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The episodes were recorded in late , but actual transmission was delayed while an agreement was reached with The Walt Disney Company over Internet re-broadcasts, as Disney had begun pre-production on the film. These were broadcast in September and October and May and June CD releases accompanied the transmission of the final episode in each series.
The adaptation of the third novel followed the book very closely, which caused major structural issues in meshing with the preceding radio series in comparison to the second novel. Because many events from the radio series were omitted from the second novel, and those that did occur happened in a different order, the two series split in completely different directions.
The last two adaptations vary somewhat—some events in Mostly Harmless are now foreshadowed in the adaptation of So Long and Thanks For All The Fish , while both include some additional material that builds on incidents in the third series to tie all five and their divergent plotlines together, most especially including the character Zaphod more prominently in the final chapters and addressing his altered reality to include the events of the Secondary Phase. While Mostly Harmless originally contained a rather bleak ending, Dirk Maggs created a different ending for the transmitted radio version, ending it on a much more upbeat note, reuniting the cast one last time.
The core cast for the third to fifth radio series remained the same, except for the replacement of Peter Jones by William Franklyn as the Book, and Richard Vernon by Richard Griffiths as Slartibartfast, since both had died. Homage to Jones' iconic portrayal of the Book was paid twice: Also reprising their roles from the original radio series were Jonathan Pryce as Zarniwoop here blended with a character from the final novel to become Zarniwoop Vann Harl , Rula Lenska as Lintilla and her clones and also as the Voice of the Bird , and Roy Hudd as Milliways compere Max Quordlepleen, as well as the original radio series' announcer, John Marsh.
Finally, Adams himself played the role of Agrajag, a performance adapted from his book-on-tape reading of the third novel, and edited into the series created some time after the author's death. Some even read my books. After several years of setbacks and renewed efforts to start production and a quarter of a century after the first book was published, the big-screen adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was finally shot. Pre-production began in , filming began on 19 April and post-production began in early September A full list of release dates is available at the IMDb.
The plot of the film adaptation of Hitchhiker's Guide differs widely from that of the radio show, book and television series. The romantic triangle between Arthur, Zaphod, and Trillian is more prominent in the film; and visits to Vogsphere, the homeworld of the Vogons which, in the books, was already abandoned , and Viltvodle VI are inserted. The film covers roughly events in the first four radio episodes, and ends with the characters en route to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, leaving the opportunity for a sequel open.
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A unique appearance is made by the Point-of-View Gun , a device specifically created by Adams himself for the movie. Both a standard double-disc edition and a UK-exclusive numbered limited edition "Giftpack" were released on this date. The "Giftpack" edition includes a copy of the novel with a "movie tie-in" cover, and collectible prints from the film, packaged in a replica of the film's version of the Hitchhiker's Guide prop.
Single-disc releases in the Blu-ray format and UMD format for the PlayStation Portable were also released on the respective dates in these three countries. There have been multiple professional and amateur stage adaptations of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
There were three early professional productions, which were staged in and 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. 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. The second stage show was performed throughout Wales between 15 January and 23 February The company performed adaptations of complete radio episodes, at times doing two episodes in a night, and at other times doing all six episodes of the first series in single three-hour sessions. The third and least successful stage show was held at the Rainbow Theatre in London, in July This was the second production directed by Ken Campbell.
The Rainbow Theatre had been adapted for stagings of rock operas in the s, and both reference books mentioned in footnotes indicate that this, coupled with incidental music throughout the performance, caused some reviewers to label it as a "musical". This was the first adaptation for which Adams wrote the "Dish of the Day" sequence.
The production ran for over three hours, and was widely panned for this, as well as for the music, laser effects, and the acting. Despite attempts to shorten the script, and make other changes, it closed three or four weeks early accounts differ , and lost a lot of money. Despite the bad reviews, there were at least two stand-out performances: Michael Cule and David Learner both went on from this production to appearances in the TV adaptation.
In December a new stage production was announced to begin touring in June It was produced in the form of a radio show which could be downloaded when the tour was completed.
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The adaptation was adapted by Dirk Maggs primarily from Fit the First, including material from the books and later radio Fits as well as some new jokes. It formed part of Radio 4's Character Invasion series. The first four radio episodes were adapted for a new double LP, also entitled The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy appended with "Part One" for the subsequent Canadian release , first by mail-order only, and later into stores. Both were produced by Geoffrey Perkins and featured cover artwork by Hipgnosis.
The script in the first double LP very closely follows the first four radio episodes, although further cuts had to be made for reasons of timing. Despite this, other lines of dialogue that were indicated as having been cut when the original scripts from the radio series were eventually published can be heard in the LP version.
