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.
以恐怖片来论是失败的，不但没有一丝恐怖之处，甚至因为有不少歌舞，反而还觉得很嗨。至于所谓的向六十年代的致敬，就像是导演在酒吧搭讪美女时的吹嘘，哄骗靠张嘴，脱光了才发现其美学气质根本没多少复古的成分。不过有一说一，有些镜头设计还蛮酷的。最主要的还是两位女主长得太好看了。
乡下女孩来到伦敦学艺术，被包租婆骗押二付二住鬼屋，奋起反抗揭穿包租婆的老底拿回押金的故事？只是可惜了两位女主的颜了被拿来当导演的遮羞布。音乐实在是铺得太满了…（6.5/10）
天哪我就想看看有多烂没想到！本片的精华浓缩在开头两分钟和两位女主角的美貌里，精彩的反转不是随便揪出一个人来硬生生掐断故事好吗！it can be so much more
惊悚，恐怖，血浆，尖刀，60s的复古回潮，一梦醒间，恍惚，迷蒙。
结尾太拧巴了险些把女性主题搞垮，最后算是勉强捞回来了吧。本来又惊悚又沉重的，结果Help一出来笑到扑街，那群鬼魂真的太搞笑了我的天简直影史留名的一幕啊！🤦♀️ 视听效果还是非常好的。
前半段很有ALL THAT JAZZ的潜质，且因为前面太抓人导致后面画风转变让人觉得龙头蛇尾。不过Edgar Wright的Visual还是很值得一看，McKenzie和Anya也是双厨狂喜了。
竟然很concrete，不是我想象中迷幻的东西。立意快像竹子一样削人脸上了，男性依然可能看不懂。但我个人其实不太prefer这么做，就是做成现实中的受害者也是devil的处理。豆瓣短评中表示“那个时代（的风格的美术）那么美你怎么拍这个好浪费”的观众，跟复读“一下雪北京就变成北平”的网友，虽然或许欣赏的文艺作品不一样，本质是同一型的冷石头。
女主的智商和天分成反比啊，复仇正常，但是也不能不问名字就给人搞死啊。。。
3.5 很喜欢前半段，以房间与睡梦为媒介，漫游伦敦光影觥筹的浮华名利场。尔后一盆冰水兜头而来，一瞬坠入深渊。后半急转直下，铅黄霓虹中导演与双女主俱灵气散尽，迎来一个不尴不尬的大团圆结尾——这点倒是也很"retro"。选歌依然很好，很好。
一群死男人们活该
1960年代西洋經典匯聚於一場電影，用驚魂迷亂還有託夢的方式來盡情揮霍。
在yj堂哥家电脑连电视观看/不要轻易低估非艺术类人群的观影量及理解力及思考力
感觉从《我们》来的一面镜子照见一个人的两个后脑勺这个创意被发扬光大了，粉色的裙子配金色蓬蓬的头发加上Downtown的舞蹈的安雅太美了。以及果然酒吧小妹乱蓬蓬的头发和浓厚的眼妆不值一提练成的。一百次的死亡之后都练成平和的绝望了，安雅的悲惨也太好哭了。
前半段很有趣，但后半段太过于形式化，侧重点也不是我想看的。导演这是想说只有女性才能拯救女性吗哈哈哈
好看 女主颜值高 女主拥抱60年代的同是到轮渡呢打拼的女孩，虽然一切已来不及。会帮助女主的是女人和黑人。
1. 女主比安娜好看一万倍，不知道安娜的神颜是怎么夸出来的；
擅长男性+热血+黑色幽默的白直男导演为了顺应时代的召唤拍的一部女性+心理+悬疑电影，可想而知是什么结果。 小镇女孩大城市综合征x上世纪女性被剥削史x最后一分钟反转电影的三层蛋糕，本以为能调配出新的口味，没想到却搞出一个杂乱无章的真.英式料理，变成Corny三次方。白男在电影创作中的地位已经如此低下了吗？唯一的一个正面男性形象需要用一个bling-bling大眼睛的黑人，他那舞台剧十足的演技真的让我笑出声好几回。拍摄手法上确有一些亮点，但无奈整体架构太乱救不回来，全凭安雅的美貌才坚持到最后。说到这个，导演在本片中根本没有拍出安雅的颜值，还是拍去英国半秃老男人吧。（哦还有一个笑点：一段激昂的音乐在高潮处戛然而止，镜头摇到---警察局。瞬间以为我在看本朝主旋律呢。
他上一部令人惊喜的作品
安雅长得像精灵的脸太魅惑了 强行happy ending一下 最后的show认真的吗 像是胶带缠着塑料薄膜随便做的 剧情前半段还可以 后半段略微有些拉胯 但还是可以当大型mv看啦
从女性独自一人所面对的危险出发（不仅来自陌生的男性、甚至来自于身边的女性、这种危险会让人陷入某种被害妄想症，难以建立起正常的亲密关系），最后的反转却完全自我打脸，共情的对象诡异地偏移到了男性一侧，属于是为了情节出人意料而放弃了表意的统一。
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