The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Movie

After several years of setbacks and renewed efforts to start production and a quarter of a century after the first book was published, the big-screen adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was finally shot. The plot of the film adaptation of Hitchhiker's Guide differs widely from that of the radio show, book and television series. The romantic triangle between Arthur, Trillian and Zaphod is more prominent in the film. A unique appearance is made by the Point-of-View Gun, a device specifically created by Adams himself for the movie.

The film begins with a Broadway-style number "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish", sung by the dolphins of the world, who are aware of the Earth's impending doom. At the end, they all jump out of the oceans and into space, leaving Earth for good. The film covers roughly events in the first four radio episodes, and ends with the characters on route to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, leaving the opportunity for a sequel open.

Marvin points out that they are going the wrong way and that the restaurant is at the other end of the Universe. This also differs from all previous version where The Restaurant at the End of the Universe can only be visited by time travel, as it exists at the end of time and matter. One of the restaurant's major attractions is that diners can watch the entire universe end from the windows of the restaurant as they eat. The terminal moment is followed by dessert.