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.
至少不要人云亦云，不要以为自己的出发点是“无敌”的，是“好”的，就停止思考。
真的历史不在被记录下来的文字里，真的历史淹没在字与字之间的距离里。历史那么冰冷，静默，以至于那些以血为代价的摩擦，在清扫后也只留下法庭上对博的无力。致敬导演，思考必须严肃。
密集对白推动叙事完成结构的典范，法庭戏和闪回片段直接进行交叉剪辑，运动群戏无缝潜入真实记录素材，一场QZ运动中的各方力量犬牙交错，仅在左派阵营就依照不同光谱呈现出从激进到温和派别的合作与对抗，呈现出历史事件的复杂，不能简单以好恶正反进行判断。非常美国的结论，拿人当人的前提和底线是拿法律当法律。
这世界上根本就没有所谓自由和自由的天堂 motherfucker
好看！就是Mark Rylance怎么越来越像赵本山了？
信息量巨大，对白密集，还有点小幽默，且得需要一点时间消化。
剧本的设置也极为精彩。
(Yippies)
这个题材拍了这么多年，还能拍得这么吸引人
3.5 啧原来和波斯语课一样是真·你的名字，索金老师燃真心是燃，写主旋律剧的编剧们特别值得来学习，只是他的套路化的手法看多了也有点疲乏，煽得点掐得真好，有些目的性的东西也过于明显，也可以说是他的某种投机取巧的方式；以一场庭审串联起的烽火连天却又燃情四海的理想主义的年代，属于芝加哥的街垒之夜，除了新闻镜头，几乎全赖室内调度与演员功力；感觉法官和庭审戏还是有点偏，比如讥讽法官名字都老记不得之类的，不如正正经经严肃型描绘，有些讽刺性的内容点到即止，写出当时的保守局限，继而自然就更能凸显进步意义了不好嘛；“Father, No!” 观众席笑得和片中旁听席一样笑翻了
一边酒精计划一边看，困在时间里的美国老父亲，不想看家里七君子造反，只想收割来自韩国的有钱水芹菜和赖在无依之地上依依不舍的中国富二代~
自由和权利之间的抗争是个永远不会结束的死循环。
让我们都诚实一点，既然是要借酒杯浇块垒，片尾最主旋律的美国价值就应当退离于法庭之外。因为违法与否，量刑多少，与动机是否出于爱国并无关系，与共和党是否真的总是会选派迂腐可笑的权力单元也没有关系。索金太精明了，他可以点出文化革命与建构派本质上的内在矛盾性，却翻手之间用动机上的共情将左派捆绑在一起。片叶不沾身呀。但身处左右如此对立的当下，我们真的需要你来告诉大家谁更无辜吗？我们在等待一种解决的可能性，一种已知暴力冲突来自随机波动，但势能退潮必须跟随政治手段的理性途径。煽动我没有用，我只会更难过。btw音乐烂爆了。
密集台词和剪辑，两个多小时必须高度集中以免错过关键细节。可怕的1968年，全球都在闹，会利用媒体的嬉皮士真可爱，一早明白是zz审判，可惜后来死于“自杀”？小雀斑的白左精英真体制内功利分子了，后来还娶了简方达，煽动也是他，煽情也是他。灯塔国一样问题一把，起码还有人拍出来啊~
另外让我很不舒服的一点，这也许也是美国六十年代嬉皮士运动他们的局限性，追求反叛和自由的他们究竟是为了全人类的和平和爱，还是仅仅为了反叛父权，反叛父权代表的政府。究竟是为了越战牺牲的所有无辜的平民（无论是参战的士兵还是当地的百姓）还是为了自己和身边的人免受战争的征召，这种没有被逼到绝境的革命也许从开始就充满了软弱性。难以信服了。
革命与抗议者有像雷尼和汤姆的热血学生领袖，像杰瑞与艾比的宣扬反叛的嬉皮士，像戴维的稳中求健的社会学家，大家性格各异，但是他们聚集在全待会前，都是为了宣扬反战思想。表达大众意愿的人，应该永远得到尊敬。
一场长达151天的审判，艾伦索金通过聚焦庭审过程的某些天将审判前的暴乱与庭审现场巧妙地结合在一起，清晰地展示出那一段历史。编剧出身的艾伦索金在片中依然是金句频出，尤其是艾比霍夫曼作为证人出场的那场戏，让我热泪盈眶做了好几次深呼吸，释放了之前观影过程中的为他们感到不平的委屈。之前看了黑豹党的一个纪录片，看完本片后找了找，好像被我删掉了。
艾伦索金越来越左了？No. that’s not true.是这个世界正在变得越来越麻木、自私和不仁。
导演和编剧大写的厉害，这种高频对白的电影实际上非常不好处理。再加上巨星云集，真是太鸡血了！
索尔金的剧本总是能不让人失望，而且没想到导演功力也见长，两个小时看得酣畅淋漓。当然会有很脸谱化的人物，比如法官可能就是被有意丑化了，但大部分主角还是非常丰满且有弧光的。索尔金惯用的时空穿插简直出神入化。哪怕不同意他的观点，但这样兜售政治观点的电影我还是喜闻乐见。
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