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.
m21309：为印度精英左广告？根源是什么？
有用即可为所用~~【如鹤一般活着固然好，但像沾满了污泥也来者不拒的兹山一样，也应该是有意义的吧】
沉重的批判现实主义题材，却部分改变了我对隔壁另一个文化古国的不良印象，什么时候才能去阿格拉，斋普尔，加尔各答游玩呢？片子前30分钟的田园牧歌让我想起萨雷伊的《大地之歌》，谁想后面却是一个如此血泪斑斑的故事啊
不用说百年之前，即便是当下，也有很多人只能写自己的“玆山鱼谱”。看了一些近代史，最令人感慨的是风风雨雨之下依然坚持下来的那些人。可是，可是，道阻且长，何处求索？
低种姓部落猎人拉贾坎努因盗窃嫌疑在监狱遭受严刑拷打致死的事件，在身怀六甲的妻子多方奔走之下，于高法真相大白，警方匆促破案刑讯逼供任意栽赃打死人还蓄意掩盖的可耻行径在正义律师钱德鲁的不懈追查下终无辩驳，穷人要的不止是判决，还有希望。
每个看过这部片的人心里想的应该都是“为什么这种片不是我们先拍出来？？”吧，读了四书五经，但是你们没读过王守仁吧？3.5星
借师生的互动与分离，演绎两种社会理想的碰撞，最终在绝望中选择独善其身的人格自我保全，“若不能按照所学的来活，那就该按照自己的性格来活。”“做个无名之人也是有意义的。”因为对心灵世界的深入，可以说是非常震撼的观影经验了。
印度电影终于发展到了直面种姓制度的这一天了
最惊骇的难道不是这部以中国古代哲学为叙事背景和思想基础的片，竟然是纯正的韩国电影……
这样的故事居然是出自《兹山鱼谱》序文，真的很厉害。大量的汉元素，希望我们自己也能拍出这样优秀的电影。
师与徒，济世经学，儒家文化圈中的老故事
下载观看。写了一点东西外加一个影评在日记里。电影是抹黑一个国家最好的工具。印度，无可救药
现实意义固然重大，但作为一部电影、一个故事，刻板是它的致命缺陷。主角基本就不是个活人，而是一个兼具侦探和律师双重身份、金光闪闪的神祇。叙事节奏也过分拖沓，充满了无关紧要的细枝末节。但我同时仿佛也能够听见印度电影人在说：是的，这片土地上充满了苦难、屈辱、不公和腐败，但所幸我们还有独立的司法和批评的权利。浑浊的黑暗中仍有光芒存在，愤怒终有回响。那至少在这一点上，我羡慕他们。
这个人权律师居然没有人敢杀他。。。 或者说做过没成功吧。
字幕组那句关于汉文的标注太讽刺了。。。好雅，这才是真东方啊 羡慕韩国影院 但煽情太多啦！
好电影，让你看到内心的真性情，有哭有笑 感受很深。师生情谊，人生道理 做自己 在不同的境遇中活的让自己自由 自在。
好故事，只可惜所有配角的表演方式和人物设置过于程式化脸谱化——不过这也是韩国电影的某种特色吧。
对封建帝制，儒家思想的批判，韩国电影还是这样一骑绝尘。
二小时四十分钟的长度是印度电影的常态，影院会中间休息一次，片子歌声、舞蹈不断，使观众尽兴。本片确是表现了一个很严肃的主题：低种姓部落人群为腐败的官僚警察体系迫害问题。时至今日，印度民间也没有彻底摒弃残忍的种姓制度。尽管法律中没有种姓规定，更明令禁止种姓的不公平对待，但蒙冤的「不可接触者」还是大有人在。本片直面这一残酷的现实，令人感动。低种族演员们的群像写得、演得非常到位，值得夸赞！虽然正面律师过于“伟光正”，但也是满足了观众、社会呼唤正义、除恶的心声。
非常值得思考的一部历史片，影片用宗教的教化重新定义了对待学问使用的态度（虽然片中对于宗教的探讨基本无），并反思学问之余人，王权的意义。
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