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Where to Watch The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) (Legally)

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Don't leave Earth without it.

Apr 28, 2005 GB 109 min PG

6.7 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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Adventure Comedy Science Fiction

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What to expect (spoiler-free)

Here’s what to expect from “ (2005), without spoilers.

It sits in the Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction space and is paced for about 109 minutes.

Cast highlights include Martin Freeman, Yasiin Bey, Zooey Deschanel, Sam Rockwell.

The listed certification for some regions is “ (ratings vary by country).

Topics & keywords

galaxy, android, bureaucracy, based on novel or book, chase, space travel, alien, survival, hitchhiker, robot, alien invasion, space opera

Official trailer

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Plot

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."