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.
印度现实主义题材影片在题材震撼程度方面是越来越高，剧情叙述方面也更加庞杂，竟玩起了多重反转。美中不足是在影像语言和风格探索上始终原地踏步，甚至有些退步，不像韩影那样成熟多样。
究其电影艺术本身并不能匹配豆瓣8.6的高分，无论从叙事、结构、表演、剪辑、推进、节奏与反转上都乏善可陈。可它赢就赢在了内容，题材的强大拯救了电影的同时也封住了几乎所有人挑剔的嘴巴（包括但不限于我）。没什么可说的，不想说也不能说什么，现实的生活可能比电影更加不堪。把两句台词送给大家共勉吧，感觉足够。「此刻你的沉默，就是他们行凶的通行证！」「在正义面前，永远没有少数服从多数的原则！」（其实能拍出这样电影的国家，挺可怕的！！！）
太冗长了，而且学生会那个女的，还有那四个罪犯莫名就让人痛恨，以至于后面揭开了幕后，还是感觉前面那几个人可恨，观感不好
印度电影在亚洲已经攀上顶流！
當法律與體制的根基有問題，當你以為的真相是騙局，拿什麼來實現那所謂的正義？！本以為是反應社會現實的刑偵人員被高層壓制以身抗法匡扶正義，結果是一出政治操弄的陰謀騙局，這個大反轉做的還是非常棒的。從講女性在印度的困境到當局肆意操弄愚民騙局最後走向整個國家的政治體製種性種族歧視問題，雖然庭審為了主題和情緒過於舞台話而沒有現實感，最後幾分鐘的埋筆卻有點主人公復仇爽劇的意思了，雖然還挺期待續集但的確有點分散了之前庭審的註意度。
四分的故事，两分半的编剧，两分的导演。太多的蒙太奇段落、太多的升格镜头、太多的音乐，整部影片被导演处理得宛如巨型的trailer。故事充满翻转本是有意思的，而叙事策略却很低幼以及直白，每一次翻转几乎全是一股脑由人物说出来的。故事大可以聚焦在警察与律师之间，法庭上的对手，背后却是要一起揭发真相。影片最好看的也是1h18m开始的法庭戏，当律师一个个传唤证人，带出印度种族问题时，不仅由于这是一大场结结实实的戏，更重要的是振聋发聩在印度非常有价值的表达。影片另一个问题是表达过多：政治阴谋、种族歧视、女性权益、媒体不良、学术腐败等等，而最后貌似又都归结于一场政治阴谋，事实上还是种族问题在印度更具话题意义吧。teaser及尾声对律师人设的交代非常学生作业感，完全插不进叙事主体，只留于生硬的交代。
如果纯从电影的叙事角度考虑，电影整体太过于沉闷，拖沓，叙事感比较差，得耐着性子来看，最好看的就是庭审部分。
这是一个13亿人都在追寻的真相。
★★★☆ 情绪电影。虽然在当前环境中起不到什么决定性作用，但能发声去表达总是好事。
你以为的真相不是真相，你以为的正义可能不是正义，所以永远不要愤怒得太早。如果只有前半段，值3星，后半段一连串的反转和引发的思考让它值得5星。
女主过于漂亮，印度种姓是刻在脸上的，女主和她母亲过大的视觉差算是选角不当。整部电影节奏、镜头反胃，BGM巨吵，由于庭审效果，两次反转没能带来任何惊喜，这部电影最成功之处是——它是印度电影。
开头本来以为是一个俗套的故事，直到后面的反转，真的太震撼了！
7.5，近年来印度电影佳作频出，博采众长、表现出惊人的成长，逐渐摆脱“歌舞片”之刻板印象。两小时四十分的时长导致叙事略显拖沓，整体上情绪＞叙事，但胜在承继于歌舞片传统的情绪调动能力，情节数次反转之间情绪渐高。还有令人惊叹的主题承载：体制、媒体、女性主义、阶级、政治等等，更讶异的是各方主题完成度都算不错，并且与剧情融合极佳。
媒体热炒女教师焚尸案，民众愤怒，
学会做减法是印度电影百尺竿头更进一步的最大难关。
我对印度电影一直不关注，之前很讨厌那种运动励志片。但是他们没有严苛的审查。题材很丰富。可以说不同的内容。这样也有助于创作者的创新和故事的饱满。
21世纪会是印度的世纪，越南电影也分级了，都在进步！
当人们站在道德的制高点，陷入一边倒的信息茧房，反而更容易被人利用。在当下的舆论环境里，拥有清醒理智的头脑，独立思考，也许比一腔热血的理想主义来的更加重要
民众日常被zz摆弄而不自知，教育系统是潜移默化的洗脑，一部电影多角度讽刺，法庭辩论的部分是想要起立鼓掌的程度，总的来说意义大于电影本身，五🌟（革命万岁！
虽然并没有这么拍，最后还是着落在政治的腐败，阴谋的反转，正义的伸张，还涉及了印度最根深蒂固的种姓制度。而且拍得挺好，瑕疵就是男主中场才出现，要结尾各种闪回来补充人物。
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