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.
1、叙事节奏很奇怪，始终不能进入故事氛围，无处不在的割裂感无法聚焦成清晰的主线；2、唯一值得称道的是中间有首抒情的歌蛮好听的，其他都感觉平平。
其实我是很能体会Michael的，我也不过是一个理想败倒在生活面前的人。向生活服了软，听了劝，平平淡淡，循规蹈矩生活一场。不再觉得从事自己喜欢的行业就是一件幸福的事，大抵是聊胜于无的安慰多于喜好带来的幸福，也似乎可以理所当然为自己并不出众的天赋而开脱。
喜欢迈克那条线
纵你这样那样那样这样热泪盈眶，可歌真的不好听，远不如爱乐之城，连一个明星的诞生都比不上。0522
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歌曲的旋律不错，但歌词更像口水歌，至于人物原型，由于对舞台剧零认识，艺术家的悲歌，作品都是创作者死后才能发扬光大，身价倍增，因为已绝迹！
有时候觉得电影评论真是残酷，明明是真事但放到电影维度就是稀烂，也跟导演选取桥段有关吧。精彩之处在于用三空间连一个唱段，典型就是与好友离别那段。其实除了最后一首，所有歌我都喜欢，尤其女友吵架的那段声情并茂
Lin-Manuel Miranda居然是导演，太有才了。Andrew Garfield璞玉浑金，如果凭借此片拿2022第94届奥斯卡最佳男主的话可以说实至名归，期待他更多惊喜的作品。
Movie of the year. A blessing for any theatre/musical lover or idealist. Story about 90s, Broadway, New York, creativity, love, fear, time, and life. Don’t mind Lin’s rusty directing, the emotions are so raw. R.I.P. Stephen Sondheim, who passed away just after the release of this film. We all have, and will always have a song unsung.
所以现在是白人只配和黑人做朋友，交个女友也得是有色人种。其他白人都要均匀肤色，才可以出镜？编排流畅没问题，看着尴尬症都要发作了，实在看不下去，这么高的评分，是因为歌好听吗？电影不是MV，不是唱跳拼凑，故事是什么？剧情在哪里？
林-曼努尔·米兰达的过人之处在于，他能以完全电影化的手段去拍摄他挚爱的音乐剧领域，视听技巧和情感表达都完全不像一位新电影导演，很是纯熟。而叙事中对90年代同性群体和艾滋病恐慌的处理，看似蜻蜓点水，却有着发自心底的关注与重视。当然，剧本编排若能更脱离学院派，更放飞自我，一定会更好。安德鲁·加菲尔德、罗宾·德·齐泽斯的表演完成度不俗。
"They are singing happy birthday, you just wish you could run away."
太感动了，歌好听，情绪也很饱满，加菲尔德值得一个奥斯卡影帝提名！另外，他永远是最好的蜘蛛侠。
《斯通纳》中的melody——爱、认同、怜悯、志业、傲骨、信任与死亡——在剧中流淌。好听好看又好玩😄
太感动了，歌好听，情绪也很饱满，加菲尔德值得一个奥斯卡影帝提名！另外，他永远是最好的蜘蛛侠。
艺术源于生活，又高于生活，普通人最怕那些让人看不懂的高于生活。导演把电影分成三个维度表达，生活表达灵感来源，舞台剧表达高于生活的展示，坐在台上的娓娓道来恰如其分的把两部分缝到一起，即超越了舞台剧的限制，又增加了电影的表达边界。咖啡馆一幕把电影布景推开变成舞台剧，处处皆有此种别样风情。最喜欢的一幕是no more，配合现代舞编排，那真的是我们第一次拥有独立生活空间的欢欣雀跃。很多生活灵感的记录，让我想起冬天我的厨房，阳光撒下，我特别想这样歌舞起来，它接近人的本能。最可贵的是它又兼有讽刺跟幽默，panel一幕那位口吐芬芳半句不离音乐理论跟分类的乐评人，几乎是豆瓣评论家们了，即幽默风趣又让人感慨，为什么乐评人就要理论向呢。整部电影着重表达生活灵感，就是告诉大家艺术之美，处处皆是生活的点滴。
【4星半】炸了炸了！又一块年度十佳拼图！可能是继汤姆•霍伯《悲惨世界》后最出色和最让人心潮澎湃的音乐剧影片，积压了八年的梦想前进，与只需一瞬就能令其轰塌垮台的认可不足，Jonathan在这两者之间低微又傲狂又充盈地夹缝生存，三十五岁的弥留，换来了身后在百老汇长达十二年的梦寐成功，为原型与加菲以及剧中所有演出人员献出大大的掌声！
谁都是曾经绚烂缤纷热情洋溢和这个世界碰撞燃烧着，但也会流于平淡失去光泽。
看过rent，见到其中一版mimi的扮演者也有参演这部电影。端了五年盘子，写了最重要的那首歌，花了八年时间准备的presentation获得巨大好评，依然无法出道，所有追梦人的一个缩影。好在伯乐和朋友的鼓励让他继续坚持下去。rent的故事原来是来自他的朋友们，可惜生命停在了剧上映前一夜，好像唐涤生，天妒英才。似乎都是这样敏感、脆弱和感性。
LMM给音乐剧的情书。他真的很爱选择“时不我待型”天才啊，乔纳森和汉密尔顿某种意义上是同一类人物，在有限的时间里无休无止地奔跑，仿佛要在死神扣下发令枪前灼烧生命力。前半段是拖延症患者的ddl前倒数记录，影片充斥着焦虑、饥渴、躁动，看得我这个拖延症晚期患者快要跟着屏幕里一起焦虑爆炸了😂 最好的朋友告诉他“我也得了艾滋病，时间不等人的感受我最清楚”，那一刻真是浓烈情感炸弹，tick tick直到这时才“boom！！”加菲我总是串戏天使在美国😂看过rent来看发现了很多创作灵感，停电、蜡烛、合租屋、LGBTQ、艾滋病……遗憾片子没拍到写rent时。看预演会我都跟着兴奋起来，音乐剧就是最伟大的！电影唯一的问题是分不清哪些歌是出自乔纳森原作，哪些是LMM之手，还是希望他老玩票回来后继续写音乐剧啊！
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