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.
喜欢Mahershala Ali但这片子节奏有点问题。
把告别这件事掰开了揉碎了讲到了心坎儿里TT被遗忘是一件痛苦的事
看了SF的special提前映 男主来做了Q&A 如果电影最后落在做决定本身上也许会更深刻 临终前赋予“另一个个体”延续你生命的机会 你是否会给予 但故事还是放大了家庭和亲情上 最后的告别也有一些刻意 其实故事的立足点很好 一个没有希望的人 有掌控的权力 和一个充满希望的人 但希望却不在自己的掌控之中 这个矛盾点如果可以再深入发掘一下 就更好了
但人啊 越长大就越懒得站在主观立场上说太多 碰不到想法一样的人是正常 碰到了是会心一笑
不想去評判克隆人的道德云云，只是想知道，如果是為了愛，就可以無限延續嗎？只要有一絲的可能性，是不是都要盡一切所能嘗試？
诗意的闷片。“我”死后一个和“我”看起来一模一样且承载着“我”所有记忆的人代替“我”留在“我”爱的人身边，在生命尾声处“我”如何安排这一切接受这一切……如果把以上其中几个“我”换成“TA”，就是一个平平常常爱情片，但现在就是“高级”软科幻，科技就是人类自我中心的集大成体现。
科幻+自省，故事讲得很好，没有多余的东西，赞！
科技是把双刃剑，它造福人类的同时，也在消解人类的唯一性。我，是可以替代的，那么他者也是可以替代的，换一个角度来说，还有什么是唯一的需要珍惜的？电影立意是很好，以爱之名去克隆一个自己来继续爱家人，然后孤独地痛苦地离开。也许我或者你都愿意活在这样永远被爱的生活里，但这是在自己不知情的情况下，如果你知道人可以被替代，他者的消失还会给你带来难以承受的痛苦吗？那么还有必要去克隆人吗？
画面干净，强迫症的审美，主题深刻，犹如一场宁静的心灵洗涤宴
这电影不是看剧情，看以后发布的Apple Car啊
男主以为女主吃他巧克力结果是他吃了女主巧克力挺搞笑的，我也没看出来，倒回重看发现的确如此。有点像伦理片，男主要病死了，克隆了一个自己，还把记忆全部复制过去，让其代替自己照顾老婆孩子。节奏有点慢，1.5倍速看前面一半，切换到2倍速看完剩下一半。男主依依不舍最后还是让克隆人代替自己继续生活，这也太悲催了，最后一个人悄无声息孤独死去？话说克隆技术都这么牛了，这个病还是没得治？
呼唤着我的名字
演技很动人，很难想象没有这样的演绎会变成什么样，这部电影的动人有演技和音乐，与所有暗流涌动的情绪相互成就和交织。就是老太太的输出总想让人阴谋论她一下
一直在淡淡的节奏，偶尔露出来的抗争与激烈，其他都是平平淡淡。如果，真的有这样的一天，你会也这样看似淡淡的来做这样挣扎的决定吗，让那个非我的我成为我，融入世界，而真实的自己，安静的等待离开世界，无人知晓。
黑镜既视感。摄影，剪辑，光影，设计，都太对我胃口了。
故事戛然而止，仅可以作为黑镜中的一集的程度。
命题很好但展开的太浅薄 人的情感太复杂了 以及科技都到了可以复制意识的程度却治不了绝症…我不理解
命题很好但展开的太浅薄 人的情感太复杂了 以及科技都到了可以复制意识的程度却治不了绝症…我不理解
《天鹅挽歌》，天鹅临死时的叫声是最凄美的。科幻的外壳包裹着一个普通人弥留之际的道德伦理困境，克隆范畴的哲学探讨并不罕见，于是导演冷不丁的倒灌了一碗鸡汤，用爱来解释一切。
本以为剧本会讲述科技伦理或是记忆与真实的议题，最后还是用看似高概念的设定讲述了“爱”，很本真，很质朴。
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