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.
结尾处的倒转镜头以为是“反骑士精神”的表达，刚要惊呼，结果只是幻想…
有点小失望 视听绝对没得说 但整部片子被随意的节奏和导演对原故事的过度解读有点拖垮了 而且台词写的是真的不行 和Robert Eggers比真不是差了一点半点
高文的选角不错，印度裔演员长相很容易引申到波斯罗马骑士，并且全程没有口音，他确实练过
A24最近确实有好好的做奇幻类故事，希望当家的恐怖类不要丢了
结局一幕可以加到4星，所以绿衣骑士是张人生模拟体验卡😯，直面恐惧的意思get到了
没有拍出传奇感觉，并不是因为独立电影不能拍中世纪题材，而是在音乐、剪辑、台词各个方面，影片都完成得非常单薄。
二刷， 觉得值得5分。电影的改编让故事更合理
2.5 画面很美，光影诡谲，色调很美，音乐迷人，充满诗意。但，我是在看电影，而不是只在念诗，或者是唱咏叹。
当我们发现它可望不可及时 我们把它砍掉 把它消灭 躺在它之上 把它置于我们腹中 但它总是很快就回来
在历史与传说中洗练出的大师之作，艺术感满格，但这么改编问题不少：1、高文应该是亚瑟王的侄子，也是一名骑士，但电影将其移花接木，变为了亚瑟与其姐姐摩根的私生子，而这个私生子本应该是莫德雷德，与亚瑟既是父子也是舅甥，也就是后来趁亚瑟因王后桂妮维亚精神出轨而征讨逃亡法兰西的兰斯洛特时篡位后又与紧急班师回朝的亚瑟两败俱伤的那个人。2、电影以奇幻的手法构建未来，描绘了高文赴绿教堂受死时的内心挣扎，这个过程一是不够平滑，二是那种幻象应该出自莫德雷德的脑袋，因为高文继承王位的可能性几乎为零。3、延续2的幻象，亚瑟与桂妮维亚是双双老死在床上的，而且并没有托付贝狄威尔将王者之剑归还湖仙，而是直接传给了高文？当然，这个问题依附于2，最终只能说，2的幻想是不合理的。
没底子真的看不懂，但看完后去了解了原故事，也看了下分析，算是明白了。大卫洛维尝试通过骑士诗歌的再书写唤起被人们所遗弃的美德，其实也是对现代社会人的状态的一个反映。
只想要爽片和动作大场面的观众还是洗洗睡吧，感觉看了个寂寞。重述骑士童话，美术无可挑剔，玄之又玄的宗教氛围感十足；但是节奏灰暗、缓慢，内容空洞，台词不伦不类，看不到人物的性格、情感和成长，人物塑造极其失败。到了最后的砍头那里，看得人心里着急死了：磨叽什么，快砍啊快砍啊！
一部集孩童的天真浪漫与成人的阴暗色彩的童话寓言，每一帧都是油画，每一个停顿都是诗章，铺面而来的复古风更是华丽，还是我喜欢的那个David Lowery。
一具精美的尸体。修饰得再美丽也不过是了无生气的东西。
在绿教堂斩首
所有的星给服化道，然而看下来是个寂寞。#北游记
既无奇幻电影令人耳目一新的想象力，又无动作电影酣畅淋漓的打斗，也无原著诗歌般的质朴与凝练，那我到底看什么？
87- 前一個小時節奏不好差點毀掉全片，但是後半段非常精彩。致幻的攝影涵攝著豐富幽秘的奇想，聲聲不絕的配樂仿佛在與鬼魂交換氣息。主題充滿了層次感和闡釋空間，非常大衛·洛維。怯懦還鄉的終結宿命，幾乎把劇情推向庸俗的邊緣，但拉回現實的鏡頭如同讓電影第二次誕生。而當你要粗淺地錯認某個勇氣和責任的母題時，那反諷的現實之斧又突然如死亡般不可避免地斬下。這部電影就像擁有兩重生命，待你窺得這生命的兩重性時方能回溯地理解那晦澀沉悶的前半部分。把史詩拍出神話感，又在奇異処埋著日常敘事的草灰蛇線，真是令人叫絕的天才之作。
年轻的高文，不要当骑士，也无需变伟大。人面对被斩首的命运走上前走，哪怕不接受最后的迎头一击也无可非议，但永远不要被一条不可破的绳索捆绑，顶着不存在的头颅过一世。太爱太爱，不出意外会是我的年度最爱，这正是传说在我梦中的模样。在最后的最后，绿色会覆盖一切。
故弄玄虚的东西，不是谁都能搞出来的！强氛围，诗意，无敌摄影和服装道具化妆，你们都看不见吗？不要跟我说节奏和剪辑的问题，21世纪都20年代了，做点新的尝试——符合当下艺术标准的传说故事改编，总比追求四平八稳好的多吧！如同上世纪80年代斯科塞斯拍耶稣基督最后的诱惑，David Lowery拍一个失败的有瑕疵的骑士才和现在的人类更为接近，壮哉！
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