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.
明明确实没什么意义。
有点惊喜，虽然本质上是一个母亲的自我审视，但其丰富的脑洞和精彩的视听语言还是觉得眼前一亮，石头的那个段落堪称精彩。不过这种优点也是缺点所在，后面剧情的疲软反而觉得有些审美疲劳了
We're all small and f******king stupid...
没想到一个传统的故事内核，能套上这样癫狂的外壳，眼花缭乱到看不过来。变成石头后女儿那句“嘘，就让我们安静的做块石头”居然让我哭了，自己都觉得莫名其妙。有人觉得前半段好，有人觉得后半段好，当然也有人觉得从头到尾都不好，可能取决于有没有引起共鸣吧。我在后半段居然哭了好几次，怎么说呢，就是也常觉得这狗屁倒灶的日子什么时候是个头，不如还是毁灭吧。无数次这样想，就跟贝果黑洞那样，吸进去算了。要是去年看这片，我会打五星。但是终究我们不会真的毁灭，不找到一个方式和解又能怎么办呢？日子还在过，还是有时候想毁灭，有时候又心存热爱，直到世界真的崩塌。
我的评价是不如皮克斯红色小熊猫。格局小了。。。
嗑药嗑到无法抵抗虚无最后答案是回归生活，回归爱。“活着，吃饭。”
剧情走向能够预估一半，嗑high程度完全超出预期。粤语区东亚女观众共情直接拉满。看到影评分化出三种类型，可以看出三种小孩：幸福家庭小孩，大家长控制欲弱于影片理想化描述的小孩，以及受到多倍摧残的小孩，还真的是笑不出来…PS：贝果真的让我联想了无数次库尔贝的《世界的起源》…
4.5。疯狂多元宇宙奥德赛。跨越无数维度和时间进行的和解，笑中带泪。「我永远、永远都想和你在一起。」
创意可嘉，表演合格，商业层面上完成度高。但商业导向制造出1⃣️打斗太多2⃣️低级趣味桥段充斥。
华裔移民家庭的焦虑压迫窒息感太强了，导演的kinky趣味让影片轻松不少。
看不出來有什麼必要一定要在外公面前出櫃，你不希望原生家庭用它對世界的理解綁架你，那麼你為什麼需要它對你的認可？這很奇怪。你又不是鈔票，你的價值，不因你是否向所有人證明而存在。F**K away the 大家長。
配得上“天马行空”这四个字，极尽癫狂与戏谑之后，最终落足于情感，满满的爱。
我希望我妈过她最享受的人生就好了，是不是跟我爸/跟我一起不重要。
男女主的爱情也很感人
引经据典，信手拈来，一次类型片的大杂烩，影迷梗天花乱坠，香港电影（尤其是动作设计）或成为最大的养料，作为一个曾经的香港影迷真的会感动。多元宇宙，荒芜世界，颓废人生，唯爱可cure。👩🏻👧🏻👨🏻👁👩🏻❤️👩🏼👨👩👧
我和赵先生恰好是放映厅里唯二的华人，和周围其他族裔的人一起笑一起哭。always be kind。so damn proud！
和Turning Red的内核好像，只不过这部的主角是妈妈。东亚女性如何摆脱桎梏做自己真是个永恒的问题，即使想象力如此天马行空，最终好像也只能说说服自己回到原来的社会结构里。略遗憾。
看了两次。很多桥段创意真的很棒。但是这部片子的性别观念以及对于传统家庭婚姻的捍卫真的非常bother我。女性反正就是妈妈女儿和妻子，互相套牢，永远得不到真正的自由。
利用科幻的手段对我世界观的冲击力度不如《超体》，多重宇宙的部分可能真的发生也可能并没有发生，真正的落脚点是妈妈和女儿的关系，从一开始的无效沟通到最后的相拥和解，Evelyn的多重宇宙体验就像一次灵性觉醒，可能还是会说错话，生活或许还是一团糟，但是在一个nothing matters的世界里，我们需要知道自己最爱的是什么。但如此高度抽象化的故事，以及虚无的世界观，不是我最喜欢的角度。
看哭三次，有我想看到的一切，简单（岩石世界甚至做成PPT），真诚（杨的一颦一笑都让我想到自己的母亲），还有各种傻得可爱的设定（菊花侠、热狗手指、料理浣熊），所谓“天马行空”不是要有多么超绝的想象力（平行宇宙早就烂大街了？！），而是它真的挖空一切心思把你逗笑又让你感到温暖，中间从银幕拉回影厅一幕是对这部电影最好的注解，我们何尝不是留恋着银幕上的平行世界，一遍又一遍地从中汲取“能力”以应对生活中的琐事，而最终也是最老生常谈的事实是，我们所能得到的最大的能力就是去爱
Copyright © 2015-2023 All Rights Reserved
