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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) is streaming on Apple TV+. Also available on Hoopla with a participating library card.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1 Season • 6 Episodes
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You can watch The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) on Hoopla with a participating library card.
Don't Panic! The story of Arthur Dent, an average Englishman who life was spared by his friend, who turned out to be an alien, while the planet Earth is destroyed. His friend tells him about the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a guide with anything you ever needed, and wanted to know. They travel across the galaxy, meeting friendly, and not so friendly characters in order to find the great question (the answer being 42).
Arthur Dent faces the ultimate cosmic inconvenience when his home planet is demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. This absurd journey through the stars relies on dry British wit and surreal practical effects to navigate the sheer madness of the universe.
Director
Alan J.W. Bell
Cast
Simon Jones, David Dixon, Peter Jones
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1 Season • 6 Episodes
You can watch The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) on Hoopla with a participating library card.
Director
Alan J.W. Bell
Cast
Simon Jones, David Dixon, Peter Jones
4 options ranked by value · 🇺🇸 United States
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