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.
创作者真的就是一句表扬都是动力，不需要他人认可的创作者说不存在的，抱着女朋友想着创作那一幕真的很灵，这个人，很立体。
还是一如既往喜欢大小姐😍😍😍
使用音乐剧作为全片载体是对原型的最大尊重，重要的是首首好听。
没人比年奔三十还自觉一事无成的人更明白，
没习惯这种风格的电影，群戏，新旧冲突吧，改变与适应吧，人名和脸都对应不清楚，突然被邀看，迟到竟然也能看，空调都是后面开的。
滴答，滴答……嘣！
"They are singing happy birthday, you just wish you could run away."
加菲有追求，有前途～ 虽然现在看着还有点像表演工作室的学生…故事好美，每一个Jon人生中的时刻都牵动人心，但LMM这种快剪真的是看着好难受…可能老了受不了这么多又晃又快切的镜头。这是theatre没法剪辑后遗症么，能拍电影了就疯狂切镜头？
工整到乏味的电影，歌也完全无感，加菲表演得太夸张，即使是真实事件改编我也完全无法共情。我一直在猜测，也许这是一部科幻片，《傲慢》的故事变成了现实，“倒数时刻”指的是世界末日，他没有时间了，因为再写不出好歌来地球就要爆炸了……好吧，是我想多了
林-曼努尔·米兰达的过人之处在于，他能以完全电影化的手段去拍摄他挚爱的音乐剧领域，视听技巧和情感表达都完全不像一位新电影导演，很是纯熟。而叙事中对90年代同性群体和艾滋病恐慌的处理，看似蜻蜓点水，却有着发自心底的关注与重视。当然，剧本编排若能更脱离学院派，更放飞自我，一定会更好。安德鲁·加菲尔德、罗宾·德·齐泽斯的表演完成度不俗。
说实话对这类音乐剧电影并不太喜欢。但有一段打动到我 男主回忆自己小时候和朋友在学校里排练唱歌 说 “希望人生每一天都这样度过。”虽然长大后的生活一地鸡毛 但或许会有一件事让你愿意不跟随主流 走入那条看似体面光鲜的上升路径 为主角纯粹而美好的理想主义感动。6.5
年近30艺术家面临事业友情爱情三重考验 歌好听 演的也好
9/10 倒数时刻可以说是我年度最佳之一了，作为一部人物传记片，导演并没有选取拉森人生最高光的时刻，而选择了他人生最难熬，困窘的时刻，它包含人生的喜怒哀乐与潮起潮落。为什么他可以一直坚持音乐剧创作，他本可以选择一项工作安稳生活，但他没有放弃，他是最后坚持下来的人。影片音乐剧和现实来回穿插，每一首歌都是拉森生活的点滴。这不仅仅是一部传记，是一部励志音乐电影，这就是为什么它会比《梅艳芳》好。
一位音乐剧天才通过光影拥抱了另一位音乐剧天才
艺术创作者具社会责任感是好事，但请先跳出自我感动的圈子，通篇现实与理想的矛盾撞击，关于所谓的“关注社会问题”的毒品和艾滋等只存在于枝蔓当中些微带过，如果不了解Jon的生平，也很难理解他的年龄焦虑。拍摄手法和布景还是太舞台，包括加菲的表演在内重点都在于谷情绪，创作者的传记侧重在创作是无可厚非，但对于人物塑造会不会太单薄？还有最重要的，音乐真的过耳即忘，也不是不好，就是还不够。我个人是很能get那种燃烧生命为了一件事的人物或作品，但不包括这一部。
临近年底，好片如潮。我被《倒数时刻》深深击中！
一开场Jon Larson介绍自己是音乐剧编剧时声称one of the last my species，到如今LMM把他的故事搬上银幕，this movie is a love letter from one Musical-theater writer to another.
片子看着很过瘾，音乐都很有力，词儿特别到位，好朋友迈可那段看得眼泪汪汪。加菲演的好卖力！后来一搜发现，Jonathan Larson得了个怪病英年早逝，可惜！
“一瞬间你就死了，一瞬间你就过时了”sad😥and you might have to keep on writing and writing until......
使用音乐剧作为全片载体是对原型的最大尊重，重要的是首首好听。
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