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.
这个视角说911的相关故事太棒了，持续性地感慨且感动。
我们不悲观，憧憬着2035吧，前两天的公报说那时的中国也将建成法治国家、法治政府、法治社会…
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-My life.
台詞密度高不代表就很厲害。庭審戲拍得實在太無聊了！鏡頭無聊、剪輯無聊、連演員的表演都被帶的很無聊⋯⋯一星留給這段發人深省並正在重演的歷史。看完這片也就懂了為什麼囧瑟夫會在臉書發那篇文了。P.S 真不敢相信這是拍出《 The Newsroom》的導演 ( •̅_•̅ )
是左派民权运动的宣言电影，也是好莱坞顶级工业化作品（当然不是特效的那种顶级工业）。手法不新鲜但就是快、准、狠，用真实影像与电影场景缝合虚拟与历史，用唇枪舌战的台词在刀锋般的剪辑下打出一套组合拳，再将政治诉求泄于当下的银幕内外。去年两部历史题材电影都以念人名收尾，都是强压着眼泪看完。
不懂历史，但是作为电影，文学剧本和拍摄手法都相当好啊。因为主要场景是庭审，所以有几处闪回，时空切换的处理方式每次都有新意，比较喜欢的是Fred Hampton被害时的相机快门声串起的两个时空，冷酷的机器声音和活着的人的惊恐，就连起了两个时空。还喜欢Bobby Seales质问Tom Hayden时说的话，你们都有同一个父亲。我太爱Allan Sorkin写的剧了
名字是世上最长的咒。❤️ 去年看了一半，重新补完。
20211123——266；荣获托尼奖的一部百老汇音乐剧。为纪念911事件20周年而作，根据真实故事改编。38架飞机迫降加拿大纽芬兰甘德小镇。12位演员，男女各半，在迫降旅客与小镇居民角色间转换，情绪饱满，故事感人。
居然忘记评分吗？很喜欢众生相！悉尼还在上，要是疫情好一点挺想看看现场
不苦情、不沉重，大量的美式笑话让人忍俊不禁。但笑着看完，却哭着回忆，百老汇的这波美式正能量，我先干为敬。
整体很精彩，是一部带有索金鲜明个人风格的电影。稍显不足的是有点过度娱乐化了，以及控辩双方并没有形成真正意义上的对决，完全是一边倒的表演。
好感人
剧作非常好。美国历史上的六四，然而人家却可以拍得这么复杂深刻！
第一次感受到了舞台剧的震撼，这还是隔着屏幕的感受，在现场的话，非常幸福了！
配乐淡化了些许工整匠气，学院派的良心之作。
They say no man's an island, but an island makes a man.
3.5/5. 1968年的人在问我们为50年后留下什么样的形象，50年后的今天，68年的情绪似乎又回到了我们的脸上，就像电影本身，用一场泾渭分明的“故地重演”，来发起似乎早该在68年解决的问题。只是，这个时代的创造变得更平庸，保守地激进着，自由地顺从着，或者像在这里，在温水中观火。
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索金成为一流导演的最大障碍就是他是超一流编剧。
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