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.
我不信十恶不赦的人会金盆洗手，也不信久经沙场的人最后才发现纹身。
a curious sum of nothingness
我们何必为生命的片段而哭泣，我们的整个人生都催人泪下。
选择本片不是因为豆瓣7分➕，也不是因为获得凯撒奖，更不是因为本杰明瓦赞这位号称法国最佳新人，主要是因为看到评论说本片完全忠于原著，而巴尔扎克一直是本人比较欣赏的作家之一，他刻薄的语言，尖锐的视角，大胆辛辣的讽刺都是我喜欢的类型，看完果然名副其实，对于法国当时保皇派和自由派的争夺也有了更进一步的了解，好片，值得推荐！
7.5吧，很多情节放在如今也毫不违和，不愧是巴尔扎克。时长原因，虽然有趣但还是看到疲倦。
多兰的戏份可以再多一些吧！主演小哥演的很传神！
巴尔扎克原作的加成过大….有些场面调度倒也会闪闪发光了。男主长了一张好穷苦的脸，多兰是真的好看，两位女士看起来真的很大贵族！
就像是读了一部世界名著，精美绝伦地重塑了一个古典华丽的巴黎风情录。
跃阶层“幻灭“的悲剧！假新闻和辟谣及掌声都是生意！
7.5分，首先从电影整体上来讲，个人觉得完全可以拍出一部史诗作品，这其中并不只是增加一倍的时长，而是有关于法国大革命后，人们在受到以权力、名利、金钱等代表的物欲的诱惑下，逐渐舍弃了最初的爱与信仰、理想与真诚、善良与正直等正向价值这一宏大且深刻的社会现实，在此其中的素材可挖掘的太多了，因此本片拍的有些不够深入，某些人物如内森就没有好好刻画，引用的旁白也过多了，完全可以通过具体的影像来呈现，否则只是文学作品的影像化罢了。ps：巴尔扎克笔下的巴黎和伍迪·艾伦的巴黎，真像是现实与理想的距离。
-结构好？那就是它老套！
好看，故事完整，流畅，也不枯燥无聊，大概是那个年代的氛围很足，男主很帅，多兰也帅，阶级问题在那个时代影响很大，男主主要是飘了，如果稳一点见好就收就好了，从无到有再到无，经典。
竟然是billy the kid 的后传电影。《神弃之地》是接过了《赴汤蹈火》新西部片的棒，那这部就是老西部片复兴啦！
4.5 声色犬马的巴黎在波谲云诡间无止尽地倾泻她的幻泡，似乎人人都可分得一杯羹。但Lucien在空中坠落时，大概能够回想起来，下雨天在巴黎穿过排水沟也是要花钱的。
Every soul is for sale, for a price. 是巴尔扎克笔下的浮士德故事，是十九世纪的巴黎众生相，也是我们所在的世界。光论电影本身算不上佳作，但有巴尔扎克原著的功力在，人物塑造都不成问题，旁白有些多余（虽然是多兰念的）。但今天再看这个故事真真感到荒诞又现实，从新闻媒体诞生之日以来，它的角色就从未改变过……
一则小镇青年迎合上流、却终不得入的寓言。关系的本质是交换，不要自己加戏。
不愧是巴尔扎克超越时代的作品，电影的改编使其对新闻界的批评更为集中化。在这个网红遍地，附庸风雅，趋炎附势，理想幻灭的世界里，如今依旧有现实意义。
阶级突破后得意忘形，打回原形，忘了自己想要什么！
法国喜剧电影好像总是离不开“叽叽喳喳”感，像是置身于一家闹哄哄的酒馆中闲言碎语的中心。片子精致而吵闹，和主人公一起“造了一个黄粱梦”，也给“梦醒时的荒唐”留了体面。巴尔扎克这个文本，批判完了所有七七八八的东西，最终还是保留了对美的爱。想起北野武的《阿基里斯与龟》。两部片子合在一起，真的很容易敲碎玻璃心的文艺青年。不过别担心，也别混淆～艺术仍然是艺术，美仍然是美。所以我忍不住想大声疾呼：艺术值得！！！
“我想到了所有那些在觉醒之后，必须找到内在力量的人。”根据巴尔扎克同名小说改编的电影《幻灭》，一个乡村诗人在巴黎的从向往到挣扎和走向幻灭的经历。1996年出生的青年演员瓦赞出色表演，为影片增色加分，旁白的切入，让你又慢慢记起大师原著中那些经典的文字……
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