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.
先看了《米纳里》再看的这部 觉得东亚的亲情都好苦 生活也很苦 虽然生活本来就苦 但怎么亲情都爱得这么苦啊 唉 中间有几场吵架太共情了看得我爆哭 但我为什么要因为吵架触动呢
很好哭很好哭，足矣。妹妹的話讓人心碎，不加修飾也不隱藏。流暢，不造作，也不貪心，結局的timing很好。演講稿的內容也不重要了。以及體罰真的很噁心。
一种很用力的记录感，最后一刻，看似矛盾化解，实际这个家庭内部并没有太多何实质的进展，还有比较遗憾的一点是，非典的背景和故事没什么关系
哪怕芳仪与母亲间的关系如此剑拔弩张，电影的叙述也静水流深。方郁婷的好不可否认，但阮凤仪的女性视角也为影片投注了更多的温柔，相信这个叫「仪」的女孩多少也带着导演的私人记忆吧……
林嘉欣演的很好！自私的女儿也可信！母女间的矛盾也感同身受，但总好像缺点什么，故事有点架空，再多知其所以然……就更好啦！
感觉讲了好多，回过头看又什么也没讲。如果电影和生活一样，那谁还会想去看电影呀，过生活就好啦。
情绪的爆发和关系的转变都好生硬，尤其没懂女儿怎么从逃避到接受。
在电影里居然看到了自己，勾起了好多小时候的回忆，升学考试，父母吵架，朋友离开，同学嘲笑，把生活的希望寄托在虚无，每一次的失落与难过都会随着时间退却又回来，说不清道不明的生活，或许就像是这部电影，并没有一个正确的答案，跟电影里爸爸说的一样，逃避或许有用……
恨就是恨，恨里夹杂着感激也还是恨，哪那么容易谅解，我这一页永远都不会翻过去
视听普通。故事其实并不复杂，但也没有交代清楚。零星几场戏的细节还可以看，但整体故事起落就是莫名其妙。
动情足够，演技出彩带来的余味是有的，但围绕家庭情感、身份认同、爱与成长这些核心命题，在层次上仍欠缺一些厚重。这就导致在很多台词文本和表演节奏中设计感略突兀，印象深的像爸爸坐在楼梯上哭，妈妈受洗后不能烧纸钱妹妹的发问，还有妹妹那句you know mammy loves you, right。这就显示出为什么杨德昌的台词能成为经典，因为他不光有设计，还有盛放设计的想象空间，感觉阮凤仪似乎是想学，但没学来。
B— / 确实有看到张艾嘉电影的影子，情感能量来源于drama，诸如地域文化差异，疾病，疫情，教育等矛盾都被根本的家庭矛盾穿成线抛售出去。它必然不是所谓“涓涓细流”的，而是狰狞，且真诚的。
家有两女，如有两宝。女主演的真好，依旧喜欢林嘉欣。
妈妈，你可不可以不要死。（情绪过渡有些硬，一直在等的那个演讲也没来
什么玩意儿… 母女之间除了吵架没有任何交集 请问最后怎么和解😅
「這個世界上我最不想成為的人就是我的母親，因為她的恐懼會成為我的恐懼，而她的軟弱會使我軟弱。」阮導在訪談裏說，她越不想自己像媽媽，偏偏發現自己越像她。吵架是因為，母女倆的個性太像了—— 倔強得脆弱，理想化於是失望。//「你為什麼對你媽生氣？」「我覺得她可以做得更好。」「但如果這是她的最好呢？」”good enough mother”
文化冲突、世代冲突都显得很浮于表面 上一个疫情时代刚好呼应了当下的氛围 算是唯一的亮点 一切都好平淡好平淡 这么来看瀑布真的好优秀 还的是钟孟宏
在這個新冠還沒結束的時候，看 SARS 的場景，有一種難以名狀的感覺
首部长片，金马为她推了很大一把力呀，从当初的短片三个角色过渡到回台湾发生的故事长片时剧作上失控了，情节设计太过刻意，情节剧式表达方法的还是写的很棒的像「家庭吵架戏」。妹妹这个角色如此「脸谱化」在前作短片刻画的如此生动的妹妹，到了这成了可有可无的角色。还有场景细节，非典捅喉咙，令我我无法接受一部现实题材如此虚假。
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