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.
片子里到处活跃的小joke一看就是山田洋次的作品 结局一般 当年制片厂年代的日本电影 真实又可爱
管特么什么故事，想拿奥斯卡，好，用黑白，讲移民，讲宗教，别讲过于大的历史事件，带点口音，找个好摄影，齐活。PS：女主要不要考虑把胸提一下。
（但永远热爱昭和女優不变😂）
为了梦而创造的真实，就是电影呀#第3000部#
私人黑白影像，和罗马一样不应该用故事片的好坏来评判。舞台剧形式感重了点，亦是来自导演自身戏剧经历。
关于大船制片所，古书堂第一部也有提到过。
日本电影的流派果然独树一帜，这还是一个老电影人对过去的主观想念……这片子真的不应该翻译成电影院之神吗？
对电影的爱根本没有落地。因一个不算太大的曲折萎靡了一生，用自己的不幸折磨家人，看完谁能信服男主真的爱电影？
所谓的电影之神，指的敬畏心吧，而这份敬畏心之中，还带着深沉的爱。有点儿昭和紫玫瑰的意思。感觉用电影贩卖情怀，但是归根结底还是讲了个爱情故事。山田洋次91岁了啊，我们允许他怀念吧。
电影中，孙子给“银幕电影院”设计主页；电影外，影片官网主页就是电影里那个。
真是老一辈电影人的表达方式，想想《福尔摩斯二世》距今都快一百年了，今天流媒体崛起影院衰落，可能以后的电影观众都很少会有影院/银幕情结了。考虑到山田洋次的年纪，不忍再用“过时”一类的说法，更何况他也许只是想了却自己的心愿。而新一代的电影人则必须找到一条新的路。【6】
纪念松竹100年的片子，从两男一女的爱情故事为小切口讲述了几个人为电影发生一切的故事。虽然中间很多细节并没有讲明白但总的来说完整度还好。电影的元素贯穿始终，到了最后还有关于现在疫情下电影院的部分…电影跨越时空的特质在这部电影里放大，变成了回忆和现在的链接。松竹当年也是靠家庭剧白手起家，后来革新出和其它类型结合的喜剧，虽然这种贩卖电影情怀的电影已经很多，但最后太有新意和感觉了。这不仅是一封给电影的情书，还是给回忆和观众的一封信…在电影中死去
把同天的短评看完了，看的有些复杂。要说“一个个镜头之间，寄宿着神灵，那才是电影之神”，可是只有真正在做电影的人，才能哭的出来吧。拍摄环境其实相当局限，但人物调度与画面的协调性却做的很棒，可见分镜一定是下了功夫的，乃至于声音的处理也细致入微。谁会把赌博和电影混为一谈啊，赌博是脑子的病。拍电影就是赌博，只要想拍电影，78岁都不晚吧，但直到老死，真的能小小的成功一次吗？并且想拍电影的人啊，背后真的有很多人为他付出，他自己难道真的看不到吗。他才不要看到人物的表情，他要的是白色的浪花。在太阳要落下去的时候，也想快跑过去啊，让太阳落的慢一点啊。能知道演员的眼睛里有一整个剧组，能记得拥抱的时候有被雨淋湿的手，就是最真切的感动。说开罗紫玫瑰也好，基顿也罢，那些看过很多电影的人，为何还要变得如此傲慢。去拍啊。
看完这部，基本上算是和山田洋次导演告别了，实在不喜欢他片中演员的话剧般的表演方式，即使是之前口碑不错的家族之苦也是如此。况且这一部结构上也很有问题，青春、亲情、热爱、新冠，想表达的太多，又很蹩脚。
稍微有点不知所云，人物、情感都有点混乱，本以为女神是妻子，结果其实是女明星吗，有点搞不懂（2021.9.30北影节最后一场，补评）
山田洋次真的也好爱原节子“你还是一样美”，但是故事太少，琐碎太多。何必要把一个女優拍的那么清晰。
《福尔摩斯二世》穿越近百年时光再次福泽后世，新意嘛欠奉，更缺乏《开罗紫玫瑰》的灵气，但拍出来的感觉还是温暖和感动，菅田讲剧本时眼睛发光的那种热爱电影的样子和老年的loser样子对比实在太让人唏嘘了，追逐梦想而失败并不悲剧，因为追逐的过程本身已经足够幸福。
在生活流情节剧上真的是驾轻就熟，煽情点全数给到也奏效。不觉得是在给差劲老男人用才华找补，最后你可以说他是实现了死在电影上的愿望，也可以解读为被道德绑架无法赌博而完全丧失了活下去的乐趣，他始终是失败的人生结局。这个电影只是在讲年轻时的选择是否会令你后悔并带出了对那个闪着金光的青葱电影岁月的怀念。电影之神，请保佑后疫情时代的我们吧。
还是山田洋次的老配方，时间和家人。经过时间沉淀而成感情真的很沉重，重到一点一滴的感谢都令人感动。
或许可以叫作电影之苦，虽然也想骂骂咧咧，却可笑的共情了一会。
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