Director: Garth Jennings Writer: Garth Jennings, Karey Kirkpatrick, Douglas Adams Starring: Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel, Anna Chancellor, Bill Nighy, Sam Rockwell Released: April 28, 2005 Rating: Runtime: 110 minutes Websites: Story: Don't Panic... Stick out your thumb to join the most ordinary man in the world on an extraordinary adventure across the universe in the hilarious comedy, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." Earthman Arthur Dent is having a very bad day. His house is about to be bulldozed, he discovers that his best friend is an alien and to top things off, Planet Earth is about to be demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. Arthur's only chance for survival: hitch a ride on a passing spacecraft. For the novice space traveler, the greatest adventure in the universe begins when the world ends. Arthur sets out on a journey in which he finds that nothing is as it seems: he learns that a Towel is just the most useful thing in the universe, finds the meaning of life, and discovers that everything he needs to know can be found in one book: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Cast: Martin Freeman Arthur Dent Mos Def Ford Prefect Sam Rockwell Zaphod Beeblebrox Zooey Deschanel Trillian Bill Nighy Slartibartfast Warwick Davis Marvin Alan Rickman Marvin (voice) Stephen Fry Narrator (voice) John Malkovich Humma Kavula Anna Chancellor Questular Rontok Richard Griffiths Jeltz (voice) Helen Mirren Deep Thought (voice) Simon Jones Ghostly Image Thomas Lennon Eddie the Computer (voice) Ian McNeice Kwaltz (voice) Bill Bailey The Whale (voice) Jason Schwartzman Gag Halfrunt (uncredited)