus on the film as a stand-lone work of art.
That's likely just as Adams himself would wish for it to be approached.
@@barrettwbenton he even wrote some of the earlier drafts before he died going way off the book
Ok I wrote it off when it came out, but I will give it another try but ime sure I will still hate it. Lets hope ime pleasantly surprised.
Always find that quite weird, as the books themselves are based on a six part radio drama, which in itself was different to the book. Douglas always said that things need to be adapted to the medium they are in.
" we have these incredible creaturen build by the Jim henson-company" wait... So vogons are actually muppets? GENIUS
No, that is what happens to Vegans...
Any Douglas Adams fan can tell you that Douglas Adams actually wrote a Film Script and tried to get it made, touting it around film companies. He was informed that no one was interested in comedy sci-fi, then the film Men in Black was released. Douglas Adams did get involved with one company in actual film production, but I don't know how far that got. I do remember him saying that it went on for a long time.
This is it, douglas died before it came out but he still saw the script and some of the production
I'll never understand the hate this film gets. Brilliant casting and a great script, what's not to like here?
The hate the movie gets is because of blind nostalgia for the old TV show. And that's ALL it is, no matter what the haters say. I saw the TV show AFTER I had read the book(s), and after having seen the movie. Should come as no surprise that I thought the TV show sucked. So much in fact, that I couldn't watch more than a 3, maybe 4 episodes. It's hokey, over acted in that not so charming 70s way, low budget, and looks like shit. Looks almost worse, or at least as bad as classic Dr Who. It certainly doesn't do the books any justice IMHO.
I love this movie. You can tell that Douglas Adams wrote the screenplay adaptation for it, and you can feel the love the cast/crew has for his work. It's really too bad that it didn't get at least one sequel, although I think Douglas adapted the ending beautifully in order for it to work as just one movie.
***** Oh yes it is hilarious
It was tbh not funny at all. Its a scifi Comedy and they added jokes that would only suit little toddlers. It is nothing like the original its almost as if they were trying to think up a completely different film. If that was the case id much rather it was hitchikers guide separate.
The casting was not great. Mos Def (ford prefect) rubbish actor. I wasn't able to believe it was REALLY an alien from another planet who was insane bizzare and happy babby. I believed it actually was an actor who was just acting for a movie.
its a comedy yet the jokes are shit. the plotline itself is mind boggingly dull. and nowhere as good as originals.
Me too. I love it. I have seen it a couple times. It was on last night, and I still laugh. Sam Rockwell is phenomenal. I love his portrayal. Every time he's onscreen he cracks me up.
theyoshifankid You're way too harsh on it.
So here's my deal - this movie brought me into the fandom and AFTER watching the movie about three times and making a costume from it did I read the series. I do see why many are angry that it "didn't do the books justice", but that's the thing I love about this entire series - there are so many iterations to talk about and each one is different from another. So without knowing anything about the books, it's a darn great movie and it's entertaining and all. I don't believe that the movie is crap for not explicitly following the books and I respect the director's choices 👌
My sermon is over and I love Sam Rockwell thanks to this movie goodnight
As a fan of the BBC series first, then the books I didn't hate the movie. I just thought it was really disappointing, and got the impression there probably wouldn't be another one made after it bombed.
I'm glad you liked it, but it's hard for me to appreciate it for what it is in its own right when I really wanted it to be something else.
I can't hate it, because I love the idea of hhg and if it made some people read the books who otherwise wouldn't have then I'd rather have it than not.
According to what I read on Wikipedia, actually Douglas Adams worked on the screenplay and his final draft is very close to what they filmed. So… From the author himself :-)
I thought the casting was pretty good. Zooey was a pretty good Trillian, Martin was a perfect Arthur, but most importantly, Sam Rockwell IS Zaphod. For me anyway. Could not have done Zaphod more perfectly. My issue is the movie was them faffing about with the pace and order.
This film is in my opinion one of the best films ever made.
The entire cast was perfect and they did such a good job selling the characters.
Just brilliant.
One of if not the top of my list for favorite movies all time.
Honestly Mos Def was amazing in the movie and really made the movie.
Fantastic movie and I'll forever have it in my collection.
Furthermore, the long-rumored Jim Carrey, or any of the other names I heard were rumored for Zaphod, Will Ferrell, Jack Black, Robert Downey, Jr., Johnny Depp, Zaphod is something none of them are that Sam Rockwell is: Cool.
Zaphod is a real hoopy frood who really knows where his towel is.
thank god JC didnt get it. SR was sooo much better.
Sam Rockwell NAILED Zaphod.
