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.
在长达半小时的家庭伦理大战之后，终于抛弃了琐碎，丢下了生活终于寻找了自我。爱不分性别，人亦是。没有隔阂的灵魂之州，照片追寻你的足迹，夜路路灯下的宿醉，缠绵悱恻的吻，终究是爱意打败了抗拒。结尾的处理好棒，终要跟爱情告别，与生活上路，车开，字幕起，音乐响起，私人的渴望早就成了两个不分彼此的爱。 @2022-01-19 00:36:47
3.5，失业男警察满世界寻找网恋对象算是一个很有趣的题材，我看着看着，才发现原来后半段才是影片的重点。男警察从直到弯的转变确实让人诧异，甚至让人怀疑后续强烈情感建立的基点，但在王家卫风格一般的光影世界里，这似乎合理，似乎也不够合理。私人荒漠，看似孤独，但只要付出了情感，哪怕最后一无所获，在干柴烈火之际，世界只有你我。
前面一直都很好，结尾真不行，生活本就不完美，刻意扭转就大可不必了，停留在伤感的情绪中岂不是更好
山无陵天地合我都要点这个赞。
6.5/10，喜欢这个故事的情调（非电影评论）
就像导演在是有意缝合两个故事，其可见的“缝合痕迹”恰恰是电影关键所在。因为电影中两人的故事只有通过并置的方式才能更好呈现。而邦妮·泰勒的配乐也为该影片的结局注入了温情
看似时髦实则土味，把当代人的故事包装成电影节流水线产品给老头们看的，拿奖密码max。（但好像也没拿啥奖…）另外男主这形象我老觉得是个演动作片而不是搞网恋的，不知道选角的时候出于什么个考虑
给这个不太合常理的happy ending加一星
PS: 最大的问题是戏剧冲突表达无力，张力不足，故事个人YY处太多，不切实际且烂俗。
一种巴西社会/世界主流内部分国家政治性的人物影射，由强硬暴力的传统男性形象(警察)转而至阴柔浪漫的“女性”，直男与跨性别者的恋爱诞生则代表着人类伪父系中心的调换和进步，行为背后对自我和Ta人的坦诚接受，便是一种爱意迸发的原始本能，而这种迫于改变的现况不止存在于两性关系中，本身也标志着对原有社会政治建筑的直觉化解构。在这场无法弥合的爱情漩涡中，我们最终可以见证私密的自由荒漠可以胜过无解的城市规训，并相信进步的可能。电影层面自二者视线转移交替之后的大部分美学灵感就来自于王家卫了，夜晚强饱和度运动捕摄+经典流行复古歌曲的组合，在保有前后剧情转折衔接的基础上，几场极具亲密感的戏份还能拍得如此自然优美令人叹服。另外Motorola在南美的手机市场占有率真的高，已经不止一次在南美电影中看到了，恍如隔世。
故事上两人的视角转变，结尾在合二为一，讲的不再是感情，而是文化和社会的现状。
这种缓慢讲故事挺好，但这故事实在是太一般了。一个画面普通的日常剧情简直不知道自己在期待什么。0的声音太男性化，导致一开始男主听语音的时候让我产生极大困惑，男主听的到底是不是网友语音？男主有没有意识到网友是个男的？等等等等。这样对关键性信息的模凌两可导致后面网友出现前的剧情都十分心不在焉。还有网友在线上回应变少，男主直接跑到对方所在城市满大街贴寻人启事，配上之前的暴力事件，改改直接就是恐怖片。
好久没看到愿意拍得这么认真的同性片。像王家卫的皮，但也有本土化的东西。绿光红裙，蛇皮裸背，那样极致的打光在暧昧、炙热、模糊不清的南美被肆意纵容着，变得更性感，更自然，更贴近人的肌肤。
🎭演员表现：
一直在担心 丹尼尔知道sara 是女的怎么办？会有什么反应之类的 其实就如robson所说 他一直是sara 也一直是robson 名字、器官只是代号 最重要的是你的感觉 只要你觉得幸福、开心 在不伤害别人的前提下，你可以做你自己，就是你自己 你喜欢、开心就好🥰😍
并非或者没有多少Karim Aïnouz-ish，看完不奇怪会被选中代表巴西竞逐最佳外语片（已炮灰），其实我想看反对bolsonaro的人如何评论这部优先在欧洲市场发行有着重“写实主义”的lgbtq+电影以及另一部先在国内亮相的jesus kid（之前看到巴西人的反应就已种草）
觉得这片男二颜值影响了评分，对比同年的《欲火鸟》《限时单身》《有答案的男子》，真不比这三部差
大猫猫和大狗狗的美好故事。如果不是CG动画的狮子和狼，那真的要给最佳演员奖！
男主一开始真的很挫，救啊结果越看越性感辣得我头晕目眩，这片给我整体感觉是一种衣衫单薄的闷骚，其实风格没有很像王家卫，我想导演领略到了内核。水坝和湖好美好美
Self identity. Second half seems rushed but all beautiful
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