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.
捏着鼻子说一声还行吧，在烂片里算好的。血浆里带点黑色幽默，A24传统烂片元素了。我犯了什么错要在吃饭的时候看这两个不用化妆就可以去演隔山有眼的老逼登在床上恶心我……
并不适合我们这种普通人看，会相当枯燥跟无聊，不过画面拍得很棒，摄影满分。
情色、恐怖、暴力等元素的杂糅。可以两倍速观看。
最近每天刷微博到深夜，看了太多恶心人、恶心事儿。
倒序，故意做出老片子颗粒感的画面，镜头内外的对比与照应（可能有点后设，比如影片播到大概52分钟时主角团在讨论中提到情色向恐怖的转换，以及结尾警长看见录像机后得出“他们在拍恐怖片”结论的恶趣味设计），关于肉体、性、爱的讨论，老年人的性问题，以及剧情背景：八十年代的美国，从杂乱的汽车工业城区到类似密西西比流域的乡野，号召者与忠实的信徒，反基督，反文化运动，越战老兵……其实这部片想法挺多。就是主角团的死法都太痛，尤其制片人（光脚扎入铁钉+铁叉插眼）和摄影师（乱刀疯狂扎喉咙），相比而言鳄鱼袭击也就只是《狂蟒之灾》那种等级罢了。恐怖倒真不是很恐怖，老女主人睡女主身旁那里有临场感，其他基本都是借助音效的Jump Scare。不过电影要呈现的立场有些暧昧。
拍一部有剧情的恐怖片就像拍一部有剧情的X片。
首先想到的朱文在《老年人的性慾問題》里那句「兩個滿頭白髮的老人努力著要在一起完成一次性愛，你如果心裡因此萌生了一種下流荒淫的感覺，那麼我認為你不僅缺乏基本同情心，而且是一個毫無理解力的人。」
5.4分。立意还是有点意思的，别的就挺一般的了。
血浆，嫉妒，性爱录影带。剧情有点单薄，七个人相继死得那么快，令人怀疑是编剧和导演催着他们去投胎。后面有剧透，不想看可以到此为止了。剧透的隔离带｜镜头调度上有几个桥段值得玩味，点睛之笔有两处：一处是六个人晚上在屋子里老黑弹吉他，梦露女唱歌的那段；一处是导演女朋友被两位成人女性所感染，顶着男朋友的反对最后还是穿着sunday内衣和老黑拍的那段小电影和她映射在镜头中的倒影。
点子虽好但成色欠佳，节奏太慢看得人兴致缺缺，导演表达和虐杀情节一度无法兼容。以及《闪灵》的N+1次用法。如果偏老年人看了绝对火冒三丈，本来老年性生活的话题已经被忽视了太久，你可倒好，直接放到恐怖片里。
前半部分有点无聊，后半部分还行，总的其实还可以，不至于6分都上不了吧？究竟是老人变坏了，还是坏人变老了？其实我觉得两者都有，从心理上来说，在中下阶层，有的人老了真的会不再像年轻时去考虑什么道德、社会舆论之类的，从而做出一些离谱的事情。是的，我这么说，我自己也会老。人生的意义就是为了走向衰亡吗？
身强力壮的帅哥美女们竟被一对步履蹒跚，行将就木的老夫妻给灭了。
节奏可以更紧凑点，本来就是个为了博眼球的片子。导演看着也不年轻了，不知对老年人和年轻姑娘怎么有这么大仇怨。还不如拍成切几个男人的JJ轮换着装大爷那，多过瘾。
题材不错，就节奏太慢了，好像还有续集的2部值得期待
摄影:★★
摄影蛮有想法，有那么些希区柯克的意思，衰老这个主题也蛮引发共情。。从救命解药记住的米娅高斯，这么有辨识度和可塑性的妹子，咋这么多年都还一直在恐怖片里兜兜转转叻？。。
我想看智商正常的两组人正常交锋，这还是无聊恐怖片各种套路
这部电影就包含了所有因素。
在俗套的情节里还是拍出了些许新意 虽然没有改变俗套 但也有小惊喜 如果最后黑人兄弟逃出生天完全套路性转就有趣了
复古气质挺到位的，剧情太闹着玩儿了。就像剧中主角们想拍有电影质感的A片一样，导演拍了一部稍有质感的B级片吧。
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