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.
故事蛮有趣的，一度对于男主的行为感到愤怒，心想应该是隐藏线男主经历过什么，结果情感上并不是很能串联起来…
Jake is a smoothly performant who created the intensity of the film just by himself..
6.5/10.暴躁的911接线员，救人的过程其实也是自我救赎的过程。剧情反转之前比较沉闷，反转过后也没好多少。好莱坞在疫情期间拍了不少这种独角戏或者只有两个角色的电影，这也是一种自救。
浪费了沙漠王子的鼎力演出！故事改编得极其不成功，这种状态还能让他去接电话？而故事结尾却又是合家欢结局，所有的都是正能量在发挥作用。沙漠王子的表演能和霍普金斯的本届奥斯卡获奖小金人之演技相抗衡，可故事太差劲了。
杰克格伦哈尔的独角戏，确实的的确确得靠演技支撑的一部戏，说不上哪里多出彩，可能结局稍微差了点儿。
故事本身最后吉伦哈尔的自我救赎来的多少有点儿牵强。
没有宣传的那么跌宕起伏，其实是很简单的故事，其实背景里的暗线更适合拎出来拍。男主不具备这个职业需要心理素质，但也正是因为这一点才能最后解决问题。老吉的表演加一星。
84/100。在原版的基础上进行了融入美国文化语境的合适嫁接，将这个国家中最见不得光那些黑暗角落有效地插进原本充满悬念性与代入感的故事，将人内心深处积满灰尘的良知放到了光亮下，无情又有情地用罪人的警铃敲响了它尚存的希望。杰克·吉伦哈尔的表演更是为整部电影锦上添花。
因为手法相似，所以忍不住要和Locke做比较，这部虽然也还可以（非常想吐槽）但是真的不如Locke
颜狗舔屏90分钟 就应该这样怼脸拍 很好👌
Only broken people save broken people. This is a film about redemption.
三星给杰克吉伦哈尔。老吉在大特写镜头里面连着飙十几分钟戏不带喘的，真的能让人忽略剧情设定里的很多bug。但看完就左想右想都不对，警察涉嫌杀人竟然不停职，报警热线接线员对着其他部门的人大呼小叫，其他就不说了。但是老杰演技真的值得看，影帝预备役了。
喜欢这种就靠剧情取胜的小成本制作，罪人的自我救赎，各种电话里的演员演技就要秒杀国内众多了，有点诧异评分太低，搜了一下果然是翻拍，不过没看过原版，所以没有很挑剔，自己喜欢就行了
男主这个暴躁性格真的拉低了很多观感 再加上剪辑和一些设定 好家伙 我在电影前十分钟就开始烦躁起来 到后面听那些无意义的对话和情绪声 以及这毫无新意的拉满结尾 真的觉得索然无味全无好感。
居然也看完了……小屏幕对影片质量真是友好。
多一星给老吉吧，确实是看老吉花式炫演技，几处情绪的处理都很有感染力。但除此之外剧本还是欠打磨，又或者是改编版本加入的细节本身干扰了主线……有空品品丹麦原版。
暴躁老吉在线办案，这么暴躁，不怕被投诉死嘛
小空间依靠电话推进影片情节，不容易拍好，即使杰克卖力的表演。。。
看错了版本，本来想看7.6分的原版的，结果看了这版。几乎是杰克的独角戏，一个声音走天下，可看性还是挺强的，尤其是前半段。
跟汤老师的洛克有点像，都是独角戏+电话推动剧情。杰哈圆满完成任务，呈现出浑身上下的焦虑和悲伤过去的痛苦，剧情反转不新鲜也没有特别吸引人
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