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.
72/100 #EFM# 以动情的方式告别死者，以年轻拍年老，时间在不同叙述方式之间和叙述层面内外跳转。只是没看过Kaos也不了解Vittorio的话，部分片段真的不知道在干嘛…
最后那段的幻象我还蛮喜欢这种拍摄手法的。OST不错～以及最后的最后还有一小段，千万不要关掉走开ps看完好想要个丝绒质地的铅黄色斗篷啊
相比城内的拥挤混浊暮气沉沉，奇诡的密林和荒郊充满了生的隐喻。不得不说结尾真好，欲念固然生长繁茂虬结，但扔掉绿腰带的一刻，骑士的向死之路才真正有了归程。
7.0 西方聊斋，魔幻气氛有了，但是人物刻画一个都不深刻，行为缺少原因和逻辑，剧情推得太快了
我这种文化沙漠干嘛要看这部电影啊！完全就是被预告片巨人给吸引罢了！
很稳。死亡与乡愁几乎是暮年大师们的永恒主题。看不懂是正常的！
被骗了，超级垃圾不知所云的骗子，看了豆瓣的一些刷子评论，本以为能见识多么骨骼清奇的一部片，结果是智障话痨懒婆娘华丽带点奇幻的裹脚布，又臭又长还各种花哨，感觉自己花了一晚上，完全是在闻屎。这里剧透一下，帮他人节约生命：男主跟森林怪做游戏打赌，砍掉怪物脑袋，约定一年后被回砍一刀。然后男主各种犹移跋涉，遇到女巨人、狐仙、富翁，还和富翁老婆偷搞了一回，最后见到森林怪物，一番梦游后醒悟过来，除掉可以保命的魔法腰带，说我不作弊了，我准备好了，砍吧。怪物一看孺子可教，就用指甲抹了他的粉嫩小脖子一下说我们两清了，END。好长拉了两个多小时的屎啊！
诚然影片中段我也想把导演吊起来陀螺般抽打，但此片的前40分钟和结尾，通篇神话寓言的呈现，非常接近我心目中理想的电影……意象、背景、配乐、光影、调度、表演、布景。未经准备的少年在懵懂中踏上试炼之旅。高文的黄粱一梦，剪接中光阴如白驹过隙。
前边黑白段落非常好，钉子这个段落不认可，能感觉到导演想要表达一种漂泊后对于家乡的感情，就是太简单了，总体还是不错的一部个人感情表达的影片，镜头语言真好，就是太个人化，对于导演来说也许是成功的，对于观众就有些欠缺。
很美丽的童话，爆笑了好几次，跟想象的大红狗真的不太一样
如果是带脑子看这电影估计是2.5星，不带脑子看是4星，毕竟是童话故事，经不起那么推敲，觉得有意思好玩就得了
三星都给巨人穿行群山这里，太震撼了惊得我，应该多展开讲讲。
可能是对亚瑟王故事多少有点概念，所以对导演的各种隐喻和杂糅不反感，但是我也保不定如果是个其他故事我会不会还觉得这是个有趣的电影。镜头很漂亮。
伟大作家去世褪色，身体化作尘埃散去，但其完成和未完成的作品光鲜亮丽的延续下去，导演以此纪念去世的哥哥。
7/10. 只想要爽片和动作大场面的观众还是洗洗睡吧。本片灰暗，缓慢，带着六百年前原著的道貌与荒诞。导演通过非常艺术化的影像语言，用高文爵士的荒野奇幻冒险为外衣，表现的却是其自省与求索的精神内核。
现在 请取走我的头颅
这松松垮垮的节奏….是在消磨我的耐心吗……无聊至极
against the world, and there's me, and there's you.
放得下的归土，放不下的归海。多么蓝的大海，多么红的头发！作家手执长钉，永负其罪，直至在红发中燃烧。
有些个人主义色彩，但欠缺时间感的史诗改编片。非叙境元素的运用（提示性的字幕）也把想表达的人物内在成长和经典故事本身的“传奇”属性区分开来，整体的观感挺割裂的，但表层的奇幻历程和内里主人公心灵的成长之间莫名有一种难以言说的张力
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