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.
“果蝇的一辈子，周末愉快。”
索金的剧本就不吹了，但他对于自己的剧本依然无法进行取舍，整部电影仍然是被剧本支配带着跑，铺陈满密集对白和庞大信息量的法庭辩论、会议演讲、示威游行以及纪录片段，没有给予片刻让观众停下来思考喘息，你知道它所批判所要表达的，但影片结束后并不会被感染不会被煽动不会去反思，这是电影技法和视听的失败不是剧本的。在看的时候一直会想要是大卫芬奇、贝尼特米勒或者原定的绿草或老斯来处理这个剧本会是什么样？
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冲着六十年代，和艾伦·索金（《社交网络》《点球成金》《史蒂夫·乔布斯》的编剧）看的这部电影。还是他擅长的真实历史事件，讲述了1968年7名反战人士因未经批准举行抗议活动而被捕，随后接受政治审判的故事。“七君子审判”成为60年代民权运动的重要事件。
一句话没说清楚引发的血案，作案手法挺复杂，推理戏也凑合。不过总算发糖了，看到新一小兰终于确定了关系，不自觉的露出老父亲的笑容，加一星
极度热血而理想主义，但是最震撼的却也是这理想主义，因为你知道这些都是历史上确确实实发生过的。天下的政权们——过往或今朝——大抵是相似的。
驳回一场不公正的审判，为的是尊重逝去的生命。受到国民警卫队暴力对待的人们和在越南战争无辜牺牲的人们，两相对比，回答了人们相信自己处在怎样的国家这一关键问题。国家的合法性首先在保证人民的安危。
我对政府的藐视，远没有它对我的藐视多。
讲真，小兰是不是被PUA了，新一这种动不动就玩消失的臭男人怎么这么容易原谅的！墨迹死啦！本柯南死忠粉从小学追到现在都特么奔三了他俩居然才亲上，救命好吧！而且这集真的推理是什么鬼？拿注射器喷到天花板上这种鬼点子我用脚趾头都想不出来……而且不会溅到自己身上吗？注射器又跑哪去了！fine！我知道不重要……anyway，即便如此，已经比近几年的剧场版都要好看了……
你藐视你的政府吗？
4.5，艾伦索金越拍越好了，群戏拍的张弛有度。
不得不说比索金上一部导演的片子稳了太多，该痛就痛该爽就爽。一切历史都是当代史，是“OUR blood”掀起了暴乱。波拉特演了个这么严肃（？）的角色差点没认出来
历史是任人打扮的小姑娘，电影中的历史是，电影本身也是，时过境迁，蒙娜丽莎都有千万种神态。
在美国大选前放出这电影居心叵测啊。电影从人出发再到人，体现不仅美国政体优势和劣势也体现了作为人的权利。艾伦·索金又一部精彩的庭审故事，开场第一次庭审就张力十足，且勾勒出几位角色的性格。演员台词功力好强剪辑好棒
回顾起来 Abbie要比Tom格局大得多
3.8/ 最有冲击的剪辑部分在暴乱过程的交叉，历史总有记录，却也总有人掩盖。「全世界都在看」。名单一出，鸡皮疙瘩都起来了。霍夫曼说「给我点时间，我还从未因为我的思想被审判」的时候突然让人觉得魅力四射。BTW：没有出租车的豆瓣，现在搜索出来的V相关信息是「制作V：自由永在」那么，在哪里？
起承转合都很标准的电影，这代美国左派缺少了锐意进取的反思，更多的是对反抗的歌颂
用最近从看‘小宝’那里学来的话讲：这个戏是达标的。两小时算篇幅很长了，但感觉上节奏紧凑轻快，不觉得漫长。打个比方，索金是把一篇论文分解成很多条推，每一幕用金句短平快进行信息推送/轰炸，然后大量交叉剪、匹配剪、跳跃剪组合拳带节奏，结果是纯精彩对白推动的高浓度爽片。不要怪角色脸谱化也不要怪人物没有发展，索金的角色主要还是为他的对白服务而不是反之，而且惊喜的是检察官/艾比这俩还是有一丢丢层次感。实体内容来说，还是忠实于公民不服从‘良知唤醒’/‘革命从心开始’路线，在位者恰好大大的坏，制度尚有改良的空间，算不算对制度不公和种族歧视只够老白男隔墙瘙痒的批判就看官自行评判了。里面有一组镇压示威群众警察拿掉编号的镜头，看着令人毛骨悚然，不知是不是在向某地去年致敬，还是全世界震暴警都大大的坏
剧本真的赞，好电影就该是多元多视角两方理由让观众觉得都有道理的。看似疯癫的嬉皮士其实聪明克制，循规蹈矩的好学生却是骚乱源头心机深。也就美国有这种庭审，要在某地。。。。
這要重重的打醒那些老是認為美國人會為你出兵征戰的人的美夢，不要再異想天開，別劃錯電影內核的重點了。
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