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.
对于一部歌舞片来说，设计和音美都是中上乘的，但对于叙事来说则力度略微不足，冗长的电影中歌舞占了大多数，使得背景环境和种族矛盾思考力也弱了不少，一增一减之下，中规中矩。
对完美主义者说“爱不是完美是真诚”相当于bullshit 只有电影里才有可能发生的剧情 订婚那段镜头用得很出彩啊 / 比起奈飞其他同类型的电影已经好很多了 / 假结婚+致所有我曾爱过的男孩
同时，片中除了表现种族之间的矛盾，还有一个同样值得深思的议题——城市化对于贫民窟的侵略和影响，感觉只在影片前面的一部分有所展现，但也只停留在“展现”这种表层的社会现象，但是到后面却没有看到这一方面的矛盾有着原本所期待的那种质的改变或者激化或者解决。
男主演的…非常离谱…不要轻易尝试歌舞片…莎翁的底子还是好的..但是还是留给舞台不要留给银幕了..
技术性真棒，镜头把控老练，色彩绚丽合宜，故事趣味性差了点。
繼星巴克紅杯之後，電影也開始聖誕版了⋯⋯交友軟件上用假照片一定會見光死啊，但聊得來跟愛得上是完全不一樣的兩回事⋯⋯
又是无法理解安塞尔埃尔高特能演男主的一天呢~
歌舞片目前的发展水平，就是需要话剧式演技，生活流的演员请靠边。
改编得很不错，在音乐剧原作的基础上，加入作为一部电影可以加的全部：宏大的舞台背景，沉浸式运镜，复杂走位的群舞，每个人的近景及心理描述 —— 尽力地在细节上让故事线充盈。电影节奏控制到位，让音乐与舞蹈自然融入台词中，很少有音乐剧电影常见的“一言不合就开唱”的违和感。电影还大量融入西班牙语对白，并且不配字幕，把语言间的隔阂与交融坦白呈现。遗憾就是男女主角之间不管是对唱还是对舞都毫无火花，让原本放在当代视角已不甚合理的一见钟情式故事线显得更不可信。主线没有撑起来，全靠支线找补。
陈旧的故事和人物关系，复旧的效果不错，只是不欣赏
他们的爱情不令人感动 那群强奸犯更令人恶心 ps:波多黎各已从争取独立到更想加入美国 不过几十年光景
随着情节发展至发现就是个类似Romeo & Juliet 的故事后，剩余时间眼睛看着银幕脑海却只想着羽生结弦的小罗密欧
看完 西区故事 感觉斯皮尔伯格成精了。有之前版本和罗密欧与朱丽叶打底，剧本上不用多夸，觉得老头已经在玩电影了。在一个手持摄影成风的年代，老头却玩起了轴线，全片没有一个跳轴的镜头，看着极度舒适。有条轴线还是很舒适的，纯粹看戏的心态，而不是偷窥或者沉浸式体验。相信现在的观众也能接受轴线，毕竟网络视频也都是带轴的，跳轴这种高级货那些做短视频的暂时还不懂。等到了Vr和元宇宙阶段，轴自然没了，也就不存在跳轴了。
几乎每个镜头的调度运镜构图打光都值得拿出来学习，但叙事极为乏味，音乐舞蹈也没什么吸引力，分三次勉强看完，我的DNA里没这个。
审美观的问题，理解不了歌舞犯罪片，前一天跳舞，后一天杀人？
妈呀，私心喜爱Jimmy O Yang！太甜宠了吧！！！
不行，差评 结尾太快了 我还停留在 女主在订婚宴上揭露真相没缓过来 就happy ending了？？？
就不能不毁1961版西区故事吗，1961版是经典，这版看了几分钟，实在受不了，无论选角还是内容照1961差远了！！
又是一部歌舞片我晕…前30分钟昏昏欲睡，直到篮球馆舞会开始才被带入，但整体斯皮尔伯格拍的老气横秋。而且这卷舌音字幕组已经下线了…
男女主角这个感情线，生硬。而且，男主角这个演技直接让我怀疑，女主角和他搭戏是不是也很别扭。情感戏眼神不专一，游离，略带呆滞；帮会中也不见霸气与。。
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