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.
新闻调查三十分：加湿器杀菌剂竟有毒，无良企业昧心害死人。
后期的反转还可以，前期一点都没看出来，完全做到了让观众跟着电影跌宕起伏。
为故事加一星，节奏真的太差了，导演功力不行，李善彬的演技好捉急。
大众商品出了问题后果真的很严重，可怕的是人们或许根本无法把这些不幸联想起来。
刚失去亲人坚决抵制涉事商家，坚持要法庭告赢时：“我不要你的臭钱！你以为你的钱就能买人命吗？他们能活过来吗？”涉事商家公布和解名单（有赔偿金）时：“怎么办，人死了我一分钱也没拿到”
好題材拍得一塌糊塗。不是裡頭多唱歌就叫歌舞劇的，還不如拍普通劇情片呢
现实题材改编的电影，讲述了有毒的加湿器杀菌剂伤害韩国几十万人，致死两万多。受害者联合起来，最终告倒了跨国企业。
题材很好 真实事件永远很戳人 但感觉拍得很粗制滥造 是不是预算不够？
钱权交易，人命为草芥，政府的职能是养蛀虫，既然权由人赋，为何还会官逼民反？
怪不得剧情看着眼熟，加湿器事件曾被拍过电影
这样的事件 可以上升到的高度 很牛 又是我朝无法过审的剧本....
拍的一般性，只是这取材于真实事件，真让人悲愤，普通人难道就命如草芥么……
无聊 @2022-05-23 20:39:28
又一次感叹韩国人真的敢拍，什么时候咱也能拍“彭宇案”和“三鹿奶粉”事件？
这个社会，普通人如何跟资本抗衡，如何跟权力抗衡，官商勾结时，普通人有没有活路。法律对于普通人而言根本没有公平性。考公不是为了服务人民，是为了铁饭碗。“为人民”三个字就是笑话。
7.1，电影呈现的故事只值两颗星，但是看在这强大的卡司阵容与抓耳的原声带，觉得两星实在于心不忍，又加了一星。我觉得电影改编存在最大的问题就是与音乐舞台剧的割裂感太强，以青少年社交障碍心理问题作为切入点，聚焦成长的亲情与友情故事本来是一个很好的点，但是电影的改编让原音乐剧的主题与观感呈现大打折扣。很多片段如果没有原声带的加持，完全给人一种看生活肥皂剧的感觉，主题共情点与人物表现力感觉没有音乐剧更能震撼人心，而且电影对原音乐剧一些重要情节的删减也让初看的人一头雾水，甚至萌生出“过度消费死者”的奇异想法，一些场景前后衔接也不是很好，就比如康纳的那一段表演戏，虽然是作为一个笑点，但与前后的协调还是太差。2个小时的时长也让电影毫无起伏的剧情更加冗长，如果压到1个半小时左右或许更好。
3.5“我是英国人，我不会管别的国家人的死活。”有钱人以为拿着钱就可以收买全世界，全然不顾普通人的死活，可普通人还在内疚是不是自己亲手杀害了家人，可到底谁来为这件事负责？到底正义是否存在？到底这世界有没有人为“恶”买单？
集体诉讼要靠美帝，出口报告测出有毒要靠澳洲，境外势力才是监督韩国无能部门的最大压力。/镜头语言很真实很残忍，片尾卧底反转略微理想化了。
意料之内的拍摄手法，试图敲击人心振奋精神，但是一切都太老派了，根本没激起水花来就结束了，冗长无趣，意义大于电影本身。
6.9/10 虽然影片的部分段落, 因强力的台词与足够的视觉冲击力, 观看价值得到有效的提升; 虽然故事的部分情节, 因意料之外的数次转折, 阅读趣味得到有效的保障。 然而对于角色设定的浪费, 对于实话加工的敷衍, 在依照类型公式按部就班的制作方式下, 不仅使影片拥有了与同类型的高重合度, 也一定程度上毁损了影片的质量。
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