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.
从一个国家到另一个国家，从一种文化到另一种文化，从不理解到逐渐理解，从hate到love。喜欢女孩和马的设定。新冠后遗症，原来电影里是SARS。相比来说，更喜欢林嘉欣演绎的母亲
爸爸辛苦养家，妈妈得了癌症，女儿想回美国，一家人似乎永远处在“一切人对一切人”的“战争状态”中。在一个四口之家，生动地上演了一场有关代际冲突与文化隔阂的家庭战争。最为悲哀的是，其实互相都是有爱的，只不过以争吵的形式不适当地表达了出来。
越长大越绝望
台湾这几年拍这种家庭trauma片都快拍出模版了... 最强烈的感受反而是00年代的台湾和大陆中学（至少是我经历的大陆中学）原来这么像，老师莫名其妙发脾气的课堂，希望小孩和优等生交朋友的家长，学生放学就偷偷去网吧上网，网吧里放的歌是周杰伦。东亚小孩想要快乐长大真是不容易。
情绪上编排的其实有些无厘头，没有重点，算是比较平实的讲出一些家长里短。具有很典型的女导演剧本风格。和赵婷的差距就在这里。
电影结束有种意犹未尽啧 林嘉欣可真好看 电影开始有几个侧脸镜头可真漂亮啊
三星半
有佳句無佳章~佳句也是來自林嘉欣的幾段表演~~不是說影片裏的這個生活的苦難就不是苦難~~~只是……只是……現實比這些嚴重多的多的~還並沒有被看到……
跟瀑布有点撞主题，但是更细腻真实，母女表演也很棒，Sars那个时间点现在都成了怀旧。
故事和立意都太陈旧了。美国梦的破碎杨德昌1985年的《青梅竹马》就已经说尽了。凑疫情也十分牵强，没带来什么思考。
“妈妈的害怕让我害怕 软弱使我软弱”｜很细腻真实的一部｜人在面对重大变故的时候都是慌乱和手足无措的 不论年龄 经历了太多癌症病人的死亡 家属情绪波动最大的往往是刚确诊和即将死亡的时刻 因为当中的消耗、折磨、绝望、顾虑满满的都是无声煎熬 病患是痛苦 家人也同样｜但我真的不喜欢不懂事的小孩 换句话说遇到这种情况我希望别人比我坚强
在這個新冠還沒結束的時候，看 SARS 的場景，有一種難以名狀的感覺
与其看这些新片不如再重头看一遍杨德昌。
林嘉欣好美。故事里的每个人都有自己的困境，不能单纯批评芳怡自私不理解父母，她的世界被颠覆学校里的一切不如意正好碰上了这尴尬的自我年纪。但我真的有点讨厌家里女儿和爸爸合谋讨厌妈妈的情节。妈妈一个人面对生死，就像思婷说的那样如果现在已经是她能做到的最好了呢？每个人都在希望她回复平静承诺不会早死，有没有问过她想要就这样死去吗？好在爸爸虽然爱抱怨却始终尝试理解妻子，小女儿肺炎隔离时也放弃出差留在家里。其实作为家中唯一一个赚钱养家的人，爸爸的压力也可想而知的大。芳安看起来真的懂事很多，难以想象在这样年幼的时段她竟然一直在试图弥合妈妈和姐姐之间的间隔。她竟然知道跟姐姐说，你真的知道妈妈是爱你的吧？学校的语文老师第一次训话看上去凶凶的，没想到却是她在发现芳怡说恨妈妈的blog时反而给了她演讲说真话的机会。
4.5吧。我还是想看演讲报告如果有的话。这么处理也不错。 眼浅。
sars时期的故事放在疫情时代上映很讨巧，但整体上缺点不少。家庭部分的矛盾与和解，总体过于平淡，没有看到人物内心转变的细节，也缺乏高潮段落；时代背景的体现过于符号化，流于表面；本应很重要的一块身份认同，也如短线风筝般没有下文。总的还说就是时代坐标模糊，又缺乏足够强大的人物内心力量，太过温吞、无趣
故事在完整看下来还是不错，特别是有几场戏十分感染人，爸爸妈妈和大女儿争吵冲突是戏肉！演员的表演比故事的呈现要好很多，会是看演员演绎看爽的作品。
这个时间段看这个真的窒息，尤其是几段吵架戏。女孩自身面对的文化冲突基本没有展开。
生活又日常的细节看得还是很有感触，东亚家庭真的好难，女性更难。。不过整体都是片段，实质没有进展，爸爸说的“就是在逃避”想到《青梅竹马》，感觉还是比《瀑布》好的
不知道看了个啥。。。剧情任何一个冲突点都是隔靴搔痒诶
Copyright © 2015-2023 All Rights Reserved
