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.
是不是没有价值就没有了意义 那些被忽略的不是东西 是生命
就那样吧 能看而已。
#9 分三次看完（抠鼻）…本来抱着观察体会看护者和被看护者之间权力不对等的预设来看的，看完觉得思考又困在了生命政治语境里的经典电车问题…想想🇩🇪政府换届之际飙升离谱的感染人数，“根本性解决老龄化问题”想想可能也不是讽刺的黑色幽默了
看得出來導演想把立意拔高「最後一段直面鏡頭控訴可見一斑」，演員想把印象打破「被套路面試後回家特別怕她殺了自己親爹」。事過境遷，勝利第一國天天在恐懼裡，失敗國們已經擁抱了新生活——代價都是愛的人，失去的和即將失去的。
我愿意用看dont look up的时间再看一次help
差不多三星半的样子，结尾有点迷。没有淹没在宏大叙事下而是体现个体悲剧才是电影的魅力所在。
这个是疫情以来第一部歪果仁有戴口罩的影视作品，这觉悟来来来，莎拉你会长命百岁的。
短评里有一句话也正是我想说的：关于这场突如其来的灾难，别人在拍什么，我们又在拍什么？
导演很喜欢虚焦拍摄啊，都看不清楚朱迪的颜了。很喜欢朱迪的口音，真的可爱。本片狠狠地打了英国防疫一脸，求救那段真的是无助而崩溃的。 结尾仓促了些，和全片有些不搭。朱迪加油啊
中间的长镜头，给得太好了。
Desperately helpless when facing the chronic Alzheimer, the unprecedented Covid-19 and the incompetent gov.
但有用么？
不是只有胜利的战役才值得出现在影视作品中，疫情正在消磨这个世界的所有人，我们遭受的无力与痛苦都是真实存在的，都是值得记录的。
还说 Jodie Comer这口音学着得多难啊，刚一看，原来就是正经的利物浦人。
难道只有戳伤疤的实话才叫正值，唱赞歌的实话就是洗脑？你们上纲上线的样子不也是像极了洗脑？
我们需要电影 需要 电影 说完这句话 泪目。
立意不錯 抓住了很多點 長鏡頭的調度和女主演技不賴
典型的小故事，大映射，强批判。无论从几乎全篇幅的浅焦镜头，还是从故事的设定，包括HELP每次出现的含义，都有很强的共情力，而且科默小姐姐的表现是真的有点厉害+1。但...最牛逼的地方可能还是那段：“我搞到的防护设备...全是从中国送来的。”
聚焦疫情的一部佳作，以小见大但也同样感人至深。希望国内也能学一下，同样命题作文，就算要主旋律也别乱搞自己驾驭不了的宏伟叙事。
尼玛这帮白皮帮助病毒变异了好几代了吧 还尼玛舔 豆瓣这群殖人
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