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.
原来是这样的土方副长，是这样始终贯彻自己心中的武士道精神、热血又有点悲凉的新选组…冲田总司最后望向窗外那里让我忍不住想起了“物哀之美”，想起了七寻记里溅起樱花花瓣的加贺清光…山田凉介演得不错，演活了那种纯净温柔的少年气。
低纯度的色彩加上以自然光为主的现实主义电影摄影方式，唯美的镜头语言成功将战争本身的悲怆美感放大了。
美院的美学审美从来不会被否认，确实很出色也有质感。确实对主旋律片做出了一定的创新和突破。或许主创最后完成的时候自己觉得人物形象塑造很丰满，或者是超现实片段创作很合理，但是事实是在观影的时候“群像”电影只记住了主角A，人物情绪一上来下一秒就切进了剧情开展毫无情感体验，刚要开始深入就如在水面浅浅掠过，没了。超现实片段剪辑得让人感到莫名其妙，甚至不知所云。总的来说，团队想要传达和呈现的最后到观众这一环可能只能勉强打个及格。
很少见一部电影愿意放弃噱头去致敬这样一群无名英雄，甚至演员也都选用的一批普通青年来突出那种群像感。
呃。行叭。毕竟我是冲人来看的。演技是不错的，但是剧情吧，提不起兴趣。
对于我这种通过剑心和银魂才知道新选组的人来说，冲田总司真美啊（美人多死于肺结核吗，残念。。。。两个多小时就当看新选组的目录简介了，五棱郭买的土方岁三的香袋还是好香好香啊
没有刻意的打造强戏剧冲突，非常写实，一瞬间就能把人拉回那个年代。
涕泗橫流。
就很一般 真的很一般 有些风景真的还不错 故事其实比较常规
故事的切入视角很独特，了解到了挺进师这样一支平时不是很耳熟能详的队伍。
一堆明星凑起三星，村本大辅这个坑爹货加半颗星～
浙西南独特的方言很有美感，听在耳朵里是一种享受，虽听不太懂但不妨碍我能理解他们在说什么，他们说：祖国放心，我们会奋战到底。
Bgm跟心跳同频，把激动的心一直吊着，从头至尾都很沉浸。
新撰組简史或者说土方歳三的一生。因为是借土方歳三之口叙述，所以主要以土方的视角展开。看完之后没看懂想表达啥，就是单纯展现了长达两个半小时的历史流水账而已，虽然把幕末开国锁国、尊王攘夷思潮都提了一下，但是也没仔细探讨。甚至是想展现新撰組亦或是土方歳三个人，还是想表达历史大势还是最后的武士等主题也没明白。不过各种杀阵是真的帅，当动作片看还是有点意思的。
没有刻意的打造强戏剧冲突，非常写实，一瞬间就能把人拉回那个年代。
很少见一部电影愿意放弃噱头去致敬这样一群无名英雄，甚至演员也都选用的一批普通青年来突出那种群像感。
谁能想到看战争片的过程竟像是欣赏一副上好的山水风景图呢，讲真真被这部影片水墨画的质感吸引住了，江山如此秀美，自当竭力守护！
新選組作為京都維安者的劍與爪牙，選擇不隱諱它與其靈魂人物土方副長的善惡複雜性，反而襯托它的悲劇之美與崇高。打戲和文戲都快感滿點，服裝場景和時代還原度極佳，敘事沉穩中有驚喜，對歷史愛好者而言觀影全程完全停不下來，該煽情該熱血的地方都魄力十足，比起經常沉悶冗長或胡亂美化主角的傳統大河或時代劇完全不是一個檔次。能在作為載體的兩個半小時電影中塞入司馬桑這麼長篇的內容和歷史，本身就已經是幾乎不可能的任務，就實際執行完成度而言，值得高度讚賞。5+
作为一个本身不爱看时代剧的观众 电影好坏我不好评价 演员阵容真的很厉害 整部电影出场人物太多 有些角色的出场时长只有一点点 这对于两个小时的电影来讲确实有点过于丰盛了 不过每个演员都和角色很契合 诠释都很完美 这里还是忍不住点名冲田总司 但不限于冲田总司 整部片看下来最喜欢的两位演员是W山田 也是一开始最期待的W山田 山田凉介的冲田总司好到什么地步已经说太多不愿多说了 山田裕贵的德川庆喜是真的很好很好 镜头虽少但表现力超群 至于总司 美しくて強くて儚くて繊細で冷酷で軽やかで涼やかで、沖田総司そのものでした。
不看《云霄之上》应该永远不会知道挺进师的故事，这部浙派电影把无名英雄的故事用诗意的手法讲述出来，让先辈们得以走进观众的视野和内心、走进国富民强的新中国。
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