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.
剧场感太强烈了，这种剧情紧凑又张弛有度的室内戏我好爱。
满满的师徒爱，拍得很好，节奏，结构，演员的表演也很棒。北野武导演的名字如雷贯耳，原来他还是漫才大师，突然有兴趣去看他的电影了。
小成本电影 出场角色不多颇有舞台感 黑帮情仇 多方角力都在小空间里完成 完成度还挺高。
BEsboke
我说实话，很久没有一部电影看哭了……师傅死的时候，让我想到了《兹山鱼谱》，那种师生情太让人肃然了……
怪不得北野武这么喜欢踢踏舞，总是和我所知的北野武有些违和
精巧的三一律剧本，马克·里朗斯稳稳压阵。几次反转蛮有意思的，也让戏剧张力在狭小的环境里发挥到了纯熟功效，结尾的那一段反派爬起来，以及马克叔点火，都有点煞风景，不过不妨碍整体的“一出好戏”。看下来之后惊觉，这应该是短片的体量撑成了长片吧。
全片发生在裁缝店里，很有舞台剧的范儿。芝加哥黑帮和英国老裁缝都很有腔调，所以故事看得不出戏。
闷头做事，侧耳倾听，穿针引线，挑拨离间，一身功夫，一场大火，没有假期的杀手，心若在，梦就在，大不了重头再来。
看《梅艳芳》的时候哭的稀里哗啦，所以看到《浅草小子》是讲北野武出道时的故事，也备好了眼泪。完全没有想哭的感觉，只是很认真的把电影看完了难受了一会。可以挠着观众笑，煽着观众哭，但技术性手段终归有观众看多了看腻的一天，拿点能触动观众人性的东西才不会过时。没读过北野武的书，一直误认为北野武就是电影里看到的那个北野武，看完《浅草小子》才知道被北野武骗了很多年。
一直看到临近结尾阿武和师父从酒馆里走出来，送阿武上车时跟他说如果车费有剩余记得拿回来给我的那一幕才彻底明白了阿武在师父心里的份量，也确实没想到这竟然说师徒此生最后的缘份。
剧情其实有刻意设计的地方，但结局还是不错的。
精彩啊，Mark Rylance的掌控力太强了，神演技。非常精彩的室内戏和文戏，时长也把握的很克制。你大爷永远是你大爷。
有一些设定没有充分利用。卡司有点剧透…挺好，非常放松欢乐。漂亮女生可以远走高飞看世界啦。
很喜歡把那個失望刻劃的很明顯，想唱歌的千春，唱得很好，拍完手，台下觀眾只會問他什麼時候要脫衣服；老闆娘苦撐去借錢，錢莊老闆問他你還要撐到什麼時候，離開吧也離開深見；只是為了彌補脫衣舞秀空檔的短劇，講得再好也沒人在乎。
为了大叔多一颗星，太喜欢北野武了，真实，不做作
看过北野武自传《无聊的人生，我死也不要》后就会知道，他年轻时在浅草的生活可比这部电影里要燥多了哈哈哈。
在车上看的，好看。Mark Rylance真是演什么像什么，角色演绎得甚至比本来就精彩的本子更出彩。唯一不太满意就是老Boyle略弱，做到老大的警觉性也太差。
喜忧参半。结构很好，甚至舞台剧可以沿用。裁缝的故事总是有很多，他们总是身兼数职，可以是特工、可以是情报员、可以是黑帮。无论潜藏着怎样的城府，也不及那身上的一件西装！创作的很高级，却仍旧感觉意思不大，也许我不喜欢这样的类型吧。看着很累，好似不能错过任何一句台词一般，结束后一回味，就那么回事吧！
居然是谍战片吗。
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