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.
还可以，剧本没有很飞略失望，主要探讨的内容有点老生常谈，而且比较浅，真的就是“why do we have to wait until 2022 to see a film like this? ”似乎更像是上代人的回溯，不过艾玛的角色也让我对处于中年又为人父母的女性有了一丢丢新的认识，一种紧张与焦虑。男主眼睛蛮好看，这种水准的服务还要啥心理咨询啊。
怎么有一部作品可以将伴随女性一生的厌女及厌女的窒息感、性压抑、身体解放、亲子关系、代际差异如此自然地融合在一个故事呢？文本故事丰富而有力，即使场景单一台词繁多，看到最后已经深深地与两个人物共情了。或许都没有十分特定的情节，但人物关系的变化套路仍是一个不少。一个在心中已经死过多次的、知道自己活得单调乏味且因此痛苦不甘的女人，一个被家庭抛弃的、自小知道自己有所不同的男人，无关年龄，他们是彼此需要的。对于痛苦的个体来说，相遇已经是种解药。最后的分别时刻还怪感动的。（虽然仍有俗套的部分，但还是喜欢！
三星半。还是一个去标签化的过程，真诚的对话当然是令人向往的，但其实正如过分年轻美好的肉体和冷静，乐于接受不同观点的性格，标签没有被解决，而是被雪藏，去掉种种美好的预设，像极了空中楼阁，甚至是政客的单口相声。不过是真的很爱那些真诚的对话。
人生就是被各种约束限制，然后学会与其和解的过程吧。
最后一幕，真是震撼，女性真正得到了解放和自由，如果能更早一点就好了！这样的电影，忠于真实的人性，不需要什么炫目的场面情节，表演和剧本自然流畅，导演的调度已足够引人入胜，不得不叹服，真好！身体只是灵魂的容器，她也值得愉悦的绽放，体验为人的快乐，恰如去到天堂的尽头~
Say hi to the adventure, feel no guilty to the pleasure. 爱听人唠嗑，所以更喜欢前四分之三，Emma Thompson的表演可以用精湛来形容。
如果可以，我希望每一位婦女都能毫無負擔和顧忌的感受一次美好的愉悅！愛自己的身體好難，很喜歡Nancy最後一幕，她仿佛在發光（ps. 男主真的好可愛，美得不真實，不愧是滿足幻想的聖人~）
4.5星 暂时是今年看过最有惊喜和喜欢的一部 男主戏内很charm 特里劳妮教授演技也很棒棒
They didn't do 69.
see people, pay respect, learn to be honest to yourself.
You do like some kind of sex saint, and being a teacher suddenly pays her back, enables her to explain the accident so reasonably and convincingly 和学生的对话可以看出冷漠老师不是个会察言观色、考虑他人感受的高情商的人，虽然循规蹈矩却不是真的在乎，直到她感受到人和人之间的温度 thx to the SEX SAINT! Oh, when he felt wrongly treated by his mother老娘母性关怀雌性荷尔蒙爆棚！这是对俄狄浦斯情结最当代的展示了吧！！concupiscence
议题老生常谈，没啥惊喜。女主负责演技，男主负责卖肉。前面三次见面铺垫对立，最后一次见面和解。性工作者的身份得以释然，女性的高潮终究依靠自己。年老的女性角色、老去的躯体，谁说不能散发光芒？！
open minded。相遇是为了治愈。外求有的时候也是机遇！
You have the mysterious gift of being a sex saint. 夸人就要这么夸。
简单说三点感想：
简单说三点感想：
唠的嗑在唠嗑电影里算不上第一流，但题材情感和表演都棒极了。Leo那个眼波流转啊！…但也要说一切太精致太理想太像个童话，太缺乏毛刺了，地球人都知道真实生活中的买春不是这么优雅完美的事情。
人是一种既有兽性又有理性的动物，兽性让我们拥有繁殖的欲望，性欲。理性让我们拥有心灵的诉求，追求身心的愉悦。
可能是到了年龄，不知不觉地迷离了交姌，消散了荷尔蒙
You have the mysterious gift of being a sex saint. 夸人就要这么夸。
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