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.
表演一般，旁白来凑，表演最好的可能是报社那只猴子🐵，看到几百年前巴黎的媒体社会政治乱象挺有意思。德不配才自然不配财，终究镜花水月一场空。
看完才知道是改编电影，一开始以为是多兰执导才点开，看到快中间已经开始觉得不对劲了。这个电影特别像一张精致的白纸，服化很好，但是过于平淡。如果早点知道多兰只是个演员的话我真的不会看完。
m2259：他成为了别人的小说。卡洛琳是个好女人。
性的欢愉就够了，要什么爱情，而且是我不相信的那种！被丢在巴黎的乡下纯真男孩也可以谋生，女孩就只能卖肉，那个时代，男性还是比女性多了好多机会和自由！千金散尽，女友向贵妇求告，贵妇一笑，说因为他是艺术家。这也算是某种刻板印象了！真的很烦那个小嘬嘴男，想把他的嘴撕成正常。四星，一星给巴尔扎克。初中读了很多他的书，可能对法国的向往就是那时埋下的种子，可是现在看，只觉得太drama，赤贫，暴富，赤贫，诗人，贵妇，年轻女演员，爱情，肺病，投湖……呃🤔
有这么扎实的原著打底不可能不好看的。但实在没什么电影感（女演员好可爱，身材也很可爱
“我终于不再期待，开始生活。”
人生本绵长，点点欢喜多是伤。
巴尔扎克看穿了欲望的本质啊……一切的龌龊和堕落几百年没变过。有了巴尔扎克的文本，电影已经成功一半了
一些阶级鸿沟是靠努力也无法跨越的。这么多年过去了，媒体和娱乐业还是这副鸟样。内森真的好爱卢西安。
＃Venezia78＃展映 还好，原来是Billy Boy的续集。特别喜欢电影能保持冷静克制的镜头，枪战也迅速果断。虽看得出时代对西部片赋予了新的意义，也是西部片慢慢消逝的象征。然后儿子角色塑造不成功。
一个城乡结合部青年，凭借着天赋和野心，在魔都历幻，在红尘历劫。金钱与名誉的游戏，权力与欲望的魔法，赤裸裸呈现。强盗在他们的城堡论功行赏，歌女在锦绣的舞台期待掌声。游动的笔尖投出标枪，尊严的铠甲被击得粉碎。华袍之内跳蚤密布，面具之下包藏祸心。满堂猪狗，走兽活猴。哗啦啦大厦倾，俱尘灰满面，断壁颓垣，残肢哀嚎不忍听。
电影只是拍摄出粗糙的框架，和情节，而原著是将十九世纪王朝复辟时的巴黎中的政治，宗教，人性，生活，爱情，活灵活现的描写出来，什么是阶层的差距，什么是贵族，什么是现实世界的规律，其中都有答案。
在电影院两个半小时对训练专注力还是很有效的。依然是上午第一场，和一位老先生五位老太太一起看的。
这样的剧作堪称经典，不仅是对社会中的尔虞我诈、勾心斗角、世态炎凉的精准刻画，亦是对那样一种社会体系的描绘，这种作品的经典之处在于其不因社会形态的变化而消失，却随之在人世间何种阶段都会不断复演——经典永不过时…🥃
一部文学著作，改编成戏剧。从而丧失了文学性，这是不是很戏剧的一件事。
Lucien学到了这个方法，最终也被这个方法所打倒，幻灭。
我真没想到会被这么古（老）典（旧）的叙事感染到，一些地方值得细品。
感觉是小本出演过最棒的电影，基于巴尔扎克小说改编，讲述了一个怀揣着文学梦的乡下平民，在巴黎见证了自己梦想破灭的过程。新闻业、文学界、戏剧表演，都可以用金钱买到出价最高的人的评价。短暂的纸醉金迷过后，只剩一地鸡毛。留意到电影中拍了三次主角脚部的特写，第一次和第三次扭曲在一起，表现出他的痛苦，第二次则是轻松欢愉。最后一幕，幻灭返乡的主角留着已故卡洛琳教他的眼妆，已经花了，脱光了衣服踏入湖中，或许他想要洗净自己从头再来，或者一心寻死。男爵夫人固然优雅，与男主相爱，可终究不是一个阶层，选择了上层社会。小本的表演有很大的进步，获得凯撒最佳新人奖实至名归。多兰的角色也很出彩，从头至尾的旁白冷静克制。小报主编演员是小本的教父/引荐人，表演最为出色。不识字的评论界大佬以前跟小本合作过《快乐王子》。
媒体、舆论、党派…各种利益交织的巴黎，一个灵魂的堕落与幻灭
commencer à vivre 这出人生戏剧讽刺感有 八成是因为巴尔扎克原著。。但是这个旁白就整得很像有声小说谁懂，，Vincent好可爱。。。（（就是说这种文艺比电影比沙丘要难懂诶。。好多生词！
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