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.
欲買桂花同載酒，終不似，少年游。
台湾所经历的正是大陆在经历的，侯孝贤、杨德昌他们在80-90年代将台湾社会各阶层在经济浪潮冲击下的时代症候刻画在自己的电影中，让那一代人可以用以缅怀曾经历的磨难和悲壮，这也许就是电影的意义。
只要女性还负责生育，就无法获得真正的平等吧
如果片中女儿们的声音也让你难自控地感受到强烈的烦躁和窒息 perhaps you shouldn't start having kids in 2022 (or ever
m2201：开始以旁观者观望别人的幸福，挺感触。希腊线偏弱。奥利维亚和杰西演技赞。插曲《Let Me Tell You All About It》、《livin on a prayer》、《Stala》/Monika
可能因为不在那个context下所以很难被打动，少年无脑冲动或许才是应然，出身中产反而习惯算计
sad and beautiful 以及看credit才发现并恍然大叫那个老头是ed Harris演的我就说……
雨一直下，像我的悲哀。
OLivia is everything ~ 女性視角鋪天蓋地，可，普通大眾已經被培育完整的“男性角度”的敘事結構，起承轉合，情緒處理讓此類片無法走“更遠”。一些女創作者也許想的比大多數男創作者更多更深，更感性或者更不把觀眾當兒童。但，現實是殘酷的，只有抵抗現實，需要更多女創作者，流媒體買更多，電影院上更多。
讲真，看的dvdrip渣画质体验很差。拜一众幕后大佬和伍佰的歌还有大爱高捷，此片遂成经典
妈妈年轻时在家里接待hiker的时候，和女儿一起读叶芝，女hiker看着她哭了出来。以及最后结局女主一边削着橙子一边听着女儿的电话。真的是两大大大哭点。女主演的太好了，完全能感受到女性的压抑，在自我和社会家庭责任，感情，欲望，自由中间的各种纠结。然后告诉你没有一个完美的结局，现实就是你努力挣扎，但是有可能余生都在想象或者愧疚。原著女作家，女编剧，女导演，女主角，全体女性班底对这种主题的解读非常有共鸣，时常眼睛里噙着泪，母亲的现状就是这样的。
中间和女背包客以及和Nina的几段镜头太柔情太暧昧了，感觉她们在一起会快乐自由很多
这个片子没有爆真的很不科学，费兰特比较迂回的一面都在这儿了。推荐和小妈妈对看，同一个题目的两重路径。
年度惊悚片 值得列入反婚反育片单 完全就是母职惩罚 可以说每一帧都是我不喜欢小孩的理由 影片里的父亲/丈夫就可以轻易说出要为了工作离开 把两个孩子都交给妻子照顾 而妻子却在往后的十多年里都困于当初“不称职”的阴影中 没有人应该为了任何理由对实现自我价值而感到愧疚
年度惊悚片 值得列入反婚反育片单 完全就是母职惩罚 可以说每一帧都是我不喜欢小孩的理由 影片里的父亲/丈夫就可以轻易说出要为了工作离开 把两个孩子都交给妻子照顾 而妻子却在往后的十多年里都困于当初“不称职”的阴影中 没有人应该为了任何理由对实现自我价值而感到愧疚
二十年的时间单位撬动了时间深处的记忆，使得二十年的记忆单位蓦地绷紧时间韧带的创伤。怡静的阳光海滩突闯一对惊厥的母女，无缝闪回又甜又腻又酸又涩的旧时光。工作与家庭的对抗之战觉醒离开女儿追求理想是选择也是召唤，激情的人生有创伤才会有数不尽的愁绪紊流，这紊流触发的漩涡才是敲击责任磐石的回响。
讲真，看的dvdrip渣画质体验很差。拜一众幕后大佬和伍佰的歌还有大爱高捷，此片遂成经典
事实证明，伍佰的歌真适合去酒馆听。
这两个少年，简单纯粹到在伍佰的少年吔安啦的歌词就可以写的明明白白，歌曲和电影是天作之合。
枪炮与荷尔蒙。PS：据说那天高捷一直在现场，坐在放映厅的右侧…
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