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.
确实挺creative的，能看出来林聚聚倾注的真诚炙热，但可惜碎片化的表达没能让作品更进一步，音乐剧做底都会有这样的桎梏。Jon的故事很好哭，加菲的表演超出预期。致，每一位追梦人，每一个充满勇气的梦。
完成度不错，可惜只是一部没有丁点独创性的平庸之作。这类影片往往以“拥有自毁倾向的艺术家对抗无趣世界”为主题，其中必有“男主角过度投入工作，导致与女主角感情破裂”和“男同朋友在争吵中说出自己HIV阳性”等大量烂俗戏份，此类量产冲奥传记片我已经要看吐了。
命运啊、时间啊、生命的尽头啊…这一切都是难以捉摸又突然地降临。无法抵抗又无可奈何。
未必是最好的影片，却是当下最难得，最契合个人情绪状态的电影。同片中的主人公一样，在某项事业上投入了数年的时间精力，却没有得到任何回报，而身边所有美好的一切也一点点从自己生命中逝去。到底是再投入数年时间，还是退出这个行业另谋出路呢？我的人生又还有几个年头允许自己这么去挥霍消磨呢？
诺大可发挥空间最后却靠LGBT故事来燃情。
我们总也无法打败时间，我们永远逃不脱这时代，但我们仍拥有些感动，这感动永存，对吗？
加菲完全融入了角色，这一次他很用力，褒义的。
传记电影不容易过脑
把本身的情节和Jon剖白式的独角戏交织，让叙事更加完整，也将属于舞台和电影的东西独立开来，使二者的存在与交融显得更加和谐，加菲的演绎也让其中那些创作者的挣扎与坚持，显得分外动人。
滴答滴答倒数，拉森的三十岁来得太早，而他的三十六岁永远没有到来，林聚聚在音乐剧方面的才华让另一位天才的坎坷之路串接着倒数时刻的演出美妙地呈现出来，当然要算上加菲无可挑剔的表演，八年熬出的傲慢进不了百老汇，那就潜心创作下一部剧。
给LMM跪了，歌写得好，拍电影居然也这么棒，完美的电影化，超过In the Heights一个La La Land吧
虽然题材相似但感觉跟lalaland完全不同。看片尾的真人录像，本人还有一些局促不安一些逃避镜头和一些失落的感觉。印象最深的是男主问经纪人接下来怎么办？经纪人说写下一个，你只能不停地不停地写下一个。
拍摄手法和呈现普普通通… 想要了解Larson到底是个怎么样的天才的朋友还是去看看Rent吧…
严格来讲，这是一部挺套路的电影，是关于一个天才，在他传奇般的陨落之前，如何登上巅峰的故事。不过天才的种种疯魔，还是丰富了这个套路的骨架。
唐顿庄园好久不见。这次加入了老爷法国“认亲”，拍电影，老太太去世的情节，把所有人都调动起来。电影的加入和前情中战争对唐顿的影响一样，都在讲与时代的关联，旧事物迎接新事物。大小姐真的魅力无边，我甚至快忘了这几任丈夫都长啥样。
唐顿庄园好久不见。这次加入了老爷法国“认亲”，拍电影，老太太去世的情节，把所有人都调动起来。电影的加入和前情中战争对唐顿的影响一样，都在讲与时代的关联，旧事物迎接新事物。大小姐真的魅力无边，我甚至快忘了这几任丈夫都长啥样。
没看剧集直接看的电影版，一口气看了两部，感觉很惊艳。这么多人物在短短的2小时当中，即使不熟悉背景，也慢慢看出了端倪。人物和背景、服装一样美妙，似乎人人都很美好
那种生活或许已经不合时宜，但优雅永不过时。
多一星还是给情怀，这年头，好像也就这值钱了。就这种拍法，大概可以一直无止尽地拍下去。各种完美大结局，完美到甚至连老太太的过世都理所应当。可我还是怀念大表哥呀～～～
每看一强行凹出了情节故事线，英国人钟爱的happy ending
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