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HitchHiker's Documentary Scheduled for May 11 Release

Posted by chrisd on from the my-towel-has-no-bbq-flavored-corner dept.

Trazk writes: "Taken from the DA News Website: One year to the date of his death, Douglas Adams, renowned author of the best-selling cult classic, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, will be remembered in an 80-minute documentary film entitled Life, The Universe, and Douglas Adams. The production, by Joel Greengrass and Rick Mueller, will be available May 11 on VHS. The press release can be found at the Douglas Adams' Website"

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  1. questions? by dirvish · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't bother posting any questions to this thread. You already know the answer: 42.

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  2. Seen in Person by pryan · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I attended a talk given by Douglas at the University of Washington a few years before he passed away. It was amusing, but for someone who is not familiar with him or his work, he would have appeared somewhat run of the mill.

    That was the remarkable thing. It reminded me that many of us, free to imagine, invent, and run amok can create things to amuse and amaze. Most of us appear unremarkable, but we don't have to be. We only have to let ourselves escape the adulthood we have been trained to achieve and have fun with life.

    I will forever remember Douglas Adams as a person who inspired me to be free and fun.

  3. documentary by hitchhacker · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's disturbing to know that after 2 million years, we are still making documentaries of each other. At least we, sooner or later, did invent fire and the wheel. Come to think of it, we ARE using green paper as our currency... hmm and destroying all the forests... worrying about what color our computers are going to be.. damn, where's my towl? It's nice to know, though, that Billy Gates and company will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.

    so don't forget to be nice to each other,

    Doug

  4. All in the family by fritter · · Score: 3, Funny

    The production, by Joel Greengrass and Rick Mueller, will be available May 11 on VHS.

    Did Rick's brother Stavros put up the money for this?