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.
一部非常稳扎稳打的温情家庭片，细腻却不细碎，人物的状态都出奇地相称，节奏上没有一丝拖沓。甘斯布绝美的气质惊艳了整部电影，柔和却恰如其分的表演让影片的发展沿着不变的轨道前进。可与引用的侯麦电影比却少了些自如，配乐的大量使用有些取巧，以及一些情节的设计感有点浓，略显刻意
我坐上巴士 陪心爱的女孩追梦
失眠的夜点开一半的时候决定快进看完。 真是一部不愠不火的片子。
7分
温柔的就像塞纳河的夜一样，多彩的暖色调浅浅的晕开，自然而又美丽。女神还是女神，迷的挪不开眼。
A-. 从家装穿搭到胶片色泽，再到温白开般云淡风轻的恬淡，都让人想起侯麦。反复出现的《圆月映花都》则直接构成情感脉络的centerpiece：nothing lasts forever，我们终究都是相伴又分离的过客。不同于侯麦的哲思，它用深夜电台般的温柔治愈，给伤心人陪伴，为巴黎城写诗。而当我离开这座城市，也一定会频频想起这部电影，告诉自己，我也曾是那片夜里的一位旅人。2022.2.14 Berlinale
一流的色调摄影配乐
青年男女伴着晚风驶过街道
omg………我们不但看的不是同一部电影。而且对以法国文化为基础的世界观也充满了巨大差异。我承受不了，长年不工作的中年妇女真这样吗？不违和吗？请早八-九点到所在早市上看看，即使不是相同年代，但好歹可以有个概念。另外对话太多都尴尬到让我无法冷静，想关掉此片无数次………
温柔又伤感，好像没有特别具体的东西在打动我，但是好感动。直到最后也不知道电台夜旅人们的故事，却依然陷入这个城市的暮色与清晨，就像有轻盈的气泡，包裹住所有爱与忧愁。
足够美妙，但似乎缺乏得以延续的情感，仿佛自开场便奔向美丽。
熟睡的城市，流动的车辆，还有独自徘徊着的人们啊，给自己唱一曲Lullaby，再做个长久的美梦吧。
难得这样一部没有任何说教目的却将生活中的重点勾勒出来，没有波澜起伏的爱情表达却将情感世界描绘到位的电影。生活的未知，是生活的底色，“走着瞧”，或许是更理智的态度。选择前进的妈妈，选择飞翔的女儿，选择守护的儿子，选择远行的女孩，大家都用自己的方式去让别人拥有温暖，很触动人。
其中的一小段忧伤一小段快乐
天色将晚时的蓝色多次出现，成为这部电影的风格基调，这个蓝色太准确了，静谧的、易碎的、哀伤的、乐观的、隽永的、优雅的、本质的。音乐很棒，若没有Anto Sanko这些插曲绵密的配合，仅凭复古的画面绝对无法让人走进上世纪八十年代的巴黎。在质感到位的前提下，情节和文本虽普通但也无关紧要了，被拆解成诗歌、电影、生命、善意、亲情、爱情等元素作为视听的点缀也无伤大雅，至少不矫情也不虚浮。51岁的夏洛特甘斯布的少女感自然大方，从内而外美得满足了一切对“法国女人”的想象。
温柔的电影，不断出现的旧时代迷幻的影像与电影，充满对过往的怀念，生活里有伤疤也有温暖。夏洛特甘斯布身上敏感脆弱的气质太迷人，这感觉和她少女时期没怎么变化。
“会有别人眼中的我们，那些碎片，那些我们曾以为瞥见的，我们的碎片，会由我们的梦来滋养。我们从来都不是相同的，每一次，我们都只是外来者，是夜旅人，是他们的想像，就像被留在房间里的旧镜子上的，那些脆弱的阴影。”
体现出法国电影一贯的风韵，同时保持着法国室内戏的优良传统
完全可以再让彼此和女孩之间的冲突和情感羁绊更深更合理一点不是吗，能打动我的大概只有对电影的热爱
没有跌宕起伏的情节，简单温情的家庭生活。但是这就是我们的人生，简单，平淡而那么真实
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