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The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Mini-Series, 1981 IMDB

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  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (USA)
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no_car EE

◊ 2006-01-03 10:46

 i think this 1981 version is much better than new movie :)

antp BE

◊ 2006-01-03 15:47

 There is no Ford Prefect visible in this one? I thought it was an important element of the original story, not only in the new movie :??: (I discovered this story with the new movie that I found nice, and never saw the old one :D)

G-MANN UK

◊ 2006-07-21 20:42

 No, no Ford Prefect seen here, of course his name is still taken from car, in one of the Guide segments you see a list of cars; Ford Consul, Ford Anglia, Ford Popular etc. as he is being described, as if he is selecting from that list. But no Ford Prefect car appears in the TV series.

Gag Halfrunt UK

◊ 2006-07-21 21:52

 IIRC the reason behind Ford's name (that he thought it would be "nicely inconspicuous") isn't explicitly mentioned in the film. I think the appearance of a real Ford Prefect was intended to compensate for that.

atom SE

◊ 2008-11-02 04:24

 I'm reading the books for the second time and just realized that Gag Halfrunt is a character there...

chicomarx BE

◊ 2009-07-21 21:02

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I've changed this to The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy with "Hitchhikers" as aka. That seems to be the US spelling.

garco NL

◊ 2009-07-21 21:16

 Not only that, but it's the official name: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0081874/

chicomarx BE

◊ 2009-07-22 02:26

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"... reflects the care with which he blended himself into human society, after a fairly shaky start. When he first arrived, fifteen years ago, the minimal research he had done suggested to him that the name Ford Prefect would be nicely inconspicuous."

G-MANN UK

◊ 2010-02-21 17:11
chicomarx wrote "When he first arrived, fifteen years ago"


Which would have been early-1960s when Douglas Adams first created the Hitch Hiker's Guide saga in the late 70s, so it would have been a much more common sight on English roads than when the film came out in 2005 (or even 1990). But I suppose they couldn't change his name to Ford Sierra. :D

no_car wrote i think this 1981 version is much better than new movie


Well the special effects and sets are very poor (although the Guide animation sequences are ingenious) but somehow I find this funnier :D

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GodzillaFan54 CA

◊ 2021-02-07 01:12

 That and even nowadays the joke is lost on people in the UK since the Ford Prefect is hardly seen anywhere except classic car shows. When the mini-series aired in the US, the English auto(mobile)-ignorant Americans (try saying that five times fast) thought it was a misspelling of Ford Perfect.

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