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.
太喜欢了………编排太牛了编曲也都好喜欢 太好看了点………太喜欢了😭
我们向失去的东西致敬，我们也纪念我们发现的东西。向世界上真实存在的善意和友爱致敬。如果是你，你也会这么做。永远为人性和善良热泪盈眶。
这部音乐剧不仅做到了令人难忘的音乐效果，亦在幽默的基础上增添了人性的光辉。
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
割席的、伪善的、精致利己的假温和派 好好看看激进派们在做些什么！
特殊时期来看这种民间自发互助还是挺感动的。临结尾的创伤后遗以及十年后的生活还得继续，只愿不要歧视和平共处吧！
9分，一气呵成，淋漓尽致。从审判开始到审判结束，每一次开庭都是一场腥风血雨。当一场法律审判沦为政治和个人利益的工具，就早已失去了其公正与尊严，更无法得到世人的尊敬。
用一个词来形容就是平庸，剧情平庸，叙事平庸，演员平庸，里朗斯和小雀斑、囧瑟夫基本没什么发挥空间，反倒法官施展的比较尽兴。不过这类写实的片子意义大于内容，看过的好多基本都是这个水准。
有一些点如“酒吧的窗内是惬意奢靡的50年代，而窗外却是鲜血淋漓的60年代”这一幕着实引人深省。但表面看索金是在沉痛的批判，但他越沉痛就越说明他爱美国之深。
机长的演唱太精彩了，印象最深刻的一个角色，演技很棒，寓意也很好，非常有爱的一部音乐剧
很久没看到这么劲的群戏和文本了，以至于现在很想去把艾伦·索金之前录过的编剧小课堂恶补一番。顺便说一句和电影不太搭边的，看雀斑君用美音演戏总是感觉莫名的出戏。
8.4 索金对剧本的把控可谓是稳重得当，每句台词都宛如利刃刀刀见血极具力度，这场审判变成了法庭上思想与政治上的血拼，高度还原了美国政治极度动荡的那个年代，是当年政治思潮辩证政府体制的缩影。在群像的精彩演绎和索金强有力度的剪辑闪回下叙事极富煽动力，将电影步步推向高潮。而这也正是电影的亮点所在。但索金过多的左派立场思想让电影角度变得不公正也一定程度上修改了历史细节，这使得本片变成了一场左派份子的狂欢。
真实事件改编，十周年的时候当着全村人表演个专场也太感人了吧，美式主旋律的正确用法。演员们一人分饰乘客和岛民，很考验基本功和调度了。
疫情看真的太应景了。黑暗中才更能看到善意的光。太温暖了。
结构工整的好处是简洁有力 坏处是让真实的历史仿佛被放入玻璃钟罩里被人凝视打量 鲜活不足 这片子推出的日期就足够玩味 换选年好莱坞干脆不遗余力 一左到底 让大家复习一下历史上的今天 被标签化久了仿佛有标签成了什么坏事似的 可惜这一次我们成了在褐色玻璃里侧的人 觥筹交错间 历史在小酒馆的内外轮转 希望清醒的人能多一点吧。
20年过去了。
艾伦索金的剧作技术太恐怖了，但私以为这部片子应该在此基础上有更精致深沉的影像设计以及一个更独道的导演灵魂。
索金的电影应该叫speech film：完全靠对话驱动、用对话衔接镜头、以对话为主要甚至唯一动作的电影。本片尤其明显的是一个场景常剪在人物一句话说到半截再由下个场景中的人物完成这个句子，用言语的对比、延伸和重复制造speech montage，而其余音效（杯子响、掌声、法槌、摔门声）都是不间断的台词间为数不多的标点。配乐则无足轻重，本片中只有类似警民冲突这种不以可辨识对话为核心的短暂场景中作为不易察觉的低音和声存在（《社交网络》就不会这样）。好在speech正是法庭的特征和公民不服从的内核，话语权的争夺成为影片最直观（闻）的戏剧冲突，所有情感调动也皆由与话语和话语权相关的剧情点燃起。缺点是本片成了大型mansplain六十年代精神现场，这种对speech的迷恋和索金所代表的白男局限进步政治简直一体两面。
既工整纯熟，又曲折激情。Sorkin 就适合制作这类历史性或纪实性强的片子，节奏感好的一批。4.5星。
4.5 我是真的太喜欢这部电影了，对政治毫不感兴趣的话看起来也一点儿不费力，索金的剧本能力一如既往的扎实。据说这部电影13年前就立项了，现在美国政治环境下拍出来倒是刚刚好十分合适。但缺点也很明显，就是太工整了，所有条条框框都是无形地被框死的，演员少了很多发挥的余地。另外，一部电影能集合这么多我喜欢的演员（小雀斑、囧瑟夫和Jeremy Strong）真是不容易
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