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.
【6分】我理解林曼威的热情，但我感受不到。打动我的是真实的Jonathan本人，而非电影里呈现出来的角色。明明是很好的素材，但讲述的角度和方式都太一般了。作为音乐电影，音乐不出彩真的是致命问题，全片听下来，居然只有Bohemia一曲足够优秀。旋律和剧情的割裂感太强了，无法带动情绪。冗余的信息太多，真的没必要每隔20分钟就强调一次running out of time，台词多且尴尬，总感觉不像在看电影，像在看一个神经质的林曼威本人碎碎念。传记电影的通病依旧适用：配角们真的都是“配合”的存在，但在本片中，蜻蜓点水般的人物刻画甚至不能起到起码的突出主角作用。能感觉到加菲有在很努力地突破自己，但最终的表演效果也就是无功无过。真要和La La Land对比，那绝对是被吊打的程度。
开头是tom的婚礼，结尾是老夫人的葬礼。全家南法度假，mary给电影配了个音小暧昧了一把，姐夫全程不在。不过汤马斯为什么要离职，去美国了嘛？
老夫人走了我坐在影院眼泪哗哗哗的，她终于还是和她的时代一起远去了。每一部唐顿都没有错过，熟悉的人们，我的英国亲戚们，好不想结束，再来一百年吧。
哭了!我的老夫人😭😭.熟悉的BGM响起，我的眼泪止不住啊。早期拍摄电影的场景结合唐顿庄园的转型以及平民阶层的登场，随着老夫人的离去，一个时代永久地落幕了。好想再看看我们人见人爱的大小姐。
从物质上来说，没有什么可以长盛不衰，唯有传统和精神可以流传和隽永。剧情有所减弱，但整体还是那个唐顿庄园，就是大表哥已然成为我难以忘怀的存在，无法忽视的痛和不可磨灭的残念。尤其玛丽再度提及他的时候，心底涌上一声叹息。
老夫人走了，唐顿庄园完结了，一个时代结束了…
婚礼开场，葬礼结尾，最后还有新生。每个角色都好鲜活，唐家屯儿永远的神！
唐家屯是个美好的地方，总是乐于助人，也就总能收获美满，富贵温馨，祥瑞快乐，同时极富感染力，让每一个生活其间的人都被同化感召。本片最令人遗憾的是老太太终于走了。
唐顿很奇妙，本身是怀旧，却又能看到时代的变迁
平凡简单的双线故事：最懂老太太的是马修的妈妈；Mary 回忆马修时，仍带着未曾改变、穿越时光的爱。原来伯爵夫妻之间的爱情是慢慢培养的，并与日俱增再未消减。羡慕所有终成眷属的有情人。我们爱它，因为它体现人的尊严。
唐顿庄园好久不见。这次加入了老爷法国“认亲”，拍电影，老太太去世的情节，把所有人都调动起来。电影的加入和前情中战争对唐顿的影响一样，都在讲与时代的关联，旧事物迎接新事物。大小姐真的魅力无边，我甚至快忘了这几任丈夫都长啥样。
视角停顿转换特别舒适、流畅，长镜头恰到好处，还是英国人会拍英国人🥺。休的魅力挡不住。
剧组在唐顿拍电影
第一季看了三回都没能看完，但这不影响我看第二季。
3.8很好，有些画面油画打光真的很好看！电影院音效特别棒，关于英式庭院的爱恨情仇，就是故事情节稍微有点老套…
关于舞台的能量，神圣的高不可攀的，和亲密的触手可及的。不再无缝切换于情绪饱满的演唱与黯淡困厄的日常，用无处不在的舞台盛放演员的光芒，像保护荒岛上的火苗一般珍视着他们的当众孤独。这让那些强行点题拔高的段落都不那么惹人厌了，用可复制的无瑕的爱填充命运的裂痕，有时是鸡贼，有时是天真。
想不到比“新潮旧梦砥故园”更好的词句来形容。奶奶那句“I can't hear myself die”戳心到感觉自己心跳瞬间停住。
毒舌老太太走好，想念你
天花乱坠但毫无重点、不知所云。严格点说连合格的cliché 合集都算不上吧。（尤其老爷身世那条线只想让我大喊“Are you fucking kidding me?”）
我虽然没看过，倒也还好点，还能看进去
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