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.
太厉害了，场景都没转，全靠台词衔接叙述。挺厉害挺厉害。
非常惊喜的一部电影
連洪金寶電影的萬分之一都不到。什麼是動作片（功夫片）裡的「身體性」語言？一塊大石頭能把人撞飛，那不叫打架，那是物理現象，然而觀眾們卻通通為之大呼過癮，這樣的事實或許也證明了，世間真的只有一個洪金寶。
单一空间内的群戏，讲究情节上一环扣一环，冲突由小变大再至巨大转折，台词信息丰富，对抗火花四溅，本片完成得不错。瑕疵是过于上帝视角，某些时间点的巧合无法人为控制。虽然一开片就明知道这老裁缝不简单肯定会赢到最后，但马克叔确实演活了一个低调沉默的小老头所以不计较那些小漏洞了。
音乐给力！老演员给力！反转给力！这电影有去年小人物那味了
一天深夜，黑帮大佬罗伊的儿子里奇和他的副手弗朗西斯闯入了店中，里奇身受重伤，在弗朗西斯的威胁之下，雷纳德处理了里奇的伤口，将他从死亡线上救了回来，但与此同时，他也被卷入了这个黑帮家族的纷争之中。
封闭空间的剧作样本。一个夜晚，四组人物关系，每组人物缜密的前设，紧凑的情节……中国电影都忙着核酸呐没人干正经事儿！
但看下来，首尾呼应，让人觉得完整。
硕大的裁缝剪在布料上穿梭游走，一如形似木讷的老裁缝在黑帮内斗中灵活腾挪——九成依赖里朗斯大叔精湛演技撑起的准独幕剧。
略有bug不过整体不错，悬疑拉满，演技精湛
真的是 太！好！看！了！ 第一次看动作戏这么上头！都想再去电影院看一遍！孙锡久这个男人真的是太sexy了！妥妥的行走的男性荷尔蒙！2022我就认他一个！！
“我让你查案，不是让你把他送走”笑死
电影前半部分是因为疫情期间拍摄的么，局限在狭小空间，像是在演舞台剧。直到结尾之前，枪击弗朗西斯的片段出现，才越来越像电影。
一部真正好的悬疑片剧本，就像阿加莎的剧本一样，反复给你念叨线索，让你有时间仔细琢磨；而一般的悬疑片，就会快速滑过高密度信息，来回翻转让你云里雾里，忘记一些脑洞太大导致的漏洞。本片显然属于后者，所以就图一乐吧。
有谁能告诉我，老头手上的纹身是什么黑帮吗？之前有部电影出现过，尤其是那个头像。
这次是跨越南、韩国两处作战，前期异地追查线索，后期本土上演追击攻防。这部里重案组其他配角的戏份多了，也都有更立体的塑造。看来第一部仅存的黑帮帮主（尽管改行当骗子了）也会成为这个系列的常客（每次都要被碎蛋击吗）。不过总感觉这次反派战斗力和气场不如第一部（毕竟第一部进机场洗手间前反派几乎没那么疲于奔命，这一部是疯狗流呀），不过最后隧道巴士上的正义执行还是很过瘾（“我让你抓住他，你怎么把人给送葬了呢？”笑死了，班长的确是搞笑担当）。希望这个系列还能多出点，保持这样黑色幽默残酷物语的特色，别在儿女情长上加戏 : (
一部不错的编剧转型导演的单场景作品，构思严谨，调度舒畅，马克叔演技如火纯青。
If we only allowed angels to be customers, soon we'd have no customers at all.
编剧做导演就是结构上可以做很精巧，先来个强设定震住人（编：终于没人乱改我剧本了！）。调度和动线上比较一般，巧合强行推进剧情也挺多，但扫地僧老爷子往那里一站，眼神就交足了货，属于演员自己的气场能把剧作的坑填上。这种舞台剧+强反转真的太吃演员。
同样是裁缝，同样搞地下活动，如果《Kingsman》能拍成这样也比现在吃老本走下坡路强啊。全片被浓缩在一个小小的裁缝店，背叛、窃听、谋杀，一样不少，不过感觉反派们吃亏在“录音机”刚刚问世、尚未普及，不然这一计谋从一开始就要被拆穿。男主不慌不忙地下套、使绊，随机应变、信口开河的功夫确实了得，人生经历的设定也着实起伏，曾经的花臂大佬拿起了绣花针，但关键时候照样可以心狠手辣。
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