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Post-script: Hitchhiker's was originally intended for distribution under The Walt Disney Company's Touchstone Pictures branch. In late 2004, it was heralded to "Walt Disney Pictures." Then, in early 2005, it was ushered back to Touchstone. While reasons behind the moves have never been clear, the film is rated "PG" and outside of the occasional off-color reference (that young viewers won't notice or understand anyway), it is perfectly fine for family audiences. Its content seems less objectionable than last year's blockbuster National Treasure and the Disney Store seems to be treating this like any other "Disney" film by offering lithographs with pre-orders. Perhaps one day, Disney may embrace it as they have done for Touchstone films like The Nightmare Before Christmas and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, which they currently associate with the "Disney" name.
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With just over a month to go till its release, you would have thought that Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy would be completely finished. But no, it isn't as Helen Mirren has been added to the cast. Not an acting gig for her mind, she will only be lending her voice to Deep Thought. And for those of you who don't know what this is Deep Thought is the second greatest computer in the history of the Universe and it was built to find out the question to life, the Universe and everything. After millions and millions of years of ferrociously computing, Thought came up with the answer. However, it couldn't come up with the question.
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The animated menu screens brilliantly resemble the design of the Hitchhiker's Guide as seen in the film. The bright colors and rounded rectangle listings are accompanied by suitable excerpts of score and intermittent sound effects. Each menu is even accompanied by an Improbability Drive button, which when pushed yields the film's wacky transition and jumps to a random clip from the film or bonus features. It's a clever touch, to be sure, and once in a while, it will take you to an Easter Egg which is a minute-long clip from that odd bit of animation that Deep Thought is so entranced by.
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The first of these was performed at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, between 1st-9 May 1979, starring Chris Langham as Arthur Dent (Langham later returned to Hitchhiker's as Prak in the final episode of 2004's Tertiary Phase). This show was adapted from the first series' scripts and was directed by Ken Campbell, who went on to perform a character in the final episode of the second radio series. The show ran 90 minutes, but had an audience limited to eighty people per night. Actors performed on a variety of ledges and platforms, and the audience was pushed around in a hovercar, 1/2000th of an inch above the floor. This was the first time that Zaphod was represented by having two actors in one large costume. The narration of "The Book" was split between two usherettes, an adaptation that has appeared in no other version of H2G2.
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BURBANK, Calif., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The first full-length trailer for Touchstone Pictures' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," in theatres April 29, debuts today on Amazon.com (www.amazon.com). This exclusive online event marks the first time Amazon has worked with a studio to host the world premiere of a theatrical trailer.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Collector's Edition 8 CD set, containing the original 12 radio episodes from 1978 and 1980, as well as an untransmitted interview with Ian Johnstone and the twentieth anniversary programme. ISBN 0-563-47702-4.
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