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.
ps.这个导演名字挺逗
整部电影有种奇怪的暧昧感，如果换成小男孩，是不是有点《洛丽塔》的感觉呢？
这么平淡的一部电影，没刻意煽情却给我整落泪了。大人与孩子都在试着教会对方生活，大人不一定时刻聪明，小孩也不一定永远愚笨。
关于男主一直在进行的采访未成年人这条线也非常的有意义，这些小孩拥有远超年龄的智慧他们所说的话都堪称箴言金句，他们所讲述的关于人生关于个人关于社会关于世界的内容不管是大的还是小的议题都能对答如流。
太细腻了. 太喜欢了. 拿捏的真好. Felix和小男孩演的真好. 女主演的也挺好的.
PS:我突然想到，其实我们小时候还是有很多深刻的思想，长大了只想在刑法里找孔子赚快钱了 哈哈哈哈哈
It's OK to be not fine!
温润如水的电影，从孩童视角到孩童视角。但可能是看得越多口味越刁，竟只能严苛给三星。
黑白加分不少，叔侄之间的沟通方式很迷人。当他们谈论未来时，成年人给予未成年抑或说长辈给予后辈的温柔，如此平凡却弥足珍贵。
杰昆真的是治愈系演员，感觉他很喜欢这一类性格的边缘化角色，有着感性温柔的内心，有着自己的脆弱，just trying to understand others , like all of us.常常会忍不住和他的角色产生共鸣，觉得那简直就是自己。
啊吧啊吧啊吧啊吧，海边曼彻斯特式的剧情结构，诚实沟通面对解放自己，永恒不变的主题
eh,i just fucking hate children.
虽然可能稍显刻意和矫揉造作，但是片子拍的非常的细腻感人。叔侄之间的互动与冲突到最后的和解与互相关心。小孩子真的是让人又爱又恨啊。中间穿插的小孩的回答也很有意思。
你的孩子，Ta是属于你的，又是不属于你的，Ta爱着你，也恨着你，Ta既乖巧、懂事、体贴、幽默、天真，也敏感、叛逆、刻薄、顽固，Ta对这个世界有一套自己的看法，Ta也关心环境社会和城市的发展。黑白影像下的城市很美，让人想到了《爱丽丝城市漫游记》，小男孩的表演很灵动也很成熟，缓慢的节奏和叔侄俩平静的对白有种奇特的催眠效果。
jesse代表 （剧情片）
當cliche 拍得不落俗套，孩子想像的未來以及成年人不敢面對的將來，累極時為自己打打氣，c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon。生命糟透了，但很正常。
A24目前制作电影的三条路：1美式大型鸡汤（就像本片）2美式青春片（鸟小姐）3美式cult恐怖片及其衍生品（仲夏夜）
和小朋友做朋友，回归到还没学会人情世故的时候，随心所欲放声大叫。一直觉得下一秒就应该播come on, come on, come on, get through it🎶
色调很好看，但看了一半没看完，实在一般情绪上，小孩的演技不动人
3.虽然但是，小屁孩是真不好带，看了这个电影，谨慎生孩子，这孩子还算好的，但是经看得让人有点生气了，有些熊孩子更甚，so，带孩子是真不容易，生个孩子并把ta带大是对社会最大的贡献，国家应该予以有力支持。
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