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.
❶好喜歡，完全具象化了我所想像的東亞士人之氣；❷儒道與西學並不衝突；❸茲山-黑山；❹裡面提到的魚類都好有趣！植物譜系也吸引人；❺「活成向上飛的鶴」未嘗不可，但是更想像黑山這樣看起來荒涼實則生機勃勃；❻讀書為何；❼就很感同身受，看完啜泣了好一會兒。
1、这部电影拍得真好，一股浓浓的中国传统文化之风扑面而来，意境深远，回味悠长。为韩国电影人点赞之余不免感慨，这样的电影，本该咱中国人自己拍的。
如果不能按照所学的道理去生活，那学这些又有什么用呢。关于知识和教育的意义，关于开眼看世界的勇气。都是被儒家文化浇灌过的地方。韩国在拍些什么，我们又在拍些什么。以至于老师憧憬的世界，在程朱理学的故乡，依然是一场梦。
在信仰不同的极端关系下，人们能因为知识和品德成为了亦师亦友的忘年交，两人之间的拌嘴从激烈到打趣，关系转变的方式很巧妙。
是我很喜欢的那种电影，不疾不徐，有观点，有温度，黑白的表现风格也有加分。
“益纵饮，与鱼蛮鸟夷为俦侣，不复以骄贵相加。”丁若镛如此描述兄长到了黑山之后的生活，就这一句，联想到“上可以陪玉皇大帝，下可以陪卑田院乞儿”的东坡先生;从志趣上实在太像，这部片子也将成为我今年看过的最好的东方式古典韵味。
我等继续拜读牧民心书，你等继续研习帝王心术。
尽管情节推进有些过急，但剧作角度选得很好（以西式标准来说），然而导演不及格。这运镜、这剪辑，这配乐，这表演方式、快叙事节奏、喜剧调性，外加这好莱坞式的剧作和审美取向，配个格调和完成度都不高的黑白数码摄影（彩色转制，只有大景别仰仗风景相对能看，小景别、室内戏，暗部拍的是些啥？提名最佳摄影是不是因为黑白物以稀为贵……？），就为了结尾来个黑白变彩色，认真的吗？如果说是要表示一种“东西碰撞”之感，那还真是拣了芝麻丢了西瓜。
丁若铨三兄弟的故事极大雷同于三苏，花了硕大的力气跻身两班，怎奈官场黑暗，发配黑山，贬去海南，黑山好学之人昌大，胸有抱负，怀抱理想，四书三经熟读，打通上行之路，一样的遭遇，一样的质疑，建立在性理学上的王道，无道可言。
镜头从海边之人望月升到月亮，再从月亮落到山上望月之人，这不就是“海上生明月，天涯共此时”么。对于其画面和文本体现出的中华文化之博大精深和中国诗词之美，很难不佩服。
在信仰不同的极端关系下，人们能因为知识和品德成为了亦师亦友的忘年交，两人之间的拌嘴从激烈到打趣，关系转变的方式很巧妙。
缺的应该不是口号，也不是钱吧？
电影蛮好的，但是说有多么多么牛逼倒是没觉得，艺术性一般，内容上不错，但也称不上世界顶级，还是更喜欢刺客聂隐娘那种装逼片
真好，好久没那么舒服的看一部电影了
可能是从师徒二人各自成家开始意境急转直下，黑白画面倒是遮掩了一些尴尬。
亦师亦友，虽然有些转折比较刻意，仍不失为年度佳品。
三十看一半初一看一半，后半段看得大哭。文化自信并不是追着全世界让把农历新年喊中国新年，文化自信是无论日韩，汉字就是王炸，承认不承认都是客观事实。希望我们也能拍出这么慢斯条理又打动人心的电影。🙂
想螺蛳壳里作道场，以小博大却力不能逮。相较日影，韩片完全不擅长说教思辨体悟自省这一类题材，台词不凝炼，意像不典型，情节不自然，片中的几首汉诗水平不敢恭维。无论中学西学儒教天主教，对于韩国而言都是舶来品，反思二手文化总显得隔靴搔痒。在匮乏深厚底蕴的情况下强行人文关怀蛮尴尬的，几番坐而论道也流于形式，空洞苍白机锋乏力，做不到醍醐灌顶。如果只企求国产片拍到这种流俗肤浅的水平，无疑是低估了中国文化的格局和气度，也低估了中国人反躬自省的能力和深度。
东亚人的电影。水中山，若隐若现，那是东方人的精神之地，随着世界浮沉。
评分虚高。从视听语言来说还可以，很标准的剧本，但我觉得精神内核没找准，没突出刻画，没去深刻表达，这让人物传记型作品失去了灵魂（天主教思想如何影响主人公，如何突破理学思想束缚这些都没更深入去探讨，如果在这方面加强一些也许就能拍出精气神了）。这片子看上去更像是隐遁江湖的理学大师（与其历史人物所信奉的世界观是相悖的），而理学大师是看不到平民的，所以无给我的观感是主人公的形象混乱且矛盾。
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