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.
用音乐具象化展现创作者的生活和想法，妙啊。音乐很好听，原型乔纳森的故事太动人了，在快餐店打工维持生活，创作出了音乐剧《吉屋出租》，却在这部作品在百老汇首演前去世，这部作品红了几十年，但乔纳森没有亲眼看到这一切。
加菲的演技有点尬住，但是他太真诚了，那双眼睛流起泪来很难不勾得人跟他一起心碎。音乐好喜欢啊。
作为LMM的处女作完成度很高，加菲的表演飞跃令人惊喜，确实是对标爱乐之城的电影，一样拍三十岁前年轻人追梦的处境，一样有很多对于经典的致敬，也……不得不说，一样的通俗，感染力来自于故事外部而非故事内部。爱乐之城的感染力来自于观众自身经历和情感的代入，而这部则更针对本身就对宽街有情怀的音乐剧观众，剧情和人物本身有很多单薄的、甚至是悬浮的地方，脱离了更为真实具体的挣扎（譬如90年代艰难的LGBT运动，包括舞台上的和舞台下的），显得中二有余但悲壮不足。
剧情主线单薄，剧中剧的表现形式有帮助避短但效果有限；加菲很努力但这片像音乐剧的感觉还是大大重于像电影，他也像在演剧而不是电影。
wb上有人发了一条《爱乐之城》的石头姐遇见《倒数时刻》的加菲，还有人发了一条超凡蜘蛛加菲遇见平行宇宙Spider-Woman Gwen，感觉吃了双份的过期玻璃渣狗粮...............
“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......
观众可以想象他之前的八年时光，一定度过了无数的无眠夜晚。可这部剧从未完整的登上过舞台，几年没日没夜的努力瞬间归零。
大型音乐剧，剪辑非常棒。吵架分手的时候心里还想着怎么写成歌，太真实了。。
歌舞的部分后半段不是很多，前面歌舞的部分比较多一点。不管怎么说这部电影真的很棒，具有灵性的一部传记电影。里面的音乐都很棒，如果是在电影院能看到的话效果绝对比通过小屏幕看要好很多，另外能不能不要在评论里再提爱乐之城了，两部从风格到叙事都没有任何交叉点……最喜欢的是灵感激发，泳池水全变乐谱那一段，太神了。
承认自己没有才华
看完最大的遗憾就是已经过了29岁可以唱里面那首 30/90 的时候，这段唱段过于迷人。
在拥有这样的体验之后，还有什么理由去怀疑加菲尔德。
在得知桑德海姆逝世当天晚上在幕布上看到了60s的桑爷爷，一个暴击。Jon的歌是20岁时最爱，桑爷的则年纪越大越能体会，所以他们一个永远在30+，一个桃李满堂年年大寿。愿天堂永远有波希米亚人和小夜曲。
林聚聚导演的第一部电影长片，能为自己的偶像拍这样一部电影，让更多人了解他、记住他，一定是一件很幸福的事情。
聚光灯一般明亮，像是又感受了一次RENT里的生命力。/在世纪看RENT居然是三年前的事了，想念剧场。
【B+】
周日在咖啡馆喝咖啡的SB懒癌，忽悠卖货的无良广告商，前女友哄一哄就好，房租水电别断我马上续费，好基友的逝世，以及要连续不断的创作才能期待卖出作品。这就是剧作家对过往创作史的狠狠吐槽。30了又如何？功成名就的前夜，只是35就挂了，人生真是充满遗憾。7.7
需要重新看一遍《lala land》洗一洗眼睛和耳朵。。。。
体验到了歌剧的感染力，有新意，但仍没有跳脱出传统歌舞类型的框架，放在今年来看已经是佼佼者了。首先加菲的的形象从彼得帕克开始就一直非常适合这种埋头苦干的草根设定，确实是这部影片的不二人选，在影片中一展其别开生面的嗓音有如专业选手，LMM将拉森的歌曲几乎一比一地搬上大银幕并赋予其极大的生命力，围绕生前遗憾的展现不会太过挣扎，而是用拼搏奋斗的献身精神去回应外界的感慨，反而凸显其的传奇性 。泳池五线谱化为创作灵感的设计着实是让人眼前一亮了，献给所有对百老汇舞台抱有激情的创作者和观众，对比今年另一部改编之作《健听女孩》也收获了丰厚的口碑，可能在疫情之年西方世界真的很需要这样重拾热情的话题之作吧。
“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......
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