Green Wing and Free Agents star Stephen Mangan is to play the lead role in BBC4's adaptation of the late Douglas Adams Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
Mangan will be joined by Darren Boyd as his sidekick Richard MacDuff and Cold Feet and Friends actor Helen Baxendale, as MacDuff's girlfriend Susan.
Adapted by the Bafta-winning writer Howard Overman – who is also behind Misfits, Vexed and Merlin – Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency follows the exploits of Adams's chaotic character as he uses his unusual methods to solve crimes.
Mangan said: "I've been a fan of Douglas Adams ever since the Hitchhiker's radio series which I used to record as a child and listen to over and over again in my bedroom. It's such a thrill to now be playing one of his brilliant characters.
"Dirk is a chaotic, anarchic force of nature with a totally unique take on the world. He is described as 'lazy, untidy, dismissive and unreliable'. I've absolutely no idea why they thought I'd be right for the role."
The Dirk Gently books have formed the basis of a play and a BBC Radio 4 series but have never before been filmed for TV.
Adams's agent, Ed Victor, said: "For all the years I represented the late, great Douglas Adams, the most substantial frustration for both of us was that we couldn't get films made either of Hitchhiker or Dirk.
"Douglas once said, memorably, that 'getting a film made in Hollywood was like trying to cook a steak by having a bunch of people come into the room and breathe on it'. Well, we did eventually get a film made in Hollywood of Hitchhiker and, tragically, Douglas didn't live to see it. Nor will he see this adaptation of Dirk – but it's worth bearing in mind that Douglas always thought Dirk would make a better film than Hitchhiker and I feel sure that this new TV drama with a terrific script by Howard Overman will prove his point."
Shooting begins this week in Bristol on the 60-minute drama, which is being made by ITV Studios in association with the Welded Tandem Picture Company.
The Dirk Gently production is to be directed by Damon Thomas – who also directed BBC4 drama The First Men in the Moon – and will air early next year.
有一种《天气之子》的感觉，但是请了那么多人拍一部新海诚风格的电影，为什么不直接请新海诚。单从观感来讲还是很不错的。虽然剧情不是全部，但没有剧情的动画和幻灯片有什么区别。
_020 女主太有味道啦//时间跨度应该不止一年吧？但是导演一直选择每年的夏天，女主的穿衣打扮很有夏天气息，还有泳池，女主也叫夏天，父亲是老夏，夏天和冬天，外部是夏天，内在却是冬天//对我来说很沉重，仿佛是进入中年上有老下有小的预防针，几次感觉要看崩溃了//父母在有来处，父母不在只剩归途//一些烟雾梦境球的尝试，联想到了《小伟》
阿尔茨海默症题材的电影，人的尊严和疾病之间的碰撞。几组长镜头很好，夏天和秦牧家里几场戏的镜头调度很好，多人在不大的家庭空间中交换位置、交谈和摩擦，如同人生病之后的被禁锢。玩球的小男孩有虚有实，结尾是致敬塔可夫斯基吗？整体老夫妇演得好，游泳馆和路过小公园的烟雾戏有点怪，有些小细节能更好：为什么老人说方言、年轻人说的却是普通话？母亲的爆发戏来的有点突然，夏天家里不走却滴答响的闹钟表意不太足，十几年前鬼冢虎就进入中国了？因为疫情导演没能到场，录制的视频只有打招呼、太少了点。
主副线形成天壤之别，让人更为惋惜
全片基本上就剩下一个背景设定了，故事老套平淡的基本上可以忽略了，可惜制作了。
一星给妈妈的演技 一星给导演的情怀 没了 不是用了长镜头就是牛逼 群戏都不太行 调度只是为了调度 不会用群演 关注阿兹海默症题材的好片子很多 不是关注了就是好啊 这也没拍好啊
很朴实的表达，很有烟火气～ 作为非科班出身，导演还蛮有灵气的～爸爸妈妈的表演很加分，反观女主“演”的痕迹很重
及其做作和无聊 全片都在说回家 却都只是空洞得稀烂的台词 丝毫乡愁没有感受到 童年往事一个回大陆拜祖先的闲笔 所谓山西电影新浪潮也是如此 还不如说是互联网时代导演
家乡方言，是其唯一亮点。其他就真没有其他了。夏爸爸和妈妈没啥问题，女主夏天实在是有点过于“演”了，无法直视那种。反映失智老人的片子已经有一些了，除非有好的本子，或者演员阵容够强大。否则就没必要这么尬演了好嚒。最尬的是那场洗澡镜头😵💫都穿着泳衣🩱简直尬出天际了有木有🤮
结论：不如不看。剧情简单来说就是美男计拯救世界。顺便一提，男主的腰真细，连美人鱼泡泡都被蛊惑，可见细腰确实是好文明
又：把画风搞得反复横跳的混蛋建议自裁，另外ウタ变泡泡的场景莫名恶心(或者有点cult?)
理想中的少年原型啊
剧情让人摸不着头脑，奇妙的画面确实不错，但特写和近景的画风差异太大，有点割裂，单独抽出来不错，混在一起挺怪 设定不解释，情感线随意，剧情刻意，太失望了 （吐槽：男主的🎧前期几乎镶在脑袋上，后来为了体现改变才掉了，因此前期跑酷耳机不掉实在不能理解）
剧本还是够劲爆的，但是其他地方乏善可陈。一部力求真实的电影说一些文艺过头的话实在太尬了，感觉梦境元素也有点强行添加的意思，不能给人一组很满足很饱满的情感共鸣和臆想。
本来想给三星鼓励一下（因为三星已经算鼓励了），但是里面所有路人刻意的冷漠让我觉得emmm...最雷的还是“我也想过分手，但是他每进入我多一点，这念头就淡一些...”并不是在女浴室里聊做爱就算坦诚。我现在好讨厌叫夏天的女主，想开个豆列“那些影视剧里叫夏天的人”//居然最后五分钟还是个恐怖片 女主妈妈演得很好 果然是老一辈话剧演员//哈内克：好家伙！直呼好家伙
女主角的感觉是“本来无一物，何处惹尘埃”，为画面给及格分
几乎把动画的优点都展现了出来，但画面有多好，剧情就有多差，流水线作品，毫无逻辑
#PYIFF 首映#前半部分中老两代的生活流，后半部分围绕父亲建立冲突.剧本的问题挺大的，不仅人物的行为有矛盾，而且单单围绕父亲的老年痴呆去展开的一系列情节并依托不起几段关系的复杂情感.节奏有些过慢，几处超现实场景也感觉跳脱，理解不到其中试图外化的情感
自己好奇打开的片子，忍着不适感看完了，太单薄矫情的剧情了，鸡皮疙瘩一身。
拍的很好以后可千万别拍了，浪费了唯美的画面精良的制作，巧克力一样的屎还是屎，真是啥内核都没，啥主题都定不清楚
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