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.
明显不如爱乐之城，音乐和舞蹈不突出，除了凡妮莎其他演员也不吸引人，故事也不算流畅。
都说有压力才有动力
用音乐剧的方式拍了一个音乐剧人物创作音乐剧的过程，电影呈现出非常有层次感的叙事，刻意加快节奏，切换视角都很好营造出主人公的生活状态以及心境。影片不乏魅力与动人的瞬间，但整体并没有深入到我内心，无论是音乐部分还是传记部分。加菲演的无可挑剔，但又让我产生换作他人会不会更不同的念头，虽然奔着冲奥去的品质，在我这里没有很喜欢。
开篇很棒。作为传记电影，材料编织甚至做到了让观众能理解“生平+编剧叙事”双结构的程度，这一点相当不错。
泳池五线谱我也大呼nb
这电影看的我几度哽咽，我可能是有问题了，希望是更年期，希望早点好起来。
歌不行，真的不行，从头到尾没有一首让人印象深刻的，光从这点上来说就是失败的音乐剧电影了。加菲都快四十岁的人怎么还是那么有少年气，但片子里一直好hysterical。三十岁，so what？不明白主角为啥这么焦虑，焦虑到都快有狂躁症了，无法relate。
Where's my Tick, Where's my dream? 倒数时刻，艰难时刻。人生的Tick,Tick。Come to Your Senses，最佳歌曲。For you I would do anything.But you've turned off the volume.Just when I've begun to sing.Susan陪在Johonny身边支持TA追求梦想，五年了，住在破旧的小屋，交不起水电房租，You are still waiter, You are broken.What about me?面对Susan的质问，一无所有，一事无成，30岁的我，怎么也看不出来会变好。毕竟你也有你的人生。
11-19 期待多时，看完之前的纪录片之后，对于jonathan也稍微多了一点了解，影片是及格的，因为好像也没有超出预想该有的样子，但是至于该什么样，我也不知道。加菲的演技，还是给我一副之前看过他在社交网络里这样讲话的感觉。最好看的还是最后字幕出来时jonathan本人的影像，演奏音乐的时候的快乐，日常的生活里透露出的乐观和积极
歌好听，加菲演技好绝，梦想很美好也很残酷，幸而我们见证了一个梦想的成功，同时也为那些曾经奋斗过但没有实现的梦想鼓掌。
给纽约theatre and theatre junkies的一封情书。central park delacorte theatre, ny theatre workshop，playwrights horizons...全都是戏剧生活里忘不掉的回忆。正值Sondheim老爷子忌日，theatre legends们出来唱Sunday一段，看得直掉眼泪-对我来说，全剧唯一精华。之前workshop出现的作曲家和作家，也都是真实的theatre创作者们。对Jon本人的剧没什么感觉（音乐实在不感冒），这一部TTB也稍显幼稚粗浅。可是贵在真情。Andrew演的Angels in America可作为90年代AIDS事件的补充拓展，那剧是真有深度和灵魂。。
加菲的独角大戏，tick,tick是时钟走向三十岁的声音，而boom是渴望的梦想绽放的那个声音。结合音乐剧，戏中戏的结构，利用现实与想象的剪辑拼接出了一个戏剧人追梦的故事，但是音乐的洗脑程度和故事的共鸣程度都不如《爱乐之城》。
我大概就是不喜欢musical period
当然，关于这种有所执着，有所梦想的坚持，如若能代入于观众的语境，那必然是很好的，只可惜主角身边一群艾滋患者，也让我试图代入主角时心有戚戚。
剧中剧复杂结构，音乐一首一首不断交集颂唱而出。
明显不如爱乐之城，音乐和舞蹈不突出，除了凡妮莎其他演员也不吸引人，故事也不算流畅。
开篇很棒。作为传记电影，材料编织甚至做到了让观众能理解“生平+编剧叙事”双结构的程度，这一点相当不错。
这部片作为歌舞片最大的问题，就是在于歌舞不行....当然剧情也很俗套，配角真的也很工具人，加菲的演出也很夸张...可能要展现热情（但是他看女友那段我觉得情绪很好 很帅 保持）
狠狠破防了，年龄租房情感健康…30年前的焦虑和今天仿佛都一样，电影版丝毫没有逊色于音乐剧版，不励志也不悲情，梦想不是许个愿就能实现，除了把一切所见编成歌的才华还要有足够的耐心，工作和朋友不会背叛你，成功之前的样子也会有人记得，Sunday太多Hamilton老熟人，最喜欢的当然是30/90、Come to your senses和Green green dress，快把奥斯卡小金人给林聚聚和加菲吧，不然又是一年意难平，所幸网飞的公关似乎比犬之力上心得多
我不理解为什么rating 如此高 也许是我的问题 我觉得太吵了 音乐和剧情的衔接有一丝丝刻意
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