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.
数码黑白的质感确实差点儿
影片拍得并不怎么好，过份感性、过份戏剧化、过份突出个人英雄主义，但详尽展现了这个抗争司法暴力腐败的真实事件，值得观看。
但是呢，我们却从未拍出来过
9/10。
必看薛景求。幽晦可怖的黑山，传奇惊险《漂海始末》，没有主人，没有君王的世界超越想象。“既然无法学以致用，那就按照性情活着就行了”。
非常非常非常喜欢。尤其喜欢家居嫂的人物设定，民间道德天平不会因政治的乌云笼罩而倾斜，换言之，无论官方话语如何对人进行政治界定，在百姓这里，还是会从最基本的道理伦理出发而识人看物。从这个意义上来说，家居嫂就是这样一个民间话语的化身，这个人物的存在非常重要，非常必要。
章鱼的墨写出来的字会发亮，但随着时间慢慢褪色，听说放进海里会重新变黑：一半黑时犹有骨，十分红处便成灰
很俗套的传记片 套个黑白的外壳就高大上了么 而且人物高大全 没有真实感 不知道为啥分这么高
信念幻灭竟然是以如此惨烈的方式，徒弟努力过了，但这痛苦让人难以承受。师父在斗室里说这是一个不需要王的世界的时候，被薛景求迸发的理想光芒灼到眼睛，愿为这个时刻加个一星。谢谢导演，感受到了久违的文化之美。
师徒因为中西文化信仰的矛盾而分开，最后的结果恰恰是很好的证明，真理应该是怎样吧。
好像在看邻居的电影，但到处是我们自己的影子。好像在读过去的历史，其实讲的又是今天的故事。所有焦虑和挣扎的源头，不过是如何过好这一生。
黑白影片意境深远 书读多了 看了外面的世界才发现外面的世界很精彩也很无奈
影片如果能把歌舞部分去掉就更好了。//看得人炸毛，印度们到底是怎样的国家，这些警察对待自己国家的百姓，比纳粹对犹太人过之而无不及啊。但，又为什么印度老可以拍出这些揭自己短，丢自己丑的影片上映呢。// 一个不大好自问的问题。
好看，入世出世，值得回味，真为我们的文化而自豪，不过这个文化，我们自己不看重了……
水墨风的黑白色调，却意外地合适。儒学当道，本该以仁义治世，然非但容不下西洋学，将其贬为邪学，亦以百姓为农田，官僚上下串通，层层剥削，几近腐臭。若铨学问再多，儒学佛学西洋学样样精通，却无施展之地，腹中空有书墨，积郁成疾，入黑山后与昌大交往中渐悟，终顺应内心回归自然，书《兹山鱼谱》，既是避世，亦是求实，也承师徒情谊之重，成一美谈。
看到这种题材真的很感慨，中国现在电影一边大型商业剧作，一边小众私人文艺，零零碎碎的传记片也是近百年的人物，对于古代那些人物也只是大概从课本中知道，这种经过创作编写的人物传记片子少之又少，更何况走人大众视野。中国的文化和故事都被浪费和遗忘光了。
现实中有太多这种绝望的罪恶了，又有多少正义能得到伸张呢
百感交集的人生写意。中国历史上同样的故事非常之多，从满腔抱负，到耕犁自省。韩国人知道什么是东方文化的好东西，一部一部的把它拍出来。借古喻今，汲取东方哲学智慧。我们一边嘲笑人家是野种，一边空灵的自豪我们有渊源的历史文化。
昌大这条线其实挺真实的。学的时候觉得光靠自己的学识就足以改变一切，到头来才发现这世界早就已经变得乌烟瘴气无药可救，打人一顿都还算好，至少他还有那片纯粹的岛屿可回。哎。
罪恶的种姓制度，竟然在现代世界仍然存在，悲哀。印度共产党有出镜，看来是少数的追求种姓平权的党派。
Copyright © 2015-2023 All Rights Reserved
