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.
这种古欧故事对于不了解欧洲历史的我非常不友好...我觉得最后高文逃过一劫了，因为选择了诚实和守信
兒童片，但因為另類而被欺負的小女孩遇到狗狗後發生的改變還蠻感人的。和我家貓貓一起看的，還好大紅狗出場也沒嚇到🐱
对待私人情绪抑或时代图景的哪一面都像是一个衰老且更枯竭且生疏的韦斯安德森，最无聊最腐朽的一种浪漫主义。
男主在里面挺性感的。然而即使留着大胡子，也掩盖不住眼睛所揭露的软弱。当个小白脸还行。这也是大多数男人的通性吧。骑士所具备的素质一如中国的君子。都只是极少数的人。大多数人都是贪生怕死贪财好色好逸恶劳。
灯将灭，方见其棱，其骨，其心。抬头，他就在。
私人到可怕，完全不给第一次接触其观众的机会，关于这位导演及其哥哥合作的电影只看过《卡奥斯》，这部电影改编自皮兰德娄，所以影片中是有将《卡奥斯》的片段以黑白的方式插入进入，期间应该还插入这对兄弟合作的其他影片，影片最后那句卷起来夹在腋下的，大概是“胶片”吧，属于导演和他哥哥共同的存在证明
6.5 一则寓言故事，骑士的试炼。考验意志，品质，德行。开放结局留白，视听俱佳。美学风格独特，阴郁的氛围提升电影气质，节奏有点过于冗长，有精美外壳但无实质内核。
6/10。将诺奖作家的骨灰带回故土，棺材当作牌桌、百姓吃瓜憋笑，像更私人的《杰出公民》。后半段黑白转彩色，皮兰德娄的遗作《钉子》，完成双重告别。一阵海风带走剩余的骨灰，真温柔。并不了解这对导演兄弟，所以无感弟弟与哥哥漫长的告别。
精华在结尾，走马灯一般的回顾一生正是死亡的征兆，但在主角解开绿腰带的那一刻，剧情升华了。
剧情晦涩冗长，除了有特色的镜头语言可看，普通观众根本无观看必要。
致学龄前儿童的童话故事集节选，童话小镇的居民们因勇敢的女孩和她的好伙伴生活变得更美好，唯一的问题这个红色的三米巨犬确实不够可爱
太私人了，实在很难在不了解导演创作背景的前提下，被纯粹的影像和私密的情感所打动。
画面很美，台词很美，服化道很美，配乐很美，但这故事讲得…真的有点无聊…不得不分四天才看完，也不是高困，就是想干点别的。
【Ralph Ineson的映前导赏又有用又可爱~】莫名对标的是好几个有着接近背景的作品：《天命之咒》、Taron版《罗宾汉》、Fuqua04版《亚瑟王》….无一滑铁卢。繁复的大场面和高昂的制作投入虚有其表，却总是忽视了角色“现代性”行动逻辑与时代的格格不入。然而这里却是个全然不同的故事，角色自己的历程与道德式剖析在其中紧密相扣，并不急于快进到更为直观的结果与转折。观众可以知道TA所了解之外的，而导演也清楚自己要在“之外的”做怎样的开拓。但恨不得辱骂A24宣发，Dev Patel的下一提怕是要被你吃了。
绿色覆盖一切、孕育一切然后腐坏一切，我们的渺小注定我们人微言轻，但在成为尘埃前，还是可以选择勇气，选择接受真相，选择最后的斩首之邀。
塔维雅尼兄弟热爱意大利，拍了一辈子皮兰德娄。如今一个先走了，另一个也要告别了，对哥哥，也是对意大利，更是对电影。彩色部分多少有些莫名其妙，狗尾续貂，黑白部分独立成章更佳。
继大卫洛维上部失利之后再度回归，把背景搬到了中世纪，服化道过硬，搭配A24标志性的装神弄鬼。将家喻户晓的传说故事，拍出视听享受:自然风光、室内外打光、配乐绝了。其中，跨越时间的玩法与奇观制造很是新鲜，大概就是误食云南毒蘑菇的体验吧。★★★☆/7.7
整体故事框架很简单，一种裹挟的骑士精神以及终究自我觉醒的认知。朦胧的画面，梦幻的氛围，穿梭于草原丛林，有种古典童话的既视感。加上缓和画面，慢节奏，是奇幻文艺片的定位。
看之前查了一下神话的原版故事，中间从出发到到达领主家里的部分编剧和导演做了发挥和填充，然后后面情节有所改动，和原作还是有一定差别的。最后我惊了以为要整个颠覆原来的故事，后来发现只是导演发挥主观能动性玩了一些花样。
ps 喜欢最后坐在红发女孩坟前的人还有那个小小的十字架与教堂穹顶的重叠
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