Deschutes Public Library

The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, BBC ; written by Douglas Adams ; produced and directed by Alan J.W. Bell

DVDTitle from containerOriginally broadcast as six episodes on BBC television in 1981Adapted from the BBC Radio series and the book by Douglas Adams"Includes over 5 1/2 hours of extras."Accompanying booklet (23 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 15 cm) comprises program notes by Kevin Jon DaviesSpecial features: The making of The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy (1993) (58 min.); Don't panic! (2002) (25 min.); Communicate! (10 min.); behind the scenes (7 min.); Pebble Mill at one (Alan Bell and Rod Lord) (1981) (6 min.); deleted scene, episode 2 (2 min.); Tomorrow's world sequence (2 min.); out-takes (blooper reel) (9 min.); Peter Jones' introduction (8 min.); trailers (2 min.); Easter eggs formerly from 2002 DVD (explosion of Earth (44 sec.), unused titles (38 sec.), heart of gold (3 min.)); Mostly hand-drawn (animation feature) (2018) (31 min.); Life, the universe and clapperboards (live action) (2018) (24 min.); Recorded at the End of the Universe (2018) (25 min.); Writing Hitchhiker's (2018) (15 min.); trailer for Radio times (1980) (1 min.); Open door : the sound of love (Douglas Adams, 1980) (5 min.); Douglas Adams on Nationwide (1980) (3 min.); Marvin on Blue Peter (1981) (3 min.); Douglas Adams on Paperbacks (1981) (6 min.); The sound of Sypher (1980) (14 min.); Saturday review (Douglas Adams, 1985) (9 min.); Douglas Adams on Micro live (1985) (5 min.); Simon Jones on BBC breakfast (2012) (4 min.); ten short films (Towels, Radio origins, ICA stage show, Rainbow Theatre, BBC TV series, Guide graphics, Promos and porsches, The movie, Premier party, This never happened) (2009) (29 min.); the radio series trailers; tertiary phase trailer (2004) (6 min.); Marvin and Zem (2004) (5 min.); Q phases trailer (2005) (5 min.); hexagonal phase trailer (2018) (2 minutes)

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Special fullscreen edition.

videodisc

Voiceovers, Peter Jones, Stephen Moore, David TateSimon Jones, David Dixon, Mark Wing-Davey, Sandra Dickinson, David Learner

3 videodiscs (199 min.), sound, color with black and white sequences, 4 3/4 in.

sound on medium

videodisc

(OCoLC)1061561315

DVD; NTSC; region 1; full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital dual mono, 2.0 stereo mix (1981), 2.0 stereo mix (2018), and 5.1 surround mix

883929637096

1000714878 -- BBC Worldwide Limited -- (container)2000147194 -- BBC Worldwide Limited -- (disc 1)2000147195 -- BBC Worldwide Limited -- (disc 2)2000147196 -- BBC Worldwide Limited -- (disc 3)

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