Product Details

• Actors: Peter Jones, Simon Jones, David Dixon, Joe Melia, Martin Benson
• Directors: Alan J.W. Bell
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
• VHS Release Date: March 10, 1993
• Run Time: 194 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302665213
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #42,074 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly Good!, July 23, 2001

By	Ann Fox (Oshkosh, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Wow, for a BBC mini series made in 1981, I have to say this was pretty good! Sure, the special effects were extremely hokey and pathetic, but hey, when you have characters named Ford Prefect, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz, and Slartibartfast, the cheesier the FX, the better! The translation from the book(s) to the screen was very well done, keeping with Douglas Adams' orginial intent. Much of what was shown in the film was very close to the book, and the acting was convincing. Even though it is about 3 hours long, it captures only about 2 and a half of the 6 books. We find out what the question to the ultimate answer is, and we're left to imagine the rest. There were many things I wish they would have shown in the series, but time is quite constraining. For what they had to work with, they did a decent job. I highly recommmend this if you can get your hands on it.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars out of this world funny, March 22, 2000

By	Remo (U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Volumes 1 and 2 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

if you you enjoy british humor (or if you don't) i suggest this video it's fresh, inteligent and dry it has writing that you don't just expect if you haven't read the book you should watch this if you have, then you have to see it

enjoy

1.0 out of 5 stars wrong item, April 4, 2007

By	Hazel Rudich "hazel" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

ordered 1980 video with simon jones. received different video. my fault for never returning wrong item.