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.
张伯伦这个角色太具有争议性，典型的揣着明白装糊涂。不过不得不说这部电影里的希特勒和张伯伦演绎得都很有特色，把刻板印象里的两个人物似乎都推翻了去重建，并且效果甚好。
政治这种东西从来就没有对错，只是在于哪个人被置于哪样的对立面上。
元首说为了争取生存空间。英国人让人有距离感。两个年轻人人突然变成了能扭转世界的最重要人物，叙事的手法很像《人类群星闪耀时》，但是重要的人物还是张伯伦，他的意思是面对混蛋我也只能陪他玩，然后在全世界面前出丑，其实是在妥协。最后男主回到家跟久违了老婆是要去参军，好残忍，但是那也是他对这乱世的回应方法，就像保罗没能出手杀希特勒一样真实，人在某个时候的全部情绪堆积而成的选择，真实而不容细想。
他没有资格杀掉希特勒，的确，希特勒在那时也是德国乃至整个欧洲问题的集中反映，现在大家都说自己是反法西斯了，那个时候不到万不得已谁又想撕破脸皮。历史终究不是一个个鲜明的观点和对立面。
一些从新的角度展现的历史/谍战片，演员表演方面没有什么问题，就是莉娜这个角色太工具人了。
好莱坞大片《明斯克》预“定项”，金凯瑞饰美稀宗，丹尼尔克雷格演俄武帝，杰瑞米雷纳饰乌伶侯。全片就被一句话给毁了，美西方真就背靠电影工业为所欲为，硬洗裱糊匠张中堂的无能。😅
紧张的氛围与紧凑的节奏，知道结局的我依然很慌张。最大的败笔在于不改变历史结局的前提下，对于保罗刺杀失败的处理。他压根就不会有这个机会。
感谢张伯伦母亲生下如此英雄为二战盟军胜利奠定坚实基础…
虽然是fiction但是讨论的问题很深刻，paul、hugh和张伯伦都是很有张力的角色，在历史的过道里没有什么非黑即白，放下冲动的正义和戴着镣铐的反抗最为动人
去掉两位虚构的主角，这可以算得上是一部张伯伦传了，有人说有洗白嫌疑，但恰好也给了历史课本里没有的角度，即便在那样的一个年代，许多人都在为和平不懈努力，不管是虚假的亦或是短暂的，再看当下一群人还喊着乌拉
二战题材可以常拍常有，多多少少是因为“第三帝国”仍不时地借尸还魂。本片关于张伯伦及其他的“political reality”做出了不同于以往大多数电影的呈现。（顺嘴一句：这是什么原耽照进电影的人物关系）
争取了一年时间备战？真的吗？历史的真相到底如何？可惜没有如果，只有各式各样的解读
所以真正的邪恶不是人本身，而是权力本身，无论是任何人，在拥有了最大化的权利之后，都会让心中小小的恶念膨胀起来。
电影氛围感挺强，演员演技中规中矩不是很推荐的影视作品，高潮部分不够精彩，过程不够流畅，对我而言断断续续的。
绥靖政策不会带来永久和平，更不是通过秘密外交牺牲他国利益换取自身和平。国之大事在祀和戎，二战爆发意味着理想主义永久和平论的破灭，更意味着现实主义可能是解决战争与和平问题的一种路径。没有任何一个国家希望战争来临，但一定不能为了换取和平助纣为虐。
比较慢热的历史题材，流程式铺垫，除了箭在弦上临场感的营造上不平衡，其他的虚实历史表现角度方面都算合格。
历史很难被一个小人物改变，但每一个小人物改变着历史。似乎会有一个偶然，能撼动了进程，但其实，历史的车轮仍旧按照它固有悠的节奏，轰隆隆的疾驰而过，没有半分停顿。是历史选择了希特勒，也选择了张伯伦，选择了丘吉尔罗斯福和斯大林，没有他们这段人类的浩劫，也不可避免。
非常的剧本拍的这么的平庸，真的是朴实无华。
喜欢看小人物在大历史背景下的挣扎，浪潮推着大家一步步往前走，明知眼前是无路也会挣扎着走下去。喜欢夜晚两个人交错吸那同一支的香烟，万般愁苦。
在虚构的历史片段里回答现实的问题: 我们不能选择自己生活的时代，我们唯一的选择就是如何回应。
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