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.
加菲表演还是很不错的，但是片子容易让人看不进去，尤其是前半部分。Vanessa声音真好听。
老夫人走了我坐在影院眼泪哗哗哗的，她终于还是和她的时代一起远去了。每一部唐顿都没有错过，熟悉的人们，我的英国亲戚们，好不想结束，再来一百年吧。
3.5 标准冲奥系音乐片。泳池里的五线谱令我眼前一亮。为一展歌喉的帅气加菲奶一个来年的影帝提名。
Movie of the year. A blessing for any theatre/musical lover or idealist. Story about 90s, Broadway, New York, creativity, love, fear, time, and life. Don’t mind Lin’s rusty directing, the emotions are so raw. R.I.P. Stephen Sondheim, who passed away just after the release of this film. We all have, and will always have a song unsung.
拥有非常饱满的情绪，但是音乐剧电影，，，，，以后还是绕道走。
哎，太戳了，29岁还在等待机会的剧作家，到底该怎么坚持下去。这里头的歌我都挺喜欢的，日常小灵感捕捉而成的小歌很多，加菲演和唱都相当努力，久违的baby V一开口我就仿佛回到那个夏天。LMM第一次当导演，感觉那种死线逼近的感觉做紧凑一点会更好。
有说世俗的成功能给人带来不被指摘的自由，
口水歌真不好听，故事线和情感线毫无波澜，技法一般，言之无物，题材吃香是唯一的亮点吧。加菲猫煽情起来，他不尴尬，别人很尴尬。
“Stop the noise, I can’t hear myself die”
And that's life,isn't it ?Getting past the unexpected.
观影时不会因拍摄制作不满意而出戏，还能从中收获好些惊喜，这种情况于我而言是“可望不可求”的，而最近看的电影最满足我这方面需求的一部非《倒数时刻》莫属了：1.以脱口秀的形式当旁白展开叙事还挺少见；2.很喜欢“公寓大楼”的歌舞段落，让我找到当初看《爱乐之城》的奇妙感觉，而后加菲自弹自唱《Why》也让我联想到石头姐唱《Audition (The Fools Who Dream)》的情节，不过音乐的悦耳度与故事的代入感于我还是不及《爱乐之城》；3.影片 55:10 男女朋友吵架与舞台表演歌曲来回跳切的剪辑方式挺让我眼前一亮，而后 90:24 Jon追溯他与同志好友的回忆也采用类似的剪辑手法；4.没能在电影院观影有点遗憾；5.《身在高地》《蜜熊的音乐奇旅》《倒数时刻》《魔法满屋》，给2021年新晋“劳模哥”林-曼努尔·米兰达点个赞！希望此片明年奥斯卡奖能有所收获！
但事实更多是终其一生努力活成一个普通人。
三星半。剧作的部分不错，是我喜欢的一种结构，也是我去年琢磨最多的一种写法，依赖于形式感，这个剧本更显得完美，细节的衔接很好，这样显得剪辑也很自然。尽管最主要的内容感觉还是歌舞片类型老生常谈的内容，但确实做到了一种成熟的处女作扎实和轻盈兼具的气质。加菲的表演没有能够走出以前遗留下来的影子，舞台上的部分仍然和《天使在美国》那套戏一样，不过歌舞的部分他的肢体还是很好看的。
我看到评论里都在爆哭。所以我知道了，我是铁石心肠。
这音乐根本听不下去，歌词肤浅，都是生活场景的白描和零碎拼贴，故事也矫情、无聊，男主跟跳蚤似的一直跳来跳去。三十岁生日怎么样呢？三十岁之前是为了那一天活的吗？无语，太自我中心了，主要还是这快餐歌曲太难听、太套路，毫无营养，难以共鸣。更不懂的是，居然一片好评？
哭崩溃了……对rent无感的我，却在这两个小时里不断被rent的每个人物每个情节冲击。roger，mark，angel，mimi……他纪念了他们每一个人，他们永在。
7/10。其实相比[吉屋出租]多声部的戏剧表演，剧作家本人的电影以一组充满噪点、聚焦模糊的伪实录镜头开始，通过对单一主角的聚焦展现了拉森登上舞台讲述创作起源，镜头紧接转换到戏剧工作坊的钢琴演奏，使场景游离在生活影像、口述纪录和舞台实况的多元叙事之间。尽管对于繁华与贫穷的90年代纽约、生命如定时炸弹般倒数的艾滋病时代，不能够充分理解，但情绪的克制大概是打动那些音乐剧粉丝的关键，每天端盘子、欠费被断电的作曲家，对室友放弃梦想从事广告的排斥，联结成一个理想主义者对平庸的反抗。林聚聚对群唱的处理常出现得令人猝不及防，譬如乔纳森为接待吵闹的周日餐厅里的顾客时压力大爆发，以及女伴来到公寓要离开他一幕，乔纳森把自己对爱人的躲闪和敷衍的和解编成了歌曲内容，令女伴失望而归，这也是正确处理歌舞与人物情感线索的方式之一。
"you start writing the next one, and after you finish that one, you start on the next, and on and on, that's what it is to be a writer."
牢笼还是羽翼，你更喜欢哪个？去问飞鸟吧。恐惧还是爱，你选择哪个？亲爱的，别急着说出答案，因为选择和行动胜过言语，它们决定了你是谁。
天分、努力还有运气，尤其是运气，才造就了全世界也挑不出十位的大师。PS：奥斯卡瞎了眼，谢谢
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