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.
也许没有永恒这回事，但相伴过就足够美丽。我不会忘记。
不似《婚姻故事》般热烈，不似《海边的曼彻斯特》般阴郁，不似《废柴舅舅》般搞怪，两个怪胎的相互陪伴，这是再平常不过的剧本。
是在我看来 今年年度最佳 也是将来我会一直记住的电影之一 it’s okay when you are not fine and it’s okay to learn all that from kids as they know so much more than us
华金凤，这个人就是给你扑面而来的孤独感，骨子里面的孤独，我的天啊！！！！
当孩子也感到孤独的时候，一定是成人世界出现了问题。
跟着导演的视角变化 对过去与未来不断问询 试图寻找答案 又在平静的接受着自己的生活 随着受访者和城市街道的变化 导演内心的平静从未改变 华金菲尼克斯对细腻名干的内心捕捉的到位深刻 但导演对现实和问题没有加入很多自己的思考 没有点题和深化主旨
利用音乐与声音把较为零散的生活场景与诗化空镜连接起来，一方面利用纪录片式的采访将一些大的议题抛出并用儿童的口吻去回答；另一方面则在叔叔与小孩相处部分，用录音的连续片段将剪碎的时空串联一起，表现出情绪的流淌。
看了十分钟，觉得应该是一部非常用心有质量的片子，可惜我现在没有心思看这样的片子，于是关上屏幕就来打个分吧，希望未来的缘分可以让我在更好的时候能和这部片子重聚。
“你们这代人已经缺少了这种安宁静”
一开始，我想掐死这个讨厌的小孩。然后可能我们都喜欢他了吧，彼此驯服彼此接纳，与人共度时光多么有魔力啊。
“爸爸去哪儿”大电影可以参照这个来拍啊——“舅舅去哪儿”，稍微有些滥情了。曾经大叔与萝莉的时代已经不复返了，现在开始关注大叔与正太的故事。也许是因为社会在重新思考男性在家庭中的位置，与应当承担的责任。小男孩的父亲缺位，于是舅舅来补足。我们总不认真听小孩子说的话，其实我们才是那个blablabla满嘴废话的人。
归根结底是孤独灵魂的碰撞。画面静止，声音却是流动的，世界被许多许多奇思妙想填满。真诚的互动让我几度落泪，治愈又熨贴。谁能拒绝这样温柔的华金。
和小朋友做朋友，回归到还没学会人情世故的时候，随心所欲放声大叫。一直觉得下一秒就应该播come on, come on, come on, get through it🎶
“生活在一个安静的环境里是很重要的，你能明白吗？你们这代人已经失去了这种宁静。”
呼朋引伴 和人生大事一样是杀手里昂的故事套路，一个中年男人和小孩子的故事。但呼朋引伴故意把这种套路里大人和小孩子的矛盾冲突弱化，每次到该起冲突和笑点的时候都迅速淡化，加上黑白摄影，想做个文艺片的实验。这种实验的结果就是看睡着了。人生大事的确都是套路，但接地气的套路能给观众很强的代入感，可以跟着电影情绪走。呼朋引伴则是反套路的，结果是没有代入感，情绪上不去。进不去电影的情绪干嘛要看老男人和陌生小男孩的互动，不听话打一顿不好嘛。
讲实话小长假最后一天有点看不下去。小演员好灵啊，喜欢全部的独白和访谈片段
影像很舒服。人物状态很惬意。故事很松散。不是我的菜。所以对不起。
第一观感是，为啥人小孩已经能做到对未来有这样独立自主而带有强烈社会责任感的话语，侃侃而谈，自信沉稳，满满小大人姿态，这是差距，跟文化有关，外显、热情、直接表达喜怒哀乐。
2022年1月16日观看。文艺范十足，很不错，摄影真美。
"I will remind of you everything."
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