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.
妮可演得很卖力，但影片糟糕的妆发和大量的闪回让她这个角色显得很莫名奇妙，尤其是妆发放大了她和露西的年龄差，显得很违和，二封很吃力；反倒是哈维尔·巴登，人物形象更立体更清晰，成熟男人的魅力从举止谈吐间显露，着实迷人。
Nicole在某些镜头下难掩脸僵但举手投足的大明星风范仍格外迷人。电影涵盖元素可谓不少，从麦卡锡反共到女性主义与好莱坞studio的运作八卦，全片有一种”严肃的学院派突然想放飞一把”的质感，我个人是很喜欢。
电影很混乱，想说的点太多，又一定要集中在一周里，导致很多要说的东西只能靠闪回，真不如好好集中在说里卡多一家两个人。妮可演的还是不错的，虽然没看过露西秀，但是她的塑造还是让露西尔鲜活的
7.2 妮可这些年来最具突破性的一次表演，台词很见功力，值得嘉奖！巴登也表现得不错，不过影片在其他方面就没有什么东西可以拿出来讲一讲了。
看索金的作品实在是累，台词的密度和内容，不仅对观众，相信对演员都是极大的挑战。一部传记带出了政治、性别、种族、婚姻等各种问题，实难消化。
其实我一向讨厌索金这种台词语句通顺得一塌糊涂的丝滑感，本片的结构也不过是在《史蒂夫乔布斯》的框架上加入了前因后果以及些许戏剧互文，这些方面都没给我太多惊喜。反倒是妮可的表演很有意思，她的每场表演，给到我的感觉比其他演员都多了一层表达，不知道这是导演现场调教得好，还是演员自己的领悟，她这条人物线算是打动到我了。不过缺点还是老样子，没有什么视听的呈现，让三位女性强行和解什么的……
话唠又催眠的本子，妮可基德曼在上一次奥斯卡因为一个假鼻子封后以后，这一次又故技重施的弄了个“假面”，虽然演技还不错，也提名了影后，但是个人感觉大概率难以获胜，毕竟几乎素颜的科尔曼阿姨演技不要太好哦！妮可粉可以看看，其他就免了吧。最多三星了。
剧烈的感情变化，细微的人生处境都展现得淋漓尽致，但是索金确实缺乏导演天赋，剧作水平拯救不了画面调度的无力
最后就是，作为一部关于情景喜剧的传记片，只有俩演员的口音是笑点，未免太失败了点。
这嘴，好像就没有停过吧。一部传记片被拍的这么无聊冗长实在是厉害
2021年12月22日观看。妮可感觉变样了。
sorkin一贯的咄咄逼人让人忽略了这部片的似水柔情。许多场戏把lucy作为一个女人遇到的难题写的淋漓尽致。很多台词是二三刷才能明白的妙。
Nicole在某些镜头下难掩脸僵但举手投足的大明星风范仍格外迷人。电影涵盖元素可谓不少，从麦卡锡反共到女性主义与好莱坞studio的运作八卦，全片有一种”严肃的学院派突然想放飞一把”的质感，我个人是很喜欢。
最后的忘词时刻可以算是2021年电影高光瞬间
得了艾伦·索金躁狂症，实在是受不了这套了……
妮可很认真在演了，几场争吵的戏都把人拉进去，最后失神的那场戏却泄了气……好演员最后PK的还是天赋啊
Aaron Sorkin这部算是在尝试自己不熟悉的题材类型，但看起来始终未找到适合的创作切入点/表达重点，人物、结构甚至自己拿手的对白都显得呆板…… Kidman和Javier Bardem全程出戏，演得刻意，还不如不用口音；Bardem西班牙人演南美人总是不可信，始终有股欧洲味。
剧本太长了，闪回没有必要。妮可演的很努力，但是她的戏被其他演员吃的七七八八。
p.s. 最终男主还是栽在了分不清口红色号上面
其实Aaron Sorkin的功力还是摆在那里的，只是这个故事的主题和线索过于纷繁杂乱，多少令观众有些疲于应付了。所以很多戏拆开来单独看，都足够精彩，但是组合在一起的效果反而并不理想。而且，这么一个情感危机的故事框架，无法同时承载那么多硕大的主题，这个或许才是最关键的问题。
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