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.
配乐是真好听
沉郁的气质，叙事上颇为反类型，但略显不够powerful
nonononono除了监狱里的几个镜头和奥斯卡伊萨克 这部电影浪费了我宝贵的两个小时
想看施拉德拍《出租车司机》……性冷淡的表演搭配性冷淡的配乐营造出一种虚无的迷幻气息，而先验性的影像恰让观众看到了布列松新世纪通过数字媒介所延续的一种可能。Oscar Isaac可以说是年度最迷人的男性银幕形象，在存在主义的救赎中竟创造了反传统的皈依，而罪恶永远无法抹除，在审讯的囚牢中我们仍旧看到收敛的刺激感以及来自地狱深渊凝望人性的恶魔
emm…完全没看懂，恕我不懂欣赏…节奏巨慢…剧情前后不搭，和赌博没有半毛钱关系，人物描述不清晰，分数全是给男主的，样貌一分，床戏一分.
这电影的配乐看似和算牌不搭，却又带来一种恰到好处的美与伤感
7.5 导演拯救剧本。并非如通常般着重展现赌牌、监狱、报仇这样充满“男子气概”重头戏，转而聚焦情感的流动表达。
保羅許瑞德。Oscar Isaac。好看。
2021第116部 根本根本根本看不下去😅
伊萨克在片中给出了今年最沉入角色内心深处的表演之一，引人入胜、功力深厚。但施拉德“几年如一日”般地让自己被统摄在布列松的阴影之下，近乎痴迷地反复模仿；以及仍旧重复着那些暴力创伤应激、道德的绷与崩、自毁倾向、极端主义与极权控制等母题，这些题旨被近乎痴迷地反复书写。不能说不好，就是太重复，是施拉德第N次重复《出租车司机》，情节、人物关系全部如出一辙，但又由于反复太多次而导致有所失准，力度上也不如前作。
导演功力不够 把主题拍得小而浅 但是镜头处理得很好 所以不至于给一颗星（只要忍住前一半的无聊还是能坚持看完的
片尾曲有后劲，但全片里太多本该用来建设人物动机但用在闲聊上的无效镜头，属于那种自己说了算型的编导，可以删的东西太多，可以加的东西也太多；话说看了十五分钟，意境营造手法上就感觉像极了《出租车司机》，上来一看果然是相同的编剧。
不愧是奥斯卡爹地，穿老干部全套也还是如此性感。画面和故事都很极简，文本乏善可陈，说是算牌人但是算牌场景居然比平淡的对话还乏味。最后算是完成自我救赎了吗？只要内心重获平静，无论身在何处。
节奏很慢，也并非赌片。静下心来，看到最后，实际上就是内心的反思与自我救赎。不花哨，但沉静有爱。
有些镜头蛮有意思的，大段的广角和监狱里的百态，很妙。
86+ 冷靜克制，深渾雋永。我們總是賭上命運，拼著我們的孤勇做一些自己以爲正確的事。所以泰爾最後放棄了算牌，放棄了秩序和平靜（或許不是真正的平靜），而選擇了終結那骯髒成罪的過去。隔著屏幕的指頭點觸摸，猶如現代的拯救亞當，把整部電影升華成爲震撼人心的神跡。
保羅許瑞德。Oscar Isaac。好看。
2.5 救贖、孤獨、日記獨白、夜間流離的戲份都看得出 Taxi Driver 的影子，但Paul Schrader 始終不是 Martin Scorsese 啊
非常内心的，情绪化的一部片，不论是回忆的镜头还是主角独处时的野兽的喘息，配乐，包括片的的明暗对比，都是主角内心感受的映照，把奥斯卡的娇憨去除得干干净净，全片弥漫着沉默的强大的苦痛的男性气质，却异常地单纯，当单纯和残忍结合的时候，人物是格外迷人的，就像《老无所依》里的巴登一样，只是这里的奥斯卡是善良的，所以只能表现痛苦。
男主沉稳冷静的个性招人喜欢，只不过这一切表现都是从过去的不堪与痛苦蜕变而来的。鱼眼镜头表现出扭曲与表态的虐囚情形，让人心悸。把酒店所有家具都用床单包起来这是一种怎样的性格，看到最后到上校家要杀他时，看到上校家的家具也是这样包起来的，才知道这一切是有渊源的。女主演年轻的时候身材那么好，怎么现在发福这么厉害？吃错了什么吗？
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