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.
2022-1-5. 人物脸谱化，所有的冲突都在一分钟内得到解决，只着重拍了暴力，律师伟光正、法官没智商、反派太诚实，看不到人性的挣扎，拼拼凑凑水了将近三小时时长，也就看在题材的份上不打一星了。
3.5，现实意义远大于艺术/商业价值。太拖沓了，每次情绪到位都被拖拖拖没了。
另外盛赞本片女主的表演，在这样高强度多场次的崩溃绝望与决绝的戏份里，每一次都让人印象深刻，也不会觉得像哭多了，泪多了的乏味。表演可谓细腻中的大起大合。
魔鬼在人间！警察的暴行，让人发指！一个妇女，一个律师，寻求公平正义种族平权！印度能拍出这样的电影，印度是有希望的！
还是爽文模式，有效，但看多了也觉得无趣，虽然是真实事件……
（三星半）它的现实意义比电影本身重要得多，在解决问题之前最重要的是正视问题本身。
真实事件改编？女主和人权律师都很了不起……
没有人是救世主，自己才是自己的救世主。
把人当人
看误杀的时候就疑惑 印度是不是没有广电总局
7/10
可惜我们无法在中国电影里看到个人对体制的诘问。
印度不时就会冒出这样西方式主旋律的电影，或许说，一个社会进步到一定地步的时候都会有类似的反映同类现实的文艺作品，我们同样有过，只是之后的发展，各自不同吧。
印度版的《辩护人》，但是格局没有展那么开，辩护人对抗的近乎整个体系，杰伊比姆是依托现有的法律寻求公义，所以抛开电影里令人发指的暴行之外，杰伊比姆所依托的法律显得还是靠谱的。同时融入了对印度种姓制度的批判，一直理解不了这种制度怎么能存留到二十一世纪的。真实叙事时间两个小时，剩下一个小时印度歌曲。
7/10
太致郁了……真的……身在上海的人现在只有一肚子的玻璃心，除了“偷着乐”，咱啥也不该干的。
电影本身拍摄手法一般，胜在真实事件改编&社会意义（种姓、阶级、贫富、金钱、权力），演技也不错。
幸好最高法有良心，社会意义大于影片本身质量，但是人家敢拍能拍呀！
Shame on you! 说谎话跟放屁一样，一脸正义凛然！TA们如果买通了整条证据链上的所有人和物，结果又是怎样。闭嘴，不然就杀了你！TA们在警！面前，只有低头，求饶，哪怕这样，TA们依然没有逃脱悲惨的命运，谁在乎TA是死是活！天生贱种，就因为低种姓，所以杀人放火抢劫偷窃全都是TA们的锅！永远迟到的正义！永远为下一个受害者行动，永不放弃！永远为这颗海星星努力拯救！法院给的不仅仅是判决，而是希望！愿世上多一个这样的律师，正义伸张的那一晚，我睡得无比香甜！我如何为我没有做过的事情认罪！我没有！没有！没有！当孩子问我这笔钱怎么来的，是打死你爸爸的人给的，我不可能这样活着！
社会现实向的叙述性电影。滥用的国家权利，腐败的公职人员，以及以及命如蝼蚁的平民。即使如蝼蚁，也努力需求生存的美好，和尚存的那道正义的微光。如果不那么冗余的话，可能会更好一些。
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