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.
戴口罩看这种电影太反人类了，哭得口罩都湿了，糊在脸上好难受
前面100分钟笑点密集，笑得人仰马翻，后面从贾玲奔跑那里没忍住看哭了，全片没有拉垮的演员，满分好评。
故事说不上新颖，可是母亲这个点总是能打动人，希望每个做母亲的女生记得对自己好点，不要牺牲不要伟大，让自己开心快乐很重要。
真的是大惊喜啊！影片的喜剧部分其实就非常讨巧，像是近几年麻花的笑点与贾玲春晚小品笑点的结合和集中展现，虽然较为零碎和耍嘴皮子，但是因为密度之大所以并没有影响观感。在故事上则非常令人惊喜，我本以为会是那种套路的穿越题材，但当最后展开抒情时才惊叹于影片的野心，故事的编排绝对比近几年国内的主流喜剧要强。但是影片最为难得的是情感的真挚，没有去用廉价的笔触去强行换取观众的眼泪，而且贾玲把自己真真切切的对于母亲的感情融入到影片中去展现，像是纪录更想是抒怀，这一点就让影片的抒情很高级。这应该是一部我个人认为近几年国内最好的主流喜剧片了。
可惜国内院线估计是看不了了……只能说牛逼 a new old play 戏里戏外是戏也是现实 新老交替是新的也是老的
沒看過原來的小品，大概猜到了是給媽媽遲來的情書，但真的特煩這種以私人情感綁架觀眾的片子，說白了就是導演的自我感動。在小品中插穿越梗就很離譜，何況你才從天而降剛醒凳子都還沒坐上張嘴就來句“現在是哪一年”我就真的很想罵人了。小品梗都好過時很爛俗，張江的演員一張嘴真的很想讓他出門直走上春晚，大哥這不是你的舞台。最後日劇跑眼淚直掉強行煽情影廳裡前面笑得有大多聲的觀眾哭得就有多難過，我真的全程白眼，累了。一星給你媽吧，現實中的那位。
真的很好哭。
实际上三星都很勉强的……豆瓣分太高了8.2，好吧2星……没有任何创新，剧情拖沓，强行煽情……
剧本很聪明，圆得也很巧妙，几乎找不到这个类型以往存在的问题。一是怀旧年代戏不塑料的美术，没有美化修饰那个年代的物质匮乏。这个故事从头到尾和贫富有关，是想要过上好日子的念头驱动；二是人物选择上，女主是遵从自己内心去选择了自己喜欢的。完成了一部女性题材应该有的尊重和关怀。以前的院线片看不到，因为女导演太少了，有这个意识但能把电影拍给全国人看的女导演也太少了；三是这个故事设定，穿越过去弥补遗憾的模式塞进任何一个类型里都好看，它很容易找准情感点。但不是每次类型都匹配对细节，放弃科幻细节是最聪明的一步；四是在煽情之余巧思依然在线，结尾那辆破车紧紧回扣开头的要出人头地，非常好的反成功学反类型。哪怕导演本人现实里早就出人头地但结尾这一笔的价值取向，你可以是个普通人，感受到了来自导演的一种平视视角的尊重。
成都人，四川人，嘿地道，嘿有文化，嘿美丽，嘿醇厚，就像喝白酒，呛的你眼泪流下来，脑袋爆炸出高兴来，兴奋的二麻二麻的
最佳观影搭档是 女儿+妈妈+外婆 这样绝对哭死你们
真的很好哭。
歌颂母德，令人不适。如果一个创作者的私人情绪泛滥成灾，那么最终成品也只能是一个灾难。
30/100 俗套至极的剧作本就奠定了不佳的观感，而后大篇幅的自我感动更叫人尴尬得无地自容。也许贾玲真的把电影当作了小品，如乱炖的类型语气割裂了所有闪光点，却依然妄图用“真实事件”来掩盖除了俗套的情感升华什么也不会的事实，并且前者早已在矫揉的煽情桥段里被消弭得一干二净。在影院看纯粹浪费票钱。
电影的所有呈现，打四分其实就可以了，但是多出来一星要给到女导演视角下的女性主题，完全没有让人有任何不适（拉踩隔壁某探3）。没有刻意制造的笑点更没有刻意制造的哭点，一切都是很自然的发生了然后触动观众，这很难得。好喜欢贾玲，有谁会不喜欢贾玲呢。
每一帧都写满了真诚。绝大部分笑料停留在春晚级别，基础的预期违背以及偶尔的body shame和屎尿屁，最高级的算是二人转舞台的沉默，沾了点时代性差异和人文气息。我最喜欢的包袱是王小利宋晓峰的内部梗。整体观感如友邻言，看情感力量的冲击是否大到让你主动忽略诸多作为一部电影的不合理。恐怕是我到了一事无成、对家庭愧疚的年纪了，太容易对这种反馈亲情的作品共情，那句“我的记忆里我妈妈就是中年妇女的样子”一出来直接给我整破防了。btw，贾玲的导演之路就止于此是最好的选择，毕竟这种老天爷给的题材不会有第二个了
去掉后面煽情的感觉会更好点，另外贾玲不应该自己当女主，看着她的脸实在是不像刚毕业的高中生。。。
什 么 T M D 叫 反 转
而且没有令人不适的颜色笑话，女性视角就很棒👍🏻
好好笑啊！
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