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The Premier for Hitchhikers was in Londons' Leicester Square last night.

Caught a brief live interview with Martin Freeman whilst it was happening on SKY News. I can't find exact quotes to attribute to him, but it was clear he wanted to clarify some of the misgivings about the truncation and alterations of the story. He mentioned that it was Douglas Adams script and that in now way had they been "foot loose and fancy free" with that script or the original story - that infact Adams had, as on many occasions, been altering and fiddling with the story to fit into the film format, in the same way the story will have changed from book to radio / radio to TV.

I have seen at least one piece in a Newspaper that took what should have been a film review, and shifted it to the front then altered its' slant to "attack" what had been done and what the result was as a form of "story". It seems that because it has been a while since Adams passed away there are assumptions of external forces fiddling with the whole project. In the end, worth checking it out and making up your own mind.

Some BBC coverage and interview clippings can be seen online this morning, here. The BBCs' review is also here.