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.
背景讲的是911事件，航班滞留纽芬兰小镇上的故事。同班演员，既是小镇居民又是航班乘客。不同的角色就有不同的感觉，一秒切换毫无违和，演员太棒了。另外故事的表达也是很立体的，贴近现实。虽然因事件会带来偶然的美好，但事件产生的影响不会轻易消灭。
美国电影行业对社会话题的敏感度和创作的速度还是很令人佩服的
太想念剧场了。本来看到简介的时候很疑惑，这么现实这么像新闻报道的故事用音乐剧表现不会很奇怪吗，看了以后震撼又感动。歌曲、表演、编排等等都很好，原卡官摄很好，要是有机会看现场就好了。
Phoenix Theatre, London, 4 Nov 2021. 疫情之后看这个剧还真是很有强心剂作用，大家唱得真好啊！
“Do you have contempt for your government?” - "It's nothing compared to the contempt my government has for me”
8.0 索金就像电影中那些接受审判的活动家们，他以文本的力量纪录着一切的不堪与罪恶，及其夹缝之间片歇许美丽，描绘出了六十年代复杂又混乱的派系，尤其是对嬉皮士改观了不少;同时这也是警示着当下的世界政坛，那些偏见与错误又在卷土重来。即使影像调度再平庸，群像表演层次不齐，有这样的剧本力度也就可以渲染出无限的情绪了，而且也能看出索金从他合作过的那些导演中偷学了不少剪辑，也致使最终的结果也是足以振奋人心的，在震耳欲聋的“whole world's watching”口号中加入这场未尽的斗争。（查了下wiki，发现Tom Hayden居然是Jane Fonda的前夫，感觉破次元壁了。）
It’s surprising how much has changed and how much hasn’t...想起《辩护人》，但毕竟Sorkinism，文戏更犀利，看报道说真实情况的戏剧性有过之而无不及。
终于看了。我感觉比那个《聚焦》要差一点。当然啦，很工整，值得一看，不会觉得无聊。是我比较挑剔啦，我还是觉得有那么一两处有些煽情了，就是靠音乐推上去的……里面那个律师，是头号玩家里的游戏设计者，我一直喜欢他说话的感觉，是唯一一个感觉带着痰、但丝毫不觉得恶心反而让我感觉可信赖的老者的声音。里面的好几个主演都是熟面孔了，都是喜欢的演员。很好的观影体验。
看完之后又去回顾了下911事件 窒息和难受
大爱人间
近年来编过的最难的稿子里，一个个人名忽然都活了过来，活在了最爱的编剧写的、导的电影里。
名字是世上最长的咒。❤️ 去年看了一半，重新补完。
艾伦索金这个表达溢出的臭毛病怎么还没改，有没有人管管了
“我们只不过带着某种思想穿越洲际”开篇短短六分钟间就将情绪推向高潮，几乎一直延续到末尾的高强度故事节奏却不显地凌乱，人物形象如洋葱般饱满真实，各有立场且互不相让，带智商的针锋相对才是永远的万金油，最后众声齐口的“The World is Watching”同点睛之笔。（Jerry Rubin你闯什么马路
简洁，精巧，越后面越好看（女机长每一次唱高音我都想哭）
叙述方法比较朴实，如树桩生火慢燃，前期烟很浓，等到多线叙事之后，明火熊起，屡屡有爆响，但又一直沉稳不漾。这个剧本经纬密集，看的就是其繁复不乱有风的微观细节，真是以秒来计，操劳两小时的活计。
历时百多天的审判就像个连续剧，演员各司其职，在庭审现场作秀，双方的立场很清楚，判决也早有定论，被告要做的，当然是借机扩大影响，无休止的藐视法庭，起哄作怪，把事实摆出来，让公众去评判，把战场上的死亡名单念出来，让历史去默哀。
通篇就讲了一件事：怎么样叫作“不拿人当人”，以及人之所以成为人，是如何做到的。中国的现代史上也有这么牛逼闪闪的人物，只是他们成不了电影。最后宣读阵亡名单时，小朋友站在法庭椅子上向父辈致敬的一刻，犹如《死亡诗社》一般热血，也是民权的希望之所在，最好的启蒙教育，最好的父子传承，就是这样完成的。
即便明知是索金毫无避讳射出的完全自我的左翼连珠炮，也愿意毫无保留地被击中；即便明知这是篇诞生于特殊时期的战斗檄文，也愿意不加抵抗地被俘获：在不公与强权下固守着理想主义最后防线的受审者，他们的呼号是横亘时代的宣言。
很喜欢这些纽芬兰人们 很喜欢女机长的故事 很希望有机会看现场
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