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.
情感与愤怒的恐怖张力至今让我记忆犹新
下边都烂成这样了，上边还一脸惊愕。
没有想象的优秀，还是一贯的宝莱坞作风，黑白分明。
从故事角度满分，电影角度上为数不多的缺陷是前半部拖沓，稍许艺术化和套路。
印度又一载入史册的神片。揭体制伪善，捍法律尊严。与强权角力，为底层伸冤。
美国应该去印度追究人权反人类罪，不分青红皂白的打老百姓
非常赞同一个哥们的回复，一个蛆爬出来说大家都在粪坑里，恰恰表明大家确实都在粪坑里
三星半。看片的这天网络上传开了在金奈集中营被关了三个月的中国人故事，感叹一下金奈几十年过去了也还是够黑，比剧组找的泰米尔群演的皮肤还黑。真实案件改编，在改编和拍摄手法上基本遵循了旧有方式，仰拍男主、插入拍广告短片式的人物小传、黑警和对方律师都无脑无智、法院达到了明镜高悬的公正程度、延长和反复对酷刑的拍摄等，把双方的对立关系搞得很抓马，但我相信当时实际的维权之路绝不会是主人公完全占优的开挂模式，为贱民人权奔走绝不是一条通途。反而独立监察的警察老大是本片相对丰富的角色，他既要调查案情真相，又要有反思警察作为的决心，但是有点高开低走，可惜导演没有抓住这个人物的复杂立场表达更多内容，笔墨都给案件和男主了。吐槽一下南北印度片都好喜欢下雨，一下雨就等于和解。男主真·共产主义者，原型的面相特别慈悲。
“走出堂皇酒店，每一颗树下都是一户人家”
这样的题材，还拍得这么好。真是难得。
影片的现实意义非凡，几乎可以忽略其艺术性，不同地域、不同时代、不同环境，却能让大多数人感同身受，除了来自真实事件的震撼，本片主创人员的专业素养也扎实过硬，其实难的不是敢不敢拍，而是在一部电影的时间内让人产生共情。
好片，不得不说印度还是敢拍的，种姓制度拖累了他们。
一部艺术价值并不高的批判现实主义作品，在这里打出这么高的分数，值得深思。凭啥看不起印度？毕竟人家能拍摄和公映这种电影。
可惜我们无法在中国电影里看到个人对体制的诘问。
这个故事在相当程度上说明结果正义带来的恶。故事是靠着三个关键人物鼎力相助才能走下去，这样的良心人物固然可贵，但只能指望良心的社会着实可悲。程序正义的未来才是法治社会
什么来头啊，这么牛逼的维权律师 阿三竟然允许有这么牛逼的人存在……
根据真实事件改编的电影总是更令人动容，很多法律的颁布背后都有为此付出代价的人。还好虽然他死了，但是正义还在，他的妻子和孩子得到了很好的安置。那个人权律师也真好，6年处理了96000个人权案件。但是印度电影每次时长都好长，而且看的翻译版也是好奇怪，很多翻译都不通顺。
我忍不住在想，这个世界上任何一个角落里，能像我们一样生活安稳，有尊严的活着的每个人，去追根溯源，是不是一定会有一个节点，有一些人站出来，舍生取义，才有了今天的安宁。幸福就感恩，不幸就去奋斗，人应该如此对吧。
为什么会选择性无视突兀的歌舞和转场，还有一塌糊涂的剪辑节奏，时长？
其实也很好理解，中国人心中的顶尖高手也是扫地僧、风清扬这类，不得不说，某种程度，他们更像现在的印度人而不是现在的中国人
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