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.
前三分之二是传记片拍法，没有很优秀，不过各类熟悉的人物和事件，还是让人很喜欢看的。后三分之一突然变成狗血爱情故事，而且是最不耐看的那种，转变突兀……
题材优势就是一边骂导演一边哭 Louise和古sir加一颗星
AMC 拍成了流水账，但依然感动，从Leslie葬礼开始一路哭到底，结尾《夕阳之歌》定格在Anita挥手告别的镜头处理得特别好——张国荣的葬礼已经彩排过她的，她已经完成心愿，穿着婚纱和舞台和歌迷告别。开头八十年代的香港风尚好美，每一套便装都想仔细研究。演员其实很不错。王丹妮短发侧颜和梅艳芳一模一样，但正脸时常让我跳戏郭可盈，她扎起马尾或者盘发我甚至感觉是盖尔加朵的感觉=。=Leslie的演员眼睛也极像。可惜妆化得根本看不出年龄变化。那些隐晦的香港大事都让我替Anita庆幸去世得早，要是活到现在她还能面对这样的香港吗？（很明显曾经民众心向大陆，每次赈灾义演捐款都很积极，如今这境地都是被逼出来的）
很俗套，但并不俗烂，还是有惊喜的。一线明星就是孤独忧郁，市井乡民就是善良温馨，但实际上像Isabel的势利眼现实中并不在少数。不过导演给出的结局还是挺不错的，普通人和大明星最后在一起的故事想一想就得了。
有的地方还挺好笑的，如果你不太在意他的剧作逻辑的话
罗马假日梗已经是今年第二次玩了，第一次的marry me效果一般，所以本来没抱期待但是却发现每一个人物都很鲜活有趣，看来即便是大数据剧本，好莱坞处理起本土的少数族裔还是信手拈来的，而且结局也没有落入俗套。PS萨马拉维文这个神颜居然咖位不上不下真是不公平！！
两版对比看，2006和2022，后者更好看些。
初恋都是被美化的记忆，严重怀疑喜多川和近藤联手做戏，让Anita知难而退……和哥哥的友谊就太好哭了。
没看过原版，现在看这种屌丝YY和大明星的艳遇真是非常老套，老母亲这个人物挺有意思加1分，虽然早就猜到她的结局还是有点唏嘘，好在她终于在40多年之后又有了第二春并且在幸福中离开，没有遗憾了。
如果许鞍华没有拍第一炉香而是导【梅艳芳】，我相信一定会成为当代的经典。可惜现在这部电影成品过于流水账，还不如拍成纪录片，梅姑很多经典的演出其实今天看来依然是绝佳的流行icon。这位新人演员气质撑不起来，另外，演哥哥的那位演员，请问你谁啊？
3.5吧，结尾很不错，没有强行couple～我一直是很喜欢这个女主，但她确实瘦得有点儿脱相了。不太喜欢的部分是前面那些拉丁移民的欢呼，有点儿搞不清导演到底是政治讽刺还是在迎合，很别扭。
这部剧去掉H段子非常适合国产化，男主适合沈腾，马丽修车店老板，女主找个稍有点演技的流量小花，男主哥们有开心麻花的班底演，快去买版权吧。
翻拍自06年法国电影《谁主名花》。片长比原版的略长，选角方面个人感觉不如原版，尤其男主缺乏魅力，原版里男主和女主年纪相当，是个长得还算不错的小伙，美国版里却是个47岁的泊车大叔！使得故事说服力偏弱。人物关系之间的改变也不小，尤其男主和自己爱人的关系，原版是青梅竹马，对方只把男主看做弟弟；美国版却变成了离婚边缘的夫妻…这些人物关系的改动让故事变得苍白，减弱了可信度。
这个叫黄世宁的导演拍的两部片都觉得牛逼，把控这种温情小品很厉害，女主真是我的最爱
不太出彩 就是一个女明星找人假装男友来躲绯闻的故事 没什么很好的笑点 我甚至感觉不到男主到底哪里吸引了这个什么风浪都见过的女明星。她最孤独的夜晚去看了他儿子的话剧 和他的亲朋戚友们玩了一下 仅此而已 寂寞时的感动都不是真的 能陪她的人多了去了 退一万步来说只不过是她本来的男朋友太渣了而已（东邻西舍的Dave！看到他就想笑）不过最后男主没和女明星在一起倒是挺好的没有太俗套。PS我老喜欢萨玛拉维文 这里她都瘦到成骷颅了 但眼睛还是好看 身材真好 演的也不错！为她加一星！
这个导剪版简直噩梦啊，你做个插叙剪辑多好啊，硬是一股脑把所有素材剪了个流水账
挺好 在hulu上看的 没来洛杉矶之前还真少用代客趴车服务的 但是洛杉矶缺失到处都是 周末清新小电影 没啥深意 没啥复杂的
感觉看了个mv混剪，哭的都是真人出来的时候…
2、近藤那一段，改名字我没意见，但是既然是传记，就应该照实说。前面还讲了梅艳芳早期喜欢中森明菜，为什么中间就不敢讲了？
没想到泪点的地方还挺多的，芳华绝代live那场的片段出来的时候一瞬间就哭了
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