Love all his books and I love this movie. It captures the spirit of Adams' satire perfectly and the cast is wonderful. Sam Rockwell as Zaphod is pure brilliance...he brings the character a dimension that is lacking in the book.
nothing will replace the books that are implanted in my head I don't care how much the BBC or anybody tries to rehash one of the finest pieces of science fiction ever.
RIP Alan Rickman
Always and forever.
he was by far the best actor in the movie
Honestly, I liked this movie. Sure it lured away from the story a lot, and there's no question that it would be better if Douglas Adams was alive to help produce it, but I strongly admire the attempt. In the foreward of Adams' book, which was written 20 years before this was made, it says that he was trying to make a film of his stories. This was it. Sure it wasn't the best in the entire franchise, but it got the job done, and it entertained the hell out of me. What I also really liked was the fact that the studio made a lot of effort to not rely so much on Computer Generated Imagery by building authentic sets, structures, costumes and even props. Furthermore, the puppets were a bonus. Sure they weren't the best puppets, but it's way better than watching some cheesey CGI character talk with a real person on a green screen movie set like in most movies nowadays.
I love this film so much - and I'm very grateful they decided to go the Jim Henson route with the puppetry rather than full CGI. I think it's dated so well... and Sam Rockwell cracks me up in it
I find that I can just put this movie on an relax because it is interesting but comforting at the same time. It captures the energy and innocence of the original show without copying it.
I think a sequel would almost certainly make more now for a 2015-19 release knowing the success of every actor in this film has improved greatly as they are all more known and have had bigger roles, I could see that as many plenty, especially with so many sci-fi things coming up like Avengers 2, Justice League, Warcraft movie, Star Wars Ep VII and all, adding another film from a cult classic legendary book series would work
I wanna see that 'martin freeman, zooey deschanel screen test' RIGHT NOW!
Mos Def sounds like he hasn't slept/been sober in days
I haven't seen this film since I was four years old and it still looks awesome, man this film needs more attention.
"Oh God! No! Don't send us that!" That line from the making of the movie is an instant classic.
Wow, two Hogwarts professors in one character.
there’s actually 3 people that were in that movie and the Harry Potter movies,
Warwick Davis
Alan Rickman(R.I.P.)
Bill Nighy
The re-mix of Journey Of The Sorcerer was worth the price of admission.
No matter what the others say about this movie, it's awesome.
Zaphod always reminded me of Zapp Brannigan.
When they arrive @ Amagrathea,& after the "Sorry we're closed" messages, Zaphod retort is "Take us down",totally ignoring 1st & the following appreciation messages w/notification of gift of 2 nuculear tipped ICB🚀s; is the Brannigan moment
I had no idea Sam was also Guy in Galaxy quest. I looked him up and the guy (no pun intended) has been in so many movies. He's awesome and I loved him in this movie too.
I watch this film at least twice a year, it makes me feel good inside. It has most certainly aged well
This is truly a fantastic movie. The characters are just played so well, and the Vogon's look better than CG. Belongs in my Top Five Movies of all time. The book is incredible as well, its a must see/read.
The Movie was just AWESOME. Really, I like the movie more than the book, seriously. And sometimes I get depressed just because I know there is not going to be a sequel. But still, I love that movie. I loved the extra characters and the extra places. The book was just too short, but the movie explained very well all the facts, planets and characters. LOVE THE MOVIE.
Sequels are usually not as good.
Why mess with this movie with a sequel??
This movie is hilarious and very re-watchable.
You would only be let down with a sequel to be honest.
"The book was just too short."
There were 5 books in the series.
God, how beatiful Zooey Deschanel was.
I could stare at her for hours.
Zooey Deschanel doing the Shimmy is greatly pleasing to me.
This movie is amazing I love it and it made me like Martin freeman even more.
That's what I love about this movie, it truly is as cinematic as possible. Amazing
Love this movie.
This movie had a treasure chest of extremely funny jokes
But absolutely no timing
It was like watching a good comic in a hospital bed on drugs trying to tell jokes
It really an underrated film but to just skim the “making of”. Expected more.
For what it’s worth, Sam Rockwell wasn’t just trying to be funny when he said “They couldn’t get Jim Carrey, so they got me”… this is actual fact haha.
They genuinely wanted Jim to play Zaphod, and almost wrote the screenplay with him in mind, and basically just told Sam to do his best version of Jim the whole time lol 😂
(Remember, this was probably right at the zenith, if not the very beginning of his height in Hollywood)
Gosh I love the Film!!!! And the soundtrack is AWESOME!
When you examine something like this, you have to leave canon out of it.
I loved that they made it slightly different but in the same spirit as the original book, you can't always make a movie about something and be 100% that's not how movies work.
