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.
这是拍给印度人看的吗？不止，这是拍给人看的
是啊，人民的意志不应该成为政客手中权利的游戏。
「我的出生就是个错误」，可用于很多个国家。大学最应是有担当的地方。印度电影有比肩韩国电影之势了。
结尾反转略显刻意，电影的主题和情绪煽动性极强
耀斑爆发迎末世，芬奇大叔无时日。造个杰夫机器人，继续铲屎陪狗子。
电影牛逼就牛逼在能将女性处境、教育腐败、政治阴谋、体制溃烂、种族歧视、煽动人心、媒体操控、正义边界、法律公信等等这一系列我们一般都不会碰的话题通过一桩女教师命案完美的串起来了。抛开上诉题材不说，电影节奏、悬疑性、人物塑造方面都属上乘。
一碗丰盛的麻辣烫，有女性议题，政治议题，媒体议题……警察冲动杀人确实一开始就不可信，果然反转了，律师那么神能弄明白事件全过程也不可信，后面也圆回来了，除了结尾有点理想主义喊口号，前面都很好，政治🟰黑暗，在哪个国家都是一样的，至少印度端出来这么一碗诚意满满的麻辣烫（不输韩国）而且，画面还蛮干净，真的是第一次见到……
反转就反转了，因为节奏一般故事讲得一般丝毫没有感到惊喜。想讲的东西太多了，一个多小时都看得很疑惑不知道到底想说啥，说印度是个大X坑吗？
又一部印度神片，太厉害了！不得不说，印度就敢拍这一点，就让国内望尘莫及无数个层次！！！学术造假、性别歧视、媒体操控、公检法的万恶体制……几乎所有的点都说到了，个人认为任何人都应该看一看此片！除了震动、震撼、震惊……之外，我找不到词汇表达我看完之后的情绪；另外，很多时候，我们知道的真相真的就是真相么？真相背后是什么？真相是谁说的算的？其实都不重要，重要的是你相信了什么……连续反转，律师振聋发聩的诘问让人灵魂颤抖！！！
故事C：肮脏政客煽动民粹主义换选票；
就是最好的帮凶
3.4，印度电影，拖沓好像是不可或缺的一部分。
谁和我一样只是一个瞎起哄的文青，眼见都不一定为实，何况是在政治乌云下布的局。网络时代不做那个带节奏的愤怒青年！
为了反转而反转，剧情夸张，音乐夸张，但有一些台词写得不错。
太温暖了，哭了，我是没想到一个末世片子能给我暖哭。那句“The three of us on the Golden Gate Bridge,like a painting that hasn’t been yet ”好美啊，这一刻的Jeff就像个吟游诗人，在末日里传唱着关于一个老头、一个AI和一条狗的故事
创作者的技法显然都撑不起表达欲，
甚至无须作鞭辟入里的有力剖析表达，
法庭上的几段话真的精彩，振聋发聩！可是几千年的糟粕真的很难改变。
当人与人没了沟通，对陌生人就会产生天然的不信任。
臭氧层破大洞末日版《鲁滨逊漂流记》，再混合《瓦力》、《匹诺曹》、《雨人》，Jeff 像一个机器人版的 Sheldon。人类真是糟糕啊，各种意义上。Jeff、杜威、狗狗都很可爱。唯有陪伴始终治愈。
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