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.
苍白悬浮的仇男叙事，老套刻板的惊悚桥段，剩下的只有视听了但是歌又不耐听，难以置信这竟然是天才又鬼马的埃德加·赖特鼓捣出来的东西！太失望了！
天哪我就想看看有多烂没想到！本片的精华浓缩在开头两分钟和两位女主角的美貌里，精彩的反转不是随便揪出一个人来硬生生掐断故事好吗！it can be so much more
就是感觉好乱，女主不敢睡觉，脸色惨白顶着大黑眼圈到处跑，二次出租车没撞到，第三次老头却被撞死了。。。
不足之处在于麦肯齐的表演实在很一般，总是像一根已经崩到最紧的弦，马上就要断，于是显得局促显得演的痕迹很重，怒睁双眼是唯一的表情。安雅则又一次证明她现在当红不是仅仅靠美貌，举手投足都赋予角色不同的面貌。影片视觉风格明显，霓虹与镜子贯穿全片，感觉有借鉴“未麻的部屋”，梦的粉碎，现实的崩塌，然后心理层面彻底瓦解最后才能走出魔障。已经想二刷了，安雅太适合这种迷幻又惊悚的调子了。
僵尸出现过多和女主太神经质有点annoying，剧情也有点莫名其妙，不过导演完成了一次很好的对铅黄电影的致敬。
本片的水准随着剧情的开展分崩离析、一落千丈，尤其结尾的画蛇添足更是将本片格局拉低了几个档次，幸而极为显著的优点来救场〈成功的选角、极致的试听、以及前半段的创意〉，加一星。
无比丝滑酣畅的视听盛宴，看着真是享受。霓虹、镜像与幻觉的元素，电影语言炫目又高级。纸醉金迷下的腐坏，一场绮丽的恶梦。复古配乐也好好听。
从主题（inspiration、mental illness与spirituality、historical burden的缠杂关系）到声画（赖特的强项）、角色都很精彩，尤其前一个小时。但情节上又是“开头结尾有了画面，发展部分没想清楚于是硬来”，vision的过度反真实处理导致观众中途抽离，是这种没想清楚的症状之一。当然，这种硬来与“uncanny导致抽离”也是1970年代恐怖电影的特征之一，或许可以当作赖特致敬的表现吧——至少比温子仁的手法高超多了。总之，2020年拍出这个水平，值得推荐。
开场的歌舞和光影很惊艳，然后是一段平缓的麦肯齐求学受排挤的过程。到了夜晚奇幻的部分，麦肯齐和安雅的“镜像”处理的很巧妙，配合着色调和光影在舞蹈中两个人在一镜里频繁切换，仿佛时光在过去与现在不停的穿梭。至此影片除了那些old school歌曲和60年代的英伦场景，再无惊人的亮点。安雅饰演的傻白甜明星梦的设定不管是过去还是现在，注定是一场悲剧的娱乐圈的血肉史。而麦肯齐现实这条线直至影片过了三分之二还依然在铺垫悬疑感，自始至终的把人设往精分的方向引导。最后两线的交叉趣味性越来越低，结局也差强人意，确实没想到，但也没惊喜感。影片虽然有灵异现象还算不上恐怖片，主要以悬疑为主，惊悚成分除了那些无脸男，黑人小哥也贡献了一份力。
导演埃德加赖特把这部双女主B级惊悚片拍出了不一样的高级感。
有点…怪…有点…没太看懂…但是有点太文艺了…两个女主太可了…
无比丝滑酣畅的视听盛宴，看着真是享受。霓虹、镜像与幻觉的元素，电影语言炫目又高级。纸醉金迷下的腐坏，一场绮丽的恶梦。复古配乐也好好听。
No word for this kind of dumbness 拿着大女主的剧本又有天赋还能通灵，刚来伦敦就能付压二付二的房租，搞这么蠢的事情… 拍得倒是花里胡哨；多减一星为这恐男的三观（颜色很好看好像世纪初的电影
作为看铅黄片长大的人，这个片有非常丰满的铅黄要素，但缺少最关键的那个——似宗教的神秘氛围，扎根在欧洲人文的阴翳，突出一个引人入胜。当然时代需要创新，但作为赖特粉，渐入佳境后的展开让我感觉在看Doctor who。配乐也很致敬，但远没有goblin的电子乐在你的背后吹拂阵阵阴风的爽快感。最喜欢真凶最后上楼梯那段的特效，满脑子都是未麻的部屋
视听语言极佳，故事不新，但有一个新鲜的讲述形式。
前半部分女孩的故事和眼睛里的表达很不错，后面就跑偏了，尤其是最后的回归更是突兀，减分了。
一直都挺喜欢的两位新生代妹子，风格迥异但同样地充满灵气。。从开始镜像蒙太奇的惊艳到最后反转的有点意思，中间其实还蛮boring的，就是两位妹子的精彩飙戏阻止了每一次快进的企图。。
但凡漂亮略带风骚的女人就可以被说成是荡妇，明明是强迫，还恬不知耻的说，是你自愿的。
为60年代女孩的活力和性感加一星，血色中恍然而过的面容，力度刚好，让残忍的场面惊悚加分
但凡漂亮略带风骚的女人就可以被说成是荡妇，明明是强迫，还恬不知耻的说，是你自愿的。
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