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.
没感觉出有什么独特之处，强烈建议印度电影出一个海外剪辑版，精炼一下，现在这个版本太啰嗦，太冗长了。
居然格外紧凑，一点不拖沓除了部分舞蹈，印度真的敢拍啊，不过种姓问题真的好难解
现实中依旧乡贤横行办事靠钱。。。
3.5，印度总能拍出这样的电影，真实改编也更具有说服力，想起了我们过往中的一些冤案，不知道能不能拍出来。不过我现在不太吃印度这种类型片的风格~
从故事角度满分，电影角度上为数不多的缺陷是前半部拖沓，稍许艺术化和套路。
警察在监狱里虐待犯人看得挺难受的，真实度很高。音乐起得太多太没创意，这些印度片已经套路化了，这样的电影看过太多了，最后的神奇收尾也让我丝毫没有了爽感，大部分似曾相识的情节也逐渐将我的观影乐趣消耗殆尽。
印度又一部“正义扳倒邪恶”的主旋律电影。电影背后的真实案例令人肃然起敬，但近年来多部印度主旋律对观众已然再无新意，超过2.5小时的时长以及缓慢的故事推进，硬撑着看完。结尾也是一贯的流俗结尾…感觉一段时间内不想再看印度电影
豆瓣评分虚高的片子里很多都符合几大因素：外国片，鸡汤多，少数群体，白左等 占两个就可以无脑五星。
半夜本打算分两天看完的，但剧情还是吸引了我看到结束。虽然还是避免不了一些印度电影的通病，无法融入剧情的歌舞之类的，可整部电影带给人的只有震撼。受害者妻子的塑造我非常喜欢，坚强的女人虽然贫穷但坚守信念。
别人95年的错误在21年出来承认了，我们66的错误却还只字不能提。 我们与恶的距离里面，替精神病杀人犯辩护和找原因，被吹上了天的王赦，在杰伊比姆面前，就像个刚学会走路的婴儿
钱德勒律师的行为是高尚的。但是作为一部影片，过于超级英雄的描绘，又回到了印度电影最喜欢也是最擅长的造神模式。不是说这种包装不好，只是深知“本来就没有什么救世主”之后，总感觉略有不妥。外加核心案件中，三坏警的失误过于低级，使得整个抗击过程都仿佛撞了大运一样，很难看到这个烂透的体系。
类型化做的挺好的，虽然废戏很多，但节奏还算紧凑，通篇叙事都很流畅。但这也是这部电影最大的问题，为了节奏，很多都太直给了。比如：拍弱者一定是非常夸张的俯拍，拍施暴警察一定是超低角度的仰拍。再比如律师思考的时候，喜欢拍网球，还自言自语（跟廖凡一样）。这些过于“油腻的类型化”的拍摄与叙事技巧往往降低了影片的现实质感与可信度。
他们在法律上剔除了种族隔离的条文，
就……幸好它是以爽片的形式拍的。难以相信现代社会还有因为相信某个人群是神身上的泥灰所以低等恶劣的国家，也难以相信这样的国家可以拍这种电影。不过距离电影里故事的发生过去这么多年了，事情好像也并没什么起色
一部正能量满满的宣扬正义的南印电影，令人震惊的竟然是真实事件改编。带有梦幻色彩的结局给这个不幸的事件一个圆满的答案。感叹印度种姓制度的痼疾之毒的同时，对于印度法院在整个事件中表现得公正不阿，让人不禁唏嘘称赞，虽显得有些魔幻，但希望真实的印度法院系统能真的如此中立公正。
另外盛赞本片女主的表演，在这样高强度多场次的崩溃绝望与决绝的戏份里，每一次都让人印象深刻，也不会觉得像哭多了，泪多了的乏味。表演可谓细腻中的大起大合。
印度还能继续拍出来这样的电影，看来未来20-30年都不能小看印度，可能印度是以后中国最要提防的对手（借用别人的评论）
印度现实题材的片子，永远在我心中有一席之地。
前面很棒，后面拖拉，印度电影就是有一个老毛病，就喜欢把电影的篇幅拉这么长。
你可以有一百种理由嫌弃印度，唯独印度电影不行！我们在印度电影中看到了人生的深度，也看到了这个国家的贫穷与残酷，但总有那么一丝光温暖着人心，这可能就是印度电影最大的魅力。
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