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.
散文影像，缓慢的节奏在不稳定的镜头下，显得迷离又诗意。重新学习，重新体验生命，它不寻常，它拥有我所着迷的关于巫术与永生的诅咒。
假装恐怖片的文艺片。血腥残忍的设定，随意杀人然后霸占别人的人生，缓慢沉闷的呓语旁白，想要讨论什么却也只是空洞，最后女人都生孩子的结局，绝了。
6.9 很浅显直白，一旦设定了一个女性可以成为任何其他人那么接下来的安排就是变身的角色如何设定的问题，所以对变身的过程存在轻视，比如这个变身本是把身体掏出来才可以进行的为何毫无痛苦？进食的存在意义又是什么？并且进食在影片中占比还挺多，在符号和内容上，导演的平衡能力挺符合其身份的
是的，现实中，男人面对那样的女患者是不会停下脱裤子的手的。
想到去年的南巫，如果是抱着被惊吓的期待点开这片绝对会大失所望。它就是一部很诗意的文艺片。
（话说我发现，好像所有演“痴呆症”的演员都能够贡献神演技？！）
皮囊只是在世间行走的表象，披着女人的外衣学习喜怒哀乐的情绪和如何与人相处；披着男人的外衣，学习性爱与力量，看见小女孩的死亡，懂得了悲伤和眼泪，化身为小女孩，学习生而为人的成长与爱情。感受风感受雨，感受世间万物带来的生命体验，她是女巫也是万物生灵
摄影不错，后半段越来越好看。爱到底是什么，它为什么让人悲伤
我的天太对我胃口了！在体验不同生命的过程中懂得痛苦和爱，好喜欢这种慢节奏的女性主义电影
太神奇的感受，太喜欢这种气质。我们Félix照旧是脆弱大狗……好喜欢……导演很会调教人呃呃（欣赏）
有复杂的主题（可惜整个表达没太打动我）和奇异的美感，叙事上其实也可圈可点。
当你身边最亲密的人，在社会上也十分优秀的人，突然失去记忆失去自理能力，你会如何去做呢？又会如何对待这份感情呢？在这个浮躁的社会，人们没有去珍视情感的心里，都是麻木的，都是不仁的，网络面前都是张开圣嘴的人，在我打上这段文字的时候，你可否想过，我就是拿着屠刀的盗贼，请社会还给我们思想自由，我不想在做没有感情的傀儡—导演李玉超
「3.0」最终还是落脚到一种模糊的“爱”之上，然后始终触碰不到我的内心，女主以众多身份体验人生，这其中情感本应如此饱满，然而导演的繁复调度仅仅徒增诗意，尤其是那“失语”的独白，也许只是美学上一定程度复刻了马力克。演员的表情是呆滞的，因导演刻意削弱情愫的表现。美，同时空洞。
文艺恐怖片，所以在文艺片的节奏下基本也没啥好让人觉得恐怖的了。影像风格让人印象深刻。
可以跟《钛》对比一下有意思。沉浸式视听语言很有代入感。如何能体验别人的生活，在这个维度上，人才不会孤单
悉尼电影节SFF第3场，后半段节奏就有点奇怪了，前面很不错，画面视听也很好，女巫在人世间走一遭，体会人间的极悲与极乐。
电影两次的车祸 以及结尾女儿的呼唤 都在潜移默化的将女主与父亲身份之间的切换 其实女主是在演绎父亲的角色 体验曾经父亲患失忆症的痛苦 而安圣基面无表情式的演绎实则是亡魂的一种回望 电影其实可以更不用讲明白一点 让身为主角的我 与父亲 与曾经儿时的我 能更加实现情感的递进
格外喜欢那些人被自然淹没的影像。
想到去年的南巫，如果是抱着被惊吓的期待点开这片绝对会大失所望。它就是一部很诗意的文艺片。
在同类型片中流于形式的中庸之作，束手束脚。女主演技仍需努力，没有什么突破可言。有情节也不够合理，总体一般。
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