Cindy Oswin voiced Trillian on all three LPs in her place. Other casting changes in the first double LP included Stephen Moore taking on the additional role of the barman, and Valentine Dyall as the voice of Deep Thought. Adams's voice can be heard making the public address announcements on Magrathea.
Because of copyright issues, the music used during the first radio series was either replaced, or in the case of the title it was re-recorded in a new arrangement. Composer Tim Souster did both duties with Paddy Kingsland contributing music as well , and Souster's version of the theme was the version also used for the eventual television series. The script here mostly follows Fit the Fifth and Fit the Sixth, but includes a song by the backup band in the restaurant "Reg Nullify and his Cataclysmic Combo" , and changes the Haggunenon sequence to "Disaster Area".
As the result of a misunderstanding, the second record was released before being cut down in a final edit that Douglas Adams and Geoffrey Perkins had both intended to make. Perkins has said, "[I]t is far too long on each side. It's just a rough cut. The scene with Ford Prefect and Hotblack Desiato's bodyguard is omitted. Sales for the first double-LP release were primarily through mail order. Total sales reached over 60, units, with half of those being mail order, and the other half through retail outlets.
There have been three audiobook recordings of the novel. In addition, unabridged versions of books of the series were recorded by Martin Freeman for Random House Audio.
OK, it has the same type aliens but beyond that it could be any Earth colony. And all their bickering and the liveliness, for a moment I forgot they were characters of a book and not sitting right there in front of me teasing each other. Which would you rather face: Subscribing I accept the privacy rules of this site. It enables the protagonists of the stories to travel "across mountains, grasslands, oceans, deserts, and forests" without the use of any magical means for moving from world to world such as those in C.
Freeman plays Arthur in the film adaptation. Audiobooks follow in order and include: Sometime between and accounts differ , the British company Supersoft published a text-based adventure game based on the book, which was released in versions for the Commodore PET and Commodore One account states that there was a dispute as to whether valid permission for publication had been granted, and following legal action the game was withdrawn and all remaining copies were destroyed.
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Another account states that the programmer, Bob Chappell, rewrote the game to remove all Hitchhiker's references, and republished it as "Cosmic Capers". Officially, the TV series was followed in by a best-selling " interactive fiction ", or text-based adventure game, distributed by Infocom. It was designed by Adams and Infocom regular Steve Meretzky [61] and was one of Infocom's most successful games. In September , it was revived by the BBC on the Hitchhiker's section of the Radio 4 website for the initial broadcast of the Tertiary Phase, and is still available to play online.
The new version includes illustrations by Rod Lord , who was head of Pearce Animation Studios in , which produced the guide graphics for the TV series. A sequel to the original Infocom game was never made.
This was followed up with three-part adaptations of The Restaurant at the End of the Universe in , and Life, the Universe and Everything in There was also a series of collectors' cards with art from and inspired by the comic adaptations of the first book, and a graphic novelisation or "collected edition" combining the three individual comic books from , itself released in May Douglas Adams was deeply opposed to the use of American English spellings and idioms in what he felt was a very British story, and had to be talked into it by the American publishers, although he remained very unhappy with the compromise.
The adaptations were scripted by John Carnell. Steve Leialoha provided the art for Hitchhiker's and the layouts for Restaurant. Shepherd Hendrix did the finished art for Restaurant. The miniseries were edited by Howard Zimmerman and Ken Grobe. Many merchandising and spin-off items or "Hitch-Hikeriana" were produced in the early s, including towels in different colours, all bearing the Guide entry for towels. Other official items have included "Beeblebears" teddy bears with an extra head and arm, named after Hitchhiker's character Zaphod Beeblebrox, sold by the official Appreciation Society , an assortment of pin-on buttons and a number of novelty singles.
Many of the above items are displayed throughout the "25th Anniversary Illustrated Edition" of the novel, which used items from the personal collections of fans of the series. Stephen Moore recorded two novelty singles in character as Marvin, the Paranoid Android: The last song has appeared on a Dr. These discs have since become collector's items. The movie also added quite a few collectibles, mostly through the National Entertainment Collectibles Association. Also, various audio tracks were released to coincide with the movie, notably re-recordings of "Marvin" and "Reasons To Be Miserable", sung by Stephen Fry, along with some of the " Guide Entries ", newly written material read in-character by Fry.
On the car's dashboard, the phrase "Don't Panic! Many science fiction fans and radio listeners outside the United Kingdom were first exposed to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in one of two ways: It was there that the radio series was nominated for a Hugo Award the first radio series to receive a nomination but lost to Superman.
Some editions used different spellings on the spine and title page. Both, however, repeat the statement that Adams decided in that "everyone should spell it the same way [one word, no hyphen ] from then on. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. First edition cover of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy novel. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy novel. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Life, the Universe and Everything. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish. This section does not cite any sources.
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