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.
这群人讨论600万人的生死 居然那么从容淡定 细思极恐有没有？ 这个版本做了一些改编 资料是绝密的 甚至会议纪要都是要求销毁处理 这个里面最后都发出去了？
德国人的严谨，一丝不苟和高效，在这场会议中完全用在邪恶目的上了。
单纯而脆弱的人 溺亡在时代的重压落下之前 comprehensive的风格手法 住在出租屋里穷困的文艺青年 让人想起罪与罚里的罗佳
莱辛从一开始就眺望着远方，一切终将毁灭
扯回来，理想主义者的困局在于实在没法改变那些自己早已设想过多次的东西，突然想起汤姆希林在我们的父辈中扮演的角色和法比安也有几分相似之处，不管是post-war还是pre-war，不管是柏林还是巴黎，流动的盛宴都在宴席和个人心中诞生、幻灭着，而泽尔达和黛西永远都在绿光的那一侧。无法寄希望于存在主义改变的现状，无奈的逆水行舟，友情爱情亲情理想像多米诺骨牌一般逐个倒下，也许我们最终都只能选择退守内心，做一个麻木的君士坦丁。
魏玛背景是我偏爱的，汤姆希林是我偏爱的，风格化影像是我偏爱的，絮语式叙事是我偏爱的。但我却偏偏感受不到「喜欢」(-ι_- )(前半段太抓人了，后面完全就是冗长与乏味)
没有半点血腥
虚无代替了存在，惧怕现在和未来
难忘入冬的第一场雪❄️德国电影节首映，连线男主太开心了！
同时经历过一战战败和德国青年运动的法比安，面临着魏玛共和国逐渐高涨的民粹主义和经济衰败，书写着"活着只是侥幸，死亡才是必然"预告末日的来临。
三个小时的电影，竟然看完了…开头high到飞起的剪辑和表现手法以为又是一部导演意识流作品，结果后面故事反倒渐入佳境…虽然依然不懂导演要表达的东西，但同样入围金熊，我觉得这片子可比获奖那部好看多了…3.5
开始那些黑白片和分镜头剪辑以为是怀旧歌舞片、然后那个旋转铁楼梯酷似特朗佛某部片，这是法国片吗？！停下来几次感叹，怎么那么好呢，那个从额头到鼻尖再被吃掉的手指细节——啊想哭😭
故事发生在1931年8月，当时德国经济崩溃，纳粹势力将在1932年崛起。纳粹思想已经开始燎原。男主名叫雅各布，却喜欢别人称他的姓，这里可能暗示他是犹太人。最后一个镜头他的笔记被焚可能也是呼应他是犹太人。当时还未迫害犹太人，只是喊"德国觉醒"。最后法比安淹死，柯内莉亚在咖啡馆如约等候着和法比安新的开始。可又有什么新的开始呢？你以为这够糟糕了吗？德国后面还有二战呢...三个小时的情节很丰富，但是黑白片的插入、古老的旁白、莫名其妙的闪回让我有些不耐烦。汤姆希林的忧郁气质把我摁在椅子里，他抽烟太多咯。和科内利亚的相遇压马路，短暂相恋还是很甜，穷到骨子里但是很甜。性欲强烈、老鸨、富婆莫尔和法比安的几次相遇，看得出来大姐还是相当喜欢弟弟，但每次都被拒绝。法比安和母亲不约而同悄悄给对方塞下20块钱的情节很温暖。
周日下午 我会从四点开始
喜欢那些战乱时代无意义的浪漫致死的行为 通过无意义的美展示战争的毫无意义
确实是“不合时宜的人”。摄影满分，色彩极佳。最近看的片子越来越像自己，做不了婊子又要立牌坊，抛不开撒不下，自欺能力强到登天，肯为五斗米折腰，活到最后也没输出像样的价值，人就在这样的状态中行步入中年。活着究竟为了什么？
而当友人自杀后，法比安找学院教授对质，教授言不由衷说出——“拉布德为何在政治上如此直言不讳，我们需要新的秩序，事情不能再这样下去了，这种享乐主义......这种后战争时期的混乱必须被终结，凡事都有它的用处，牺牲也是，一切都必须要向好的方向发展”时，事情发展已无可挽回
什么样的国家才会让几个十几个人决定几百乃至几千万人的生死。
挺喜欢几度示爱的女性，但确实有点长啊（也想点三个汤姆希林的吻）
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