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.
前面太套路化了，正义被处处针对。后面的反转又太天降正义。
题材很好，但是因为选题太大，毕竟是揭发社会丑陋现象，对抗财阀对抗政府，这内容就显得单薄了。韩国类似选题的电影很多，拍的都很精致很深刻，这个对比起来确实逊色很多。还有这个证据调查环节…好不专业..
这部电影和朱莉亚·罗伯茨主演的《永不妥协》的主题类似，主要是歌颂和赞扬小人物面对庞大的势力集团不屈不挠的抗争精神！
那些明知道会害死人的无良商家，全然不顾人的死活，赚着昧良心的黑心钱，韩国电影拍的真是叫好又叫绝，揭露社会的黑暗真是佩服，但愿我国也能拍出如此大快人心的电影🎦
整部电影其实挺平庸的，但这真实事件改编就值得多加一星，又再一次让人看到韩国政府的腐败、无良的企业和一出事就想用钱收买人心的丑恶嘴脸，很庆幸我们社会主义国家的领导和人民都秉持着为人民服务的优良作风，才不会像韩国有那么多令人不寒而栗的事件！
之前看过英大吉解说真实事件过程，没想到这就有电影了。只顾着自己幸福，漠视他人的生命，看的时候一直在思考，正义的手真的能在那些自私的人头上挥下制裁的拳头吗？受害者能做的，只有坚持不懈的呼喊，微小的力量积累起来，变得振聋发聩。
结局反转，我还以为那个男的哭是因为好不容易升官了紧接着就完蛋了😂
片名蛮灾难片的感觉，不过在看过《辩护人》等佳作后，这部片子确实节奏拖沓缓慢，煽情部分也严重不足，个人在面对权贵面前确实显得苍白#电影 #空气杀人
7分，就电影本身而言，人物情感稍微单薄，其实并不算出彩。
这个男主的片看过不少，演技总那么差一点点，说不上来，还是喜欢看河正宇的。电影还行吧，想到李光洙的女朋友当女主总有点跳戏
中规中矩，听过很多up解说过这件事，艺术加工过的内容自然没有事实具有冲击力。
因為對真實事件有了解，所以更加覺得難看，滿目皆是順理成章，情節均是工業套路，尤其幾場法庭戲、會議戲都非常差，和韓國同類型影片比毫無新意，就一味地在用力、用力、用力，完全只有情緒的煽動和宣洩，迫切地想要激起觀眾的憤怒和淚點，而事實上，由始至終都沒有真正試圖走進受害者內心，只是在消費傷痛而已。
真实事件改编，平民无声的呐喊。
五味杂陈。上面的人把责任像皮球一样踢来踢去，受苦的永远都是平头老百姓
同样的现实主义题材，对比《辩护人》的确不在一个水平线上。但依然为“民生现实题材+最后的20分钟反转+最后冰冷的推诿式结局处理”加星。不管别人拍的怎么样，起码可以拍出来，这是电影的现实意义，而我们只有远远看着的份，这是电影的悲哀。
电影整体及格，啥事都有。但敢于自揭伤疤，敢拍，敢演，值得佩服。
整部电影唯一戳我的地方就是他回想自己掉下去的时候身边毫无一人 和自己幻想的和Connor肩并肩走掉真的形成了讽刺 到最后还是一个人
冲着题材看的，整体挺压抑的，但总感觉缺少了什么，3.5⭐
有的地方可以看出很真实，但是总体没什么惊喜，甚至有点落入俗套。
很震惊的历史，因为看过介绍，所以只等着找到谜底。但是当时的人，却是鲜活的生命的代价。不自觉的想到“三聚氰胺”，什么时候也有人可以把这样的电影拍出来。警醒世人也好。
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