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.
被骗了，超级垃圾不知所云的骗子，看了豆瓣的一些刷子评论，本以为能见识多么骨骼清奇的一部片，结果是智障话痨懒婆娘华丽带点奇幻的裹脚布，又臭又长还各种花哨，感觉自己花了一晚上，完全是在闻屎。这里剧透一下，帮他人节约生命：男主跟森林怪做游戏打赌，砍掉怪物脑袋，约定一年后被回砍一刀。然后男主各种犹移跋涉，遇到女巨人、狐仙、富翁，还和富翁老婆偷搞了一回，最后见到森林怪物，一番梦游后醒悟过来，除掉可以保命的魔法腰带，说我不作弊了，我准备好了，砍吧。怪物一看孺子可教，就用指甲抹了他的粉嫩小脖子一下说我们两清了，END。好长拉了两个多小时的屎啊！
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# 72 Berlinale 主竞赛# 值得金熊
抱歉了
我完全沉浸在中世纪氛围里出不来 看的过程中是非常专注肃穆的虽然故事的叙述其实让人有点云里雾里 但还是非常享受这种感觉
过于私人，走入不了导演的情感世界
3.0 攝影很美，但故事說得太慢了，且慢的沒什麼道理。自進了綠教堂之後開始走馬燈式的人生前瞻這段拍得還挺好。
很文艺很私人的一部作品，当男子把骨灰撒向大海那一幕挺感动人，最后半小时的“钉子”有些难懂。
4.5 原来sir gaiwen故事还可以这么深刻的。off goes your head. 难道他被打劫的时候就死了？回味无穷
[Berlinale Competition] L'Avventura
如果是带脑子看这电影估计是2.5星，不带脑子看是4星，毕竟是童话故事，经不起那么推敲，觉得有意思好玩就得了
最后的南柯一梦，倒使讳莫如深的只言片语变得规整了。只有少年的意气启程，和伏下身认从命运是好的，中间大段都叫人昏昏欲睡
这是一个关于圣诞节千里送人头的游戏。不过画面特好看，可惜呀。
这样一部绝对的形式主义电影以其晦涩的台词、发展缓慢的剧情以及众多镜头所带来的隐喻而很难受大部分观众喜爱，但电影中诸多极其壮美的镜头、具有宗教仪式感的布景、带有宿命感的长镜头和表达时间流逝的伪全景转场都值得细细品味
以后这样的作品能不能不要再进主竞赛单元啊，够浪费时间的，意大利电影有时候真的很踩雷
关于生命，死亡，与告别——与Pirandello的告别，维托里奥的告别，还有男孩对自己杀死的红发女孩的漫长告别——她的生命被永远留在童年，男孩一天天长大，终于也来到生命的暮年，即将面对与人世的告别。生命就像一个又一个轮回，但每个春天，夏天，秋天，和落雪的冬天，都有一个人坐在小小的愈发凋零的墓碑前，直到这个人也已满头白发。
神叨叨的………就是觉得这种结构和叙事蛮神奇的，他为啥一直带着那条绿腰带
这是一场赴死的旅程
私人又温柔的nostalgia。虽然感觉没看懂，但还是很喜欢。
跟家里人一起看的，还不错。挺温馨的个童话故事。
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