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.
这个灰不拉叽的色调看着还挺舒服的，里面那个纪录片如果是真的一定要下来看看。/～我终于到电影客厅来看电影了。
今年的奥斯卡最佳男主角不是威尔就是卷福。两个人的时机都到了。
来自一切方向的恶意塑造了他，痛苦注射进身体，塑造出愤怒，永远发作，根深蒂固。幸福的白人不会理解他呵护女儿的偏执方式，更不会知道这是更深层次的一种对抗，是多么艰难的一场战争。
这个名字多少有点讽刺意味吧，确实这个爹取得了成功，不过那份执拗和大男子主义某种程度上也怪可怕的，而且虽然聚焦就是在父亲身上，但是很明显大家都懂要不是已经是名人传记了，结局什么样真不好说……觉得片子或许也有批判，但是态度过于暧昧了
影片也侧重于父亲角色 所以体育比赛的场面拍的比较马虎 也可以理解 还是不错的传记片。
As a fan of Sharapova’s from the good ol’ times I remember the fear of seeing Queen S’s name on Maria’s next round. Man that ain’t no rivalry, ‘twas slaughtering. I wish I could see one of those matches once more, where the Williams Sisters dominated them courts, where the opponents were destroyed by their first serve. Man, ‘twas golden.
中规中矩的奥斯卡传记电影。
很难得见到这样一部成人与孩童对话的电影。从相对客观的角度去观察他们之间的代沟与隔阂。看过太多成人视角来讲述他们眼中的未成年人的故事片，都带着成年人自己的价值判断和思维逻辑，而这部片子以舅舅和外甥几天的相处过程为主线，用客观纪录的方式来给未成年人表达的空间，无处不在地强调着对未成年人“倾听”与“表达”的重视。
况且这个文本也太美式成功学鸡汤了吧，父亲角色转折梆硬，转折之后依然主导故事和赛场结局，使得后来让女儿自己主宰人生的表达也萎靡，或许片子根本不想要这一段，只是谄媚一下做做样子。
这是个父亲专制统治下的黑人鸡娃家庭，父亲自尊心过剩，一心指望女儿们出人头地，过程却控制欲十足，各式“嘴脸”，标榜为了家人，却忘记尊重。人物从头到尾没啥大变化，他也未真正为家庭做过妥协（让女儿参赛、暂缓签商务可不算妥协），最后却获得“国王理查德”的美名。
一般吧，没啥大意思。对比《摔跤吧，爸爸》还是弱了一些。金球奖提名主要是因为政治正确搞怕了。
这是一个相当烂的文本，难道主创没有人意识到其中严重的跑题和诡异的基调么？片名是父亲，前半段确实也有在塑造这个人物，但是从找到教练之后，父亲就已经变成了有些蛮不讲理的存在。整个片子看下来，大小威的成功反而没有让人觉得是父亲的功劳，而是她们自身实力本身就过硬，而片虎爸确实靠着厚脸皮帮女儿们踏上了第一部，但是后面绝大部分决策都被妻子和女儿推翻，最后的结果也证明他就是偏执且控制欲过高，但是全片却一直有一种基调告诉观众，“没人理解理查德，其实他才是有大局观的那个”，这就看着非常别扭。理论上他应该是要让人有些不适甚至反感但是依旧存在人物弧光和受人理解的一面。而且对于父亲到底在大小威网球方面的训练以及为人处世上的教育，对她们的事业起步和未来有什么影响，也没在片中反映出来。作为一个人物传记片而言，相当失败
从头到尾的父权电影，一个控制狂，没有感同身受与激励，虎爸虎妈们应该会喜欢
处理得比较收。对运动题材电影我其实不能算懂行。对于这个父亲的教育方式，以及他对小孩的“不能文盲、不要burn out”的保护，确实有些叹为观止。而且他竟然还做到了。也就是因为做到了才得以拍成电影吧;)
还不错，看完就知道碧昂斯为什么愿意做主题曲了。
不写大小威姐妹去写她们的爸也没什么，不就是想跳出体育励志片的框框嘛，可是也不能把电影拍成这样松散凌乱不知所云吧？这都也罢了，最大的问题是你无法认同这个父亲，也不明白这人如何就培养出两个天才冠军。全片你得到的印象就是：大小威的成功简直就是一帆风顺，原因就是她们有一个走火入魔、自以为是、跟所有人较劲虎爹。切！
【6.9】
华金像只毛绒绒的大熊，挺舒服的。虽然不有趣。到结尾告别时感到忧伤，记忆是不公平的，也许Johnny会记得，但9岁的孩子会长大到不再在乎有人曾是best friend。或者说长大到这种柔软亲密显得尴尬，只好当作遗忘。
我真的很不喜欢理查德这个人，他只是恰好成功了
观感上是属于那种好看的传记片，前半部分明显好于后半部分，除了网球，还涉及到了家庭教育和种族意义，作为体育传记没有刻意煽情和热血，尤其是结尾的比赛更是反常规。史皇把一个专制固执、锲而不舍、自卑自大又深爱着家庭的父亲形象诠释得淋漓尽致，母亲的表演也十分精彩。不过片子亮点还是不多，片长控制在两小时内节奏会更紧凑。
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