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.
故事真实 人物心理以及与家庭的关系拿捏的准确 但有些情节突兀 让人猝不及防
很像古早韩剧的韩影……如果跨年夜闲得慌可以用来消磨时间。
每一对故事都没讲好，特别是李东旭那个霸总和服务员的，特别尴尬。倒是李光洙那个明星和经纪人的还有点感人。
【2022】29:一匹脱缰的野马最后被自己救赎的故事。
从山西本土的经验出发，到一种家庭深处的承诺，通篇看完，并无几分多余和累赘之感，而是把所有的剧情推进，都恰如其分地安排塞进了一场早已预谋好了的告别，带着老年人的尊严，不卑不亢地放下，生命和亲情的流转
韩国有两种电影，以有没有套路来区分，但不管有没有套路，都是商业电影。本片属于套路特别明显的类型，总结起来就是：鼓足勇气、奋不顾身跑到大庭广众之下搞一搞氛围绑架，把灰姑娘一记头变成白娘子，完全不顾观众尴不尴尬，演员自己先感动得稀里哗啦
夏建国的老伴侍侯了得老年痴呆的夏建国十几年，最终选择跟老伴一起去面对死亡的结局。让人感动同时又引人深思，原来现代也有梁山伯和祝英台的传奇爱情。
贼乱的拼盘，实力派演员大乱斗，基本和编剧导演没什么关系
那个厕所在寄生虫里面见过！很有趣。几乎云集了今年韩剧所有的主演，刷脸存在感。看到了整容失败的眼袋，唉。
开场的长镜头太强了，以至于后面的内容令人失望 3.5
从一个底层的黑帮，经历过一切后，在一个偶然的机会，和教会的交错，终寻到心灵平静的那一刻。
父母在，人生尚有来处
30/100。#Venice#前半段特别惊艳，尤其是以开头一段囿于狭小空间内却呈现出时间变换的长镜头为代表的一批高级炫技，充分彰显了导演对于影像掌控力的自信。然而在短暂的高级之后整部电影便迅速进入了令人闹心的阶段：沉浸在血腥作呕的画面与吵到令人神经衰弱的音效中的观众还要接受一套陈旧的直男式说教，黑帮老大在经历人生渡劫后的自我觉醒这样看了就不想再多看一眼的情节到了2021年居然还有人大肆渲染，看完真的觉得威尼斯的选片委员会真的品味有问题。而女性在其中依然迂腐地充当着在身体和心理上被双重凌辱的工具，更是让人无法忍受。 @2021-09-10 23:34:17 @2021-12-23 01:33:14
衰老是很悲惨的事情，有没有家人都很悲惨
比起《玩家》，这片成色和深度上了几个档次。虽然片头玩的伪长镜头有点刻意，但是很好地呈现了苏乌交替那段时期的纷乱和癫狂。劈友部分的暴力程度可见一斑。总体是一部充满宿命感和因果报应的片子。
虽然剧情很老套，毕竟大过年的，开心最重要，最喜欢经理女。
前段的镜头语言极妙，小平房里面长镜头的魔幻切换，一下子简述了一家五口十几年的风风雨雨，从勋宗到阿富汗到解体
虽然不是大制作，但挺真实的，能够让人产生共鸣。作为子女，面对父母生病的无奈与无助；作为父母，不想拖累子女的自我牺牲。
熟悉韩圈，演员基本都认识，虽然剧情俗套，但是看得还是很舒服的。韩版真爱至上，还能看到一些韩剧经典桥段的影子，让我想到了88的戒指梗还有机医里的五人组，当然也有让人诟病的学校线以及职场线，太扯了，河那线的惊喜是允儿，李振郁的暗线太明显了，所以小迷糊到底演了个啥？
讲的是一个混混的一生，从小被欺负，长大了欺负别人，还有仇必报，最后落得失去家人和朋友，也没有钱的下场，开始反思这样的生活为了什么，最后无路可去，放弃人生。
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