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Hitchhiker's Guide Trailer Online

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-see dept.

Jeremy Rayner writes "The 2005 Hitchhiker's movie trailer is available in AVI or RealMedia formats. The movie trailer doesn't reveal anything, but looks cool. Personally I'm looking forward to the new Radio 4 series in September for which you can hear an mp3 preview."

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  1. Ick by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    That didn't give me a good feeling. Stylish, sure, but a bit lacking in substance. I hate the way they just stuck "42" in the corner without any reason. It's like they thought they'd just chuck it in for "geek cred", even though it makes no sense. I hope the whole film isn't like that; lots of style, no substance, and the occasional thing that doesn't really makes sense, but attempts to make fans feel clever for noticing it.

  2. Another site for information on the Radio Series by Alranor · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here

    The original cast (unfortunately without the late Peter Jones), a cameo by Douglas Adams himself ..

    And for those of you who aren't in the UK, you may appreciate knowing that Radio 4 make their programs available on their website for a week after the broadcast.

    Unfortunately they're still in crappy real media format, but mplayer deals with them fine.

    About time too :) - i've been looking forward to these for a long time, they were originally due to begin airing in February of this year but some licensing issues with the movie delayed that.

  3. Wonderful World by NiceAndEasy · · Score: 5, Informative
    Sentimental Trailer,

    It's getting Slashdoted, so lets Spoil the Trailer:

    Background music is (What A) Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong, and story is following lyrics from the music.

    Blue stars, clouds, light/sun, then unzooming and showing our pretty little planet.

    And then.... BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM, Earth exlodes!

    Familiar title "DON'T PANIC" shows...

    Good job :).

    1. Re:Wonderful World by andrew_0812 · · Score: 3, Informative

      Another link to the trailer. Get it while it's hot, it probably wont last long. It was posted in the IMDB boards, along with the request: "Please don't give this out."

      Oh Well...

      http://mtw.dramaciderecrods.net/HitchHikers_Guide_ teaser.avi

  4. More Previews... by mishmash · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here are some pictures of Marvin's Costume, there's confirmation they're real in this interview.

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  5. I may pay for this... by AnswerIs42 · · Score: 2, Informative
    mirror

    I was able to snag it before the /. hit. (I hope it's all there, I can't play it right now because it want's a codec the firewall won't let me download) I would prefer more mirrors instead of all getting it from there :}

  6. Torrent here! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Torrent here!

  7. Mirror. by rufus_the_stunt_bum · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here's a mirror l;) http://kcore.ath.cx/trailer_hitchhikers.avi

  8. Torrent of avi file by iocc · · Score: 4, Informative

    Connecting to hitchhikermovie.free.fr[212.27.40.152]:80... connected.
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 503 Service Unavailable

    http://www.thepiratebay.org/download.php/3227637 /t railer_hitchhikers.torrent

  9. Mirror by jaredmauch · · Score: 2, Informative

    high speed mirror

  10. Reference and Easter Egg by yoz · · Score: 2, Informative

    Reference: Louis Armstrong's "What A Wonderful World" was the music played at the very end of the 1980 BBC TV series.

    Easter Egg: Watch the upper-left corner of the screen at the end of the trailer.

    -- Yoz

  11. Re:avi audio only? by spoonyfork · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's divx, get the codec here (windows/mac).

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  12. torrent link for .AVI by k3v0 · · Score: 2, Informative

    hitchikers trailer

  13. 42 by thatguywhoiam · · Score: 2, Informative

    The '42' floating in the stars on the upper-left side near the end was a nice touch.

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  14. Re:avi audio only? by InfiniteWisdom · · Score: 3, Informative

    $ file trailer_hitchhikers.avi
    trailer_hitchhikers.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 320 x 240, 29.97 fps, video: DivX 5, audio: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (stereo, 44100 Hz)

  15. Re:30 posts on /. and // HTTP Mirror by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    http://sixpack.alldas.org/trailer_hitchhikers.avi

    Have fun! :-)

  16. Re:Aah, Trillian. by JonBob · · Score: 2, Informative

    The "old space banjo tune" is called Journey of the Sorcerer. Share and enjoy!

  17. 100Mbit Mirror by ender- · · Score: 2, Informative
    Here is a mirror on a 100mbit network...


    http://www.fearthepenguin.net/video/trailer_hitchh ikers.avi

    Enjoy...


    Ender-

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  18. Working Mirror by bobobobo · · Score: 2, Informative

    Although this was already "slashdotted" when it was first linked form aintitcool.com here is a working mirror.