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.
太多直径老西部片和游戏(没错,就是那两部)的地方了,全程无尿点,结尾转折稍落俗套了
美式武侠,隐居大咖。电影的氛围感营造的很好。
父爱很真实
吃惯了添加剂的新人类,突然间吃朴素的食物可能不习惯,所以他们要掀桌子……
就是不知不觉看完了,一个半小时,说明逻辑没问题,节奏紧凑。挺喜欢主人公的性格,隐忍克制,但是就像好汉歌一样,该出手时就出手。
西部片大概就是追求一种情调,旷野,粗糙,野蛮,传奇,秘密。前面所有的蓄力,就是为了最后的砰砰砰。敌人全倒,谜底揭晓,这个老实巴交的农民,原来就是传说中的谁谁谁。
很适合沉浸观看的老派西部片,没想到是比利小子的梗。前面老亨利开挂,后面中那几枪,包括最后被暗算是败笔。
感觉就像《卡拉是条狗》里吃着黄瓜的葛优突然成了扫地僧。
7分
七分,天才牛仔退隐江湖与世无争善心萌动卷入恩怨阴沟翻船。
西部片,一个深藏功与名隐身西部农场前江湖杀手的故事。剧情不紧凑,前面有些散漫,许多对话亦不精彩。后面枪战戏不错,比较干脆利落。故事中儿子的设置没必要,反而拖累剧情。
节奏是比较慢,名字以及设定开头便会知道最终结果是老亨利肯定要牛逼一把,至于怎样牛逼一把就是这个电影的重中之重。后半段还算精彩,没有令人失望。妆化是这个电影的另外闪光点。
看的时候想起藤泽周平的武士小说,默默无闻的小人物,受困于艰辛生活,性格懦弱,被家人看不起,但其实是一个身怀绝技的侠客!
质量上乘的西部片,剧本设计得非常精细,人物结局的反转和真相的揭示都有迹可循,枪战场面紧张感十足,尽管主情节相对简单,但次情节却穿插了多年以前的故事,很好的衔接起最后的高潮,比利小子确实是西部片的招牌人物
编剧很取巧,运用了比利小子英雄迟暮解甲归田谢幕之战这样的噱头看点,摄影技巧说得过去,前半段剧情进展过于缓慢,不过胜在结尾高潮部分枪战写实精彩
论一部剧情简单的西部剧为何拍的这么有嚼劲,归根结底角色人物塑造成功对于一部电影是多么重要!国内就是差这个
bug多。题材无感。
退隐的高手不得不重出江湖,颇有中国武侠之感
美国平民的持枪习惯是有历史依据的,电影不太行。
最后的真实枪战很棒!很想知道老亨利是怎么传奇过?坏人还是好人?
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