I'm usually a canon stickler especially when it comes to Star Trek and Star Wars but not in this case because really the craziness that these characters experience is pretty much what you'd find in the works of the artist the book was written by. People understood what the writer was saying and ran with it. Now had this been something serious then yeah I might have been canon specific in my expectations but this isn't a series really and it was only meant by the author to make several points.
I had no idea the Vogons were inspired by those political satire comics! Absolutely love all the detail in this adaptation
I absolutely loved the movie. although i was never acquainted with its prior renditions. as such i understand if people who loved and were more tuned into such prior iterations that the film would be more than i jult , still as a standalone film from someone not in the know, i can say the film was fantastic. seriously, fun witty and cast'd perfectly. this film deserved a sequel or prequel.
It's actually better that this movie didn't do well with international box office, because if it had, there would be multiple crappy sequels. As it is now, it will stand alone.
Thank goodness
so many amazing actors...!
Zaphod would totally be elected US president right now.
nine minutes of my life very, very well spent - but the absolutly most ingenious part was Alan Rickman's voice right at the end... The very spelling of awesome
rip space crab :'(
Jewelled Scuttling Crab to be exact.
LOL!
I liked Mos Def as Ford, not what you expected perhaps, same for Sam Rockwell - i want to watch it again
sam rockwell was good...mos def.....not so much
I still don't know why this movie caught so much flak. Yeah, the books are a billion times better, but no adaptation ever lives up to it's beginnings. As a movie, I thought it was great.
And, one can say that none of the later adaptations, for different media/mediums, quite lived up to the radio play; I felt strongly this way at the beginning. But Adams himself adapted the story each time around, for each medium - different for the books, different again for the original TV series, and, one more time, different for the big screen, at least as far as he got with the screenplay before his untimely death. Ultimately, It All Works.
it was disliked because it was too Americanized. The book was written with some brilliant dry humor, then you get the Americanized movie where the jokes feel forced.
Lol, a billion times better, well theres your reason then. If the books were ten out of tens, then the film with your argument is 10 out of (10/10,000,000,000) in other words....pure shite.
Great movie with an awesome cast. Cannot watch it enough.
I enjoy this movie a lot. I'm a fan of the radio series, TV series and books. I think they managed to bring the spirit of it all with this film. The creature work is fantastic. The cast are perfect.
I loved how they did the beaurocrats in this movie!
You guys are amazing I should have known it was the Hensen crew these puppets were perfect and only Hensen crew can do that!
I hate that this wonderful film will never get a sequel.
Read the book in 1970. Enjoyed the movie when it came out. I think I like the movie more than the book because of Zooey.
Love this movie. Love This cast. Sam and Zooey greats
One of my favorite films. So weird and wonderful
I hope they make the rest of the series. R.I.P., Alan Rickman.
Maybe it’s just me but I though the movie was pretty spot on.
Yeah I watched the movie and loved it and I just bought the book 2 weeks ago and its exactly like the book almost word for word. Maybe it differs later but so far it's perfect
“... See if I don’t.”
*mic drop*
i really hope they pay WarWick Davis extra money, cause my Gosh i could just imagine being and that thing with that heavy ass helmet 🤦🏽♂️😞
My father used to read these books when he was in the army and when this movie came out I watched it and thought it was the funniest/silliest movie I'd seen, definitely different to the books but as far as film adaptations go I feel this was made with love and reverence to the original spirit of the story and kept Hitchhiker's in the zeitgeist atleast for my generation (I'm 23)
Warwick and Alan Rickman created one of the most memorable robots in entertainment!
Was anxious to see it.
I love the film, pure fantasy and crazy.
Brilliant film
Would like to think Adams would be laughing at seeing how well he's works came to life!
We need a sequel!!!
I listened to it on radio first then I read the first book. The TV series was great (in the days when BBC did comedy) with a super cast. I'd read all the books before the movie came out and I enjoyed that too (Zoe wasn't good looking enough), but the fact is, it is a great story, in fact so great Douglas Adams should have titled the whole thing "42".
The best part of this movie was the Vogan planet face slap :D
Vogsphere...
great movie
Yeah, the other end is the Big Bang Burger Bar
I don't know what Douglas Adams was smoking when he wrote those books but it must have been great stuff.
I just LOVE his wacky sense of humor.
this film is so under rated. they had thought of it as a 2 film deal at the start... but takings were not enough to warrant a 2nd excursion to the restaurant at the end of the universe. sam well-rocked it and it was a perfect cast.
"its a great story to begin with" - don't hear that often in hollywood ;)
Practical effects over CGI any day of the week!
i only survived by gnawing one of my own legs off! whew!
