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.
感觉这样结局挺好的，人生本来就没有圆满的，唯一美中不足的地方就是男女主没有自己的孩子
再想一想之前看过的少年时代
感觉就像是导演拍了一部60年代的《少年时代》，相对《少年时代》缺少了时间的跨度，看起来也就这么回事了
这部电影是真的真的真的好，以至于好到我想推荐每个认识的人都看一看！
属于那种拍的还行，但用宝贵的空闲时间看会后悔的类型
2022.4.4 好看 近期看过最好看的动画了 但是这画风是我第一次见 亦真亦假的感觉 介绍了好多60年代美国发生的事啊..2001太空漫游 人猿星球 尼克松 荒野大镖客 66年居然都有蝙蝠侠和青蜂侠 碟中谍了 67年美国居然就拍了太空登月记的电影 美国人登月发现俄国人早已到 但都死了哈哈 这部展现出了美国的文化输出到了极致啊！年代感实在太强了 简直是经历过那个年代的美国人的回忆杀 他们的童年也太丰富了吧..不像现代的小孩各个捧着手机平板啥的.. 居然是肯尼迪提出的登月计划 经历过大萧条时期的美国人也太节俭了吧 居然有三个宇航员在发射台测试中丧命 居然来电居然不显示 一直整人哈哈哈 捡垃圾居然可以换刨冰 50年美国人就在拍登陆月球..休斯顿的太空乐园…看着就好玩 居然有肯尼迪角！
好家伙，没看过预告，一开始我还以为男主不会再回去了，还好结局是好的，不过不喜欢感情戏
特效每次出现都能把我尬住，除此之外都还好，真实取景就是牛，这种美不是后期能做出来的
哪怕是动画电影，主题内容依旧是典型的Richard Linklater，但这样的剧情却会缺少情感共鸣，对于类型电影来说是重要的一点。三星。
一遍遍追述自己的少年时代，只能昭告世人自己真的老了。
感觉可称为爱在60年代太空热动画版。半个世纪前，世界的一边是越战，另一边是登上月球；现在，世界的一边是乌克兰战争，另一边是能源和新冠，真是一代人有一代人的回忆。
动画渲染真人实拍给人一种奇妙的魔幻现实主义观感，昂扬向上的童年时代充满了美好的滤镜色彩。总管世界，风起云涌的六七十年代，不管是东方还是西方都留下来太多的文化遗产，以至于之后的胜者至今还偶尔沉湎于当年之勇。好在足够接地气，让每个曾经无忧无虑的人能够轻松切入，感慨各自人生中的美好。
男主最开始就是因为梅朵唱歌喜欢上的她，最后男主离开时梅朵也是唱这首歌，首尾呼应，故事情节很完整。
用一個幻想去包童年往事，最好看也是那些生活細節，覺得做得最好就是沒有要解開那個幻想，沒有要用劇情去完成它，而是輕輕讓他跟真實合而為一成了電影。
虚实结合的童年恰似记忆本身，适合用转描动画呈现，一些小细节和小心思很有趣，整体有点无聊
虽然套了个虚构的外壳，但用美式动画展现了美国六十年代诸多真实记忆，与其说是戏说历史，不如说是一种缅怀。
★★★☆ 《半夢半醒的人生》的真人動畫化，《少年時代》的青春白描，Richard Linklater把他關於60年代的回憶傾瀉而出，有偏個人的，家庭生活、校園玩樂、電影、電視、音樂，有偏全民的，登月計劃、越南戰爭、嬉皮士，讓電影更像是一個劇情片框架內的紀錄片，然而，這些回憶都太過私人化和碎片化了，我可以靜靜地欣賞這樣一副美國60年代風情畫，卻沒辦法被打動，還是那些半真半假的兒時幻想，讓我有種說不明道不清的小感動，或許，我想到了兒時的自己吧，我也曾Dream Big。
我还挺怀旧的 但这个还是太私人了 评论说肯定会有一两件事引起回忆 那的确 但整体还是缺共鸣 没激起自己太多的回忆
我得说林克莱特就完完全全是我的菜，这种呈现出关于旧日时光的那种闪闪发光的感觉，太让我觉得美好了。
对比下来，当代人已经没有了共同的梦想，只有各自的世界。
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