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.
前半段属于单调乏味节奏慢但又没那么差、主要适合给演员发挥（刷奖）的鸡肋故事，后面戏剧动态多了，观感好一些。
旧人新纸十几里，黄泉知晓帝不知。面对这犹如一潭死水般的国家机器，如何才能一击做到振聋发聩？此片真是发人深省！
印度啊，国人都已习惯笑话你，但每每看到这样质量堪比药神的电影，一部接着一部产出，我只有由衷的敬佩
无论走到哪里，你都是杀警！的杀人犯。刺青没有烙在脸上，每个人都能看到！我也要让你尝尝失去亲人的滋味！即使知道了真相，又如何，你真以为TA们善良地说，对不起，我们误会了你。所以，我为什么要说出来，隐忍到了极致。不要轻易去问别人的过去，因为很有可能对方经历过你不曾想象的地狱，而你只是当成一种虚伪的寒暄无聊消遣。
两个🌟送给女主以及任何同鲑鱼厂有关的戏。这种剧本，戏剧冲突层层绕，本质是melodrama，人物是散的，甚至是工具化的，全靠situation推进，很美剧的写法，很假。sandra bullock爆发砸东西那场更是假…
意义很棒，在一个星期四看了这部电影的同时有八个女生被强奸了
希望司法相关的她力量更强大
我们还在自嗨，笑话印度是个神奇的国度呢，呵呵。
总理？特么的兔子县长也叫不来啊！今天瞧不起你，明天瞧不起他，你特么的就是个国际笑话！
但整部电影拍的画面太暗了，印度人又长得黑黢黢的，2小时的观影时间看下来很费眼睛。
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另外，该片竟然不是用印度语
桑德拉·布洛克的人中让我出戏 剧情的高潮也没有撑起来… 是我期望太高了
桑德拉布洛克演技大爆发，表演沉稳悲怆惹人同情，一个为爱无私奉献了半生的可怜女人，最后十分钟过去现在两个空间双线并进张弛有度，drama效果拉到最高。
拍的不好，故事显得狗血了，要不能和曼切斯特差不多吧？
在我看来，在什么地方什么时间拍了什么内容，对那里产生了什么影响，哪怕只有一点点。也远比文本，节奏，技法重要许多。如果一个社会需要批判，就让它来的更猛烈些。可惜我们只能说那句，若批判不自由，则赞美无意义。
阿叉嘅電影，時不時都有好驚喜嘅作品~~要睇嘅朋友最好影評介紹都唔好睇，直接睇電影~~2個鍾多少少時間，一氣呵成~~絕對係尿急都會先忍住~~
这剧情不意外，甚至有些狗血，但女主角的演绎和风格处理还是挽回了不少。
最后的字幕:在看这部电影的期间，有8个女人被强奸。。
桑德拉布洛克的演技哀伤 沉稳 克制 是高级的
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