I loved this movie.
" They couldn't afford Jim Carrey so they got me ". Thank God. Jim Carrey is best in small, TINY doses. Jim Carrey as Zaphod Beeblebrox would've really dragged the film down.
Sam’s influences are all seen 😂 intergalactic surfer in charge of too much
Love it....!
I like to think of the movie and the book(s) as separate entities, bond together by the ghost of Adams.
i loved HHGTTG when i first watched it
this should of been a masterpiece movie.. I hope someone else has a go at it one day
Happy 70th today Douglas!
For those comparing it to the old TV series, fyi, it was a radio series first, which was great. The TV series was kind of crap, too. In order of quality:
Radio
Books
Film
TV series
Daniel Appleton
My point stands.
Daniel Appleton Well, fortunately I wouldn't be born for another 6 years so I didn't have that problem.
Daniel Appleton
Oh, I appreciate, I jsut watched the first spisode of the TV show before and thought it had lost all of its comic timing, and was jsut rehashing the radio show but using really bad sfx instead of clever and hilariously. It was kind of like someone explaining punchlines rather than making jokes.
Oh I want to see it again!
First encounter of THHGTTG was a (bad) cassette copy of the radio theater, then books then the BBC film.
Oh my, all these years I thought the Vogons are CGI'd
nope
created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop
This 9 year old video randomly popped up in my feed and I saw the thumbnail and would have bet anything it was a pic of Tommy Shaw from STYX
I'd rather have a man in a suit any day. Its so worth it.
Google is mind reading now, I thought of watching this movie again yesterday and the 80s series
wow, from reading the comments, I never even knew people didn’t like it. I freaking love this movie. I’ve watched it over and over and over through the years. It was my first exposure to Douglas Adams in any wat shape or form. Of course it strays from the original material. ALL movies do! Jeez, I guess some “super intelligent” Adams fans are not quite capable of acknowledging things like that. Dah well who cares. One of my personal faves.
I enjoyed the Film for what it was, but it was hardly like a watching Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy tbh. The BBC series from the early 80's did that just fine.
1:24 OMG love it!😄
I didn’t realize that Zaphod Beeblebrox was the singer for nickleback.
*Thought this was a Nickelback video from the thumbnail.*
I mostly loved this movie, even though I know it doesn't follow the book very well. The one thing that almost ruined it for me was the cheesy love story, it felt very unnecessary and almost like it didn't quite belong.
Read the first book when it was first released. Consumed everything related since. I'm a _serious_ fan. Trust me: People that don't get this movie would DEFINITELY not being willing to put in the attention to enjoy the books. And as for those who panned the flick? That seems to be part of modern culture: Professional haters and misanthropes who are _NEVER_ satisfied and that is the only thing that brings such nihilists satisfaction.
What the hell kind of comment is this??
Is that really your entire outlook on humanity? 🤦🏻♂️
I had no idea of this stories existence for the longest time myself, then randomly stumbled on the BBC series one time in my early teens, then I read the first book, then I watched the movie when it came out, fell so in love with the story and just went and read all three of the novels back to back, and have just been either listening to the audiobooks, or rewatching both the series and movie my entire adult life, being 34 now, with the knowledge that all three books are essentially what went into making the movie, as there are bits of all three scattered about it, and if you really were such a *serious fan* you would know that Douglas adams himself co-wrote the damn screenplay for the movie lol… 🤔
So what’s this about “professional haters and misanthropes never being satisfied/nihilists/blah blah blah” you’re going on about??
Are you just one of those people who writes arbitrarily hateful comments about how stupid everyone else has to be because of how smart you think you are?
Lol maybe you’re just projecting a little too hard??
Regardless, love the books, love the series, love the movie.
Great storytelling all around.
Now try unclenching a bit.
Sam Rockwell = the heart of this movie
Dont want to be a negative nancy, but im happy to hear this. i hated the movie. LOVE the books, LOVE the old BBC Radio series... i thought this modern-day movie was absoluetly awful. did not do the books any justice whatsoever. hoepfulyl someone will try again in a few years, and hopefulyl it will be by a group of people who are true fans of the book series.
Yes different from the books which I've read loads of times and love but this is also utterly ridiculous and fantastic. The cast were perfect I thought and I really enjoyed it. Better than the tripe that is normally turned out by Hollywood.
If you have any even remote liking for this film adaptation and haven't done so already I urge you to go read the original books. While the movie surely isn't as horrible as a lot of people say it is, the books had so much more charm in the "comedy" aspect for me than this movie could even dream of having.
The Vogons were brilliant in this
best movie eva
Need a sequel, I want to see them build the starship Bistromath