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.
不是我的菜，跟la la land比不是一个量级的。歌很一般，没啥记忆点，调度也没亮点，林的《汉密尔顿》我就不感冒，这部也一样。
"They are singing happy birthday, you just wish you could run away."
我大概是对音乐剧电影免疫了，影评人评价这么好的电影也没觉得多好看😅。上次给我惊喜的音乐剧电影还是《巴黎小情歌》，可以看20遍。
噢，还有一句台词得送给我自己。
tick tick boom
如果说Company是30岁群体的情感焦虑，TTB则像要补足他们的职业焦虑——在我看来他们来自于同一类人。必须要赞叹LMM的导演处女秀，把这部作品做音乐电影其实很容易变成煽情MV，但是ONE MAN SHOW式的旁白穿插，起到了一定的调和作用，最终也可以哀而不伤。若说不足可能是前边有点细碎，后半程更流畅情绪也更浓烈，整体有点过盛。加菲和演员们的在线不多吹了，SUNDAY的大合唱很有百老汇重聚的感动。最终最终一定要说每吹Jonathan Larson或者LMM都会感叹桑爷是永远的神，我相信他们所做也是为了证明自己的偶像足够伟大，一切成就皆是向光的结果。
创作者们都知道了要写自己了解的事才能打动人，于是越来多的作品就是聚焦于创作过程本身……歌太密了吧，还挺洗脑的，让情绪一直跟着节奏律动，故事虽陈旧还是能让人投入其中。
开篇很棒。作为传记电影，材料编织甚至做到了让观众能理解“生平+编剧叙事”双结构的程度，这一点相当不错。
因为不是百老汇粉丝，所以触动不是很大，无非就是梦想与现实作斗争的故事，主线很单薄，包括一些生活困境也就是没交上电费在餐馆打工这样的设定，都仰仗音乐出色以及演员卖力表演，倒数计时既是快到而立之年的时间警示，如今看又是男主短暂生命的预言，加菲唱得还不错，前女友石头姐靠音乐片得影后，看他自己能不能冲个影帝提名。
更勿论90年代独有的那般复杂的社会环境和特殊的政治氛围。
年近30艺术家面临事业友情爱情三重考验 歌好听 演的也好
看完会发现，好像男主身上并没发生什么事，把一个作品交出去，等待被发现或者被埋没，自己并没有什么可以做的，剧情的很大一部分都靠身边人的故事在推动。
7/10。其实相比[吉屋出租]多声部的戏剧表演，剧作家本人的电影以一组充满噪点、聚焦模糊的伪实录镜头开始，通过对单一主角的聚焦展现了拉森登上舞台讲述创作起源，镜头紧接转换到戏剧工作坊的钢琴演奏，使场景游离在生活影像、口述纪录和舞台实况的多元叙事之间。尽管对于繁华与贫穷的90年代纽约、生命如定时炸弹般倒数的艾滋病时代，不能够充分理解，但情绪的克制大概是打动那些音乐剧粉丝的关键，每天端盘子、欠费被断电的作曲家，对室友放弃梦想从事广告的排斥，联结成一个理想主义者对平庸的反抗。林聚聚对群唱的处理常出现得令人猝不及防，譬如乔纳森为接待吵闹的周日餐厅里的顾客时压力大爆发，以及女伴来到公寓要离开他一幕，乔纳森把自己对爱人的躲闪和敷衍的和解编成了歌曲内容，令女伴失望而归，这也是正确处理歌舞与人物情感线索的方式之一。
我不算真正了解故事的背景，但是不管你是不是musical fans你都会在这个故事里找到打动你的一个点，无论是是坚持是恋爱是失望还是希望。我哭了大概五次，sunday那里百老汇蟠桃宴式的致敬，试唱会还有swimming都非常动人，难得每首曲子都倾注了真心和热情，太好听了。另外加菲真的太优秀。Thanks for all。
一部关于音乐剧作家的音乐剧。LMM导演的第一部电影，一个充满才华的作曲家的陨落。不知道JON是不是LMM的偶像，即便不是，LMM对他也是穿越时空的惺惺相惜。电影中JON的创作过程，那些灵感迸发、自我怀疑、充满热情、坚毅自信……或许都是LMM曾经的亲身体验。不同的是LMM现今大放异彩，而JON却在看到自己成功前半天突然离世。天才惋惜天才，情感上何止充沛，直接溢出。加菲难得有这样的表现机会，表演也是可圈可点，相信在颁奖季会有很强的竞争力。有几首歌挺不错，有让观众跟着一起律动的能力。
actions speak louder than words
希望加菲入围各大男主奖项吧 拿不拿也不在乎了~ 他唱歌还是不错的 虽然觉得他最近几个角色都有点歇斯底里的…………
没想到人物弧光落在了白人男性觉醒，然后开始尊重女性和LGBT权利。就这点屁事从13年《为奴十二年》到现在了还在拍。
加菲绝对是联合国认定的阳光大男孩，感染力很强，能看出他用了一百二十分的情感在演绎。 “牢笼还是翅膀，去问飞鸟吧。是恐惧还是爱 ，别说出答案，行动远胜于言语。”这部电影是献给35岁的乔纳森最好的礼物。
把本身的情节和Jon剖白式的独角戏交织，让叙事更加完整，也将属于舞台和电影的东西独立开来，使二者的存在与交融显得更加和谐，加菲的演绎也让其中那些创作者的挣扎与坚持，显得分外动人。
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