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.
解答了我对 2006年电影 The Prestige 的疑惑
6.5/10 喜欢后现代风格的构图影调，故事不感冒，甚至觉得落入俗套
都说诸如克隆人之类的黑科技是双刃剑，但其实，是否“黑”，完全取决于人类怎么使用它们。对于《天鹅挽歌》中描绘的克隆技术，我能想象出数不胜数的反面恶果，但仅仅就影片中展现的、其运用在生活中人性关怀的一面，我们就不能完全去否定它。
在克隆题材下，选择没有野心的“托孤告别”。其实是老生常谈的话题，但是高科技的环境下，电影有了同一人一心两面的刻画可能。站在两个角度上的同一个人可以有镜像般的面对。接受死亡、接受自己的破败、接受另外的可能，而从另一个角度，这也是对自己的相信。马赫沙拉·阿里太稳了。
3.5颗星，其中0.5颗星给那辆很抢镜的自动车。
不很好看。节奏拖沓的要了人的命。叙述逻辑毫无章法。十分钟短片就可以搞定的内容拖拖拉拉，拉长成这么大一坨。又臭又长，折磨观众。浪费别人的时间等于谋财害命。
1.“爱”真的太美好了。2.前15分钟没有很好地建立起对这个新世界的印象，扣分。3.男主第一次听克隆人和自己妻子视频通话爆发争吵的那场戏，非常妙。4.“get well soon”是我喜欢的那种幽默。5.节奏非常舒服的片子，情感克制，观感良好，我喜欢。
我并不认为人类可以被代替，如果我能在对方心里留下重量，死亡可怕吗？
优：中年男人默默扛下一切~为了爱的人，坦然面对死亡~风景加分
三星半 创意好 视角妙 执行的也不错 娓娓道来 不失温情
劣：人都能造出来了，病还治不好~亚洲那姐妹，记得挺恶心的，卖丑博眼球~所谓的科学家，一副圣母表情，所作所为也挺逆自然的~
女主太TM丑，实在看不下去，看20分钟弃之，差评1星（其实男主还行，虽然都是黑的）
我是否接受被人代替这一点 我甚至都希望自己健全的时候有人愿意去代替我 她拿着我的身份 只要不像我那么爱逃跑 她没错我也没错 我不管现代科技把克隆体看做什么 我也不想去想她的感受 她是否想作为真正的人类 人类太自大了 毛发的生长指甲的长度 我们不想做不利于自己的牺牲 就算最后的牺牲也只是作为人类个体的消亡 自私又可笑
故事普通，情节细腻，男主演技大赞！应该有缘小金人。
导演并没有很好的利用起生命延续这个本可以很深沉的话题，而是把重头戏放在了关于面对死亡和告别的老生常谈上，最终实现的效果也还算不错，但总感觉这个大命题放在这里很奇怪，有太多悬而未解的伦理问题和逻辑缺陷，虽有几处也颇让人动容，但只因观生命消逝的人之常情，更深层次的思考，似乎并未怎么触及，多少有点可惜。
好久没看到这么有意思能够让我力荐的软科幻了，请静心观赏。
最后一幕有些感动，但还是觉得一个人的所有记忆和经历都只属于自己，应该都随着自己离去。
(所以活着的时候一定要！Talk! Talk! Talk! 去爱，用尽眼角最后一滴泪水。
1、这是个很沉重的电影，代入感还是很强的 2、狗子还是很灵性的 3、科技这么发达有些病依然是绝症 4、如果我遇到我自己的克隆人，我要当面给他跳一段，看他什么反应
平静、有张力，穿插回忆是我喜欢的风格，有点海边的曼彻斯特的味道，配乐很降临的约翰约翰森，可惜人早已不在了。阿里的独角戏，完成的很出色，奥斯卡有戏？画面景色精致好看，科技感符合苹果的调性。对于人性的挖掘有点浮于表面差点意思。
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