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.
噢，还有一句台词得送给我自己。
音乐上还行吧，又一个lalaland，但是文本上太标准太规整了。。。不如多看几遍白先勇的《纽约客》。说是献给纽约打工人创作者的情书但是真在纽约的打工人创作者觉得好像是批发的甜话小集合。创作没那么高贵。全片最动人的角色竟然是mike就很那个了。。想把我写的地铁和打工段子贡献给LMM。
看完会发现，好像男主身上并没发生什么事，把一个作品交出去，等待被发现或者被埋没，自己并没有什么可以做的，剧情的很大一部分都靠身边人的故事在推动。
大小姐老公亨利没出现真是可惜了，不如第一部，但是对于粉丝还是蛮友好的，更像是交待大家结局的完结篇，奶奶永远是我最喜欢的角色🥹
林聚聚导演的第一部电影长片，能为自己的偶像拍这样一部电影，让更多人了解他、记住他，一定是一件很幸福的事情。
还是一如既往喜欢大小姐😍😍😍
歌都太好听了吧。崭新。从头到尾都是高强度、快节奏的musical和电影的深度融合，这也体现出电影这种艺术形式的延展性和包容性。一个完全靠激情驱动的剧作天才在几天内的生活切片，永葆赤子之心的单纯和赤诚，就连自己的死亡都那么富有戏剧性。当然艺术家自大妄为的臭脾气也挺让人讨厌的就是了。
节奏流畅，情感充沛，音乐好听，乔纳森·拉森才华横溢，但也如同一块培根在生活的大铁板上忍受数不清的煎熬翻炒才有了上桌的资格。人生何其艰难，有使命感何其幸运。
很喜欢这部里关于友情和爱情的一些美好与不圆满，比男主本身的创作经历更吸引人
520第一次看唐顿，没想到电影院一个人都没有，包场了，唐顿给我和感觉真的很像百年孤独，一代又一代地轮回，也让我感受到为什么保守派会抵御科技，与其说他们抵御不如说他们恐惧，恐惧改革后对他们贵族的影响，家族无法沿续，需要资金修房顶，最后也只能向电影公司天价的租场费妥协
年近30艺术家面临事业友情爱情三重考验 歌好听 演的也好
看了开头，歌不错，但不知道，就是不想看下去。#20220628
单拎出来还行，但是绝不能和爱乐之城比啊，这部只有typical可以概括，朋友人设、三段式剧本、舞台剧式编排等等都很typical，除了剪辑稍有想法以外，其他全都规规矩矩，这和爱乐之城甚至纯传记片登月第一人相比都套路化到家了
在滴答声的催促下，焦虑和不甘油然而生，朋友的成功，女友为生活做出的妥协都是一声声的质问，唯有梦想与坚持能换来精神的富足。加菲的歌喉和演技得到了完美的释放，精妙的剪辑让两部音乐剧此起彼伏。但是剧本的情感冲击力略显不足。
7.3 写了200多字的缺点，然后又逐一删除，林聚聚他最大的优点调用情绪这里无论是作为剧作家还是导演都可以发挥，所以他是天才，他的剧足以现象级大爆，未来也会如同《吉屋出租》不停在百老汇演绎，他在这里不仅单纯改编原音乐剧，还加入了一些《吉屋出租》的内核，他不仅做到了平衡还将乔纳森的悲剧和坚持的精神串通起来，要知道多数导演连音乐剧和电影间的平衡都做不到
全片唯一高潮似乎就是桑德海姆的“到场“，音乐剧电影拍成剧情和歌曲完全不相融，精心设计出的歌词与画面的“同步”无法带来任何情感上的共鸣。不触及90年代真实的政治氛围、不展现舞台艺术在LGBT文化运动中的先锋性质，就永远无法正确地驱魔，没有记忆何来克服，只有浮于表面的致敬。
更明白滴答滴答嘣，明白心底倒数的走针声。
①大学时演的第一部剧就是本片主角写的Rent，②餐厅忙碌的段落也让我想起了在当年在中餐厅打工的日子，③主角的状态也是让人羡慕的，他付不起房租但仍坚持创作，而我付不起房租却仍麻木不仁…④所以就个人而言是部情怀片，暂时无法客观对待
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.
全片唯一高潮似乎就是桑德海姆的“到场“，音乐剧电影拍成剧情和歌曲完全不相融，精心设计出的歌词与画面的“同步”无法带来任何情感上的共鸣。不触及90年代真实的政治氛围、不展现舞台艺术在LGBT文化运动中的先锋性质，就永远无法正确地驱魔，没有记忆何来克服，只有浮于表面的致敬。
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