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.
主题就是“爱·死·机”，加上“芬奇”二字，真有看美剧的幻觉。与美剧观感更相似的原因是，片子的视野牢牢地限定在前十分钟，不再有变化，绝不会因为新增加的一些小线索而扩展自己的格局，导致片子过于可控，没啥野心。一切元素皆有模板，既不会失误，也不会留下印记。
故事行进至最后五分钟才是高潮和感人部分。一个机器人和一条狗的概念很新颖。被机器人感动到，被狗感动到（狗狗真会演戏）感动回归到本质依然是人的情感。所以，有一天世界末日，人类消亡，天空没留下痕迹，鸟却已飞过。如果我们全不在了，那些我们经历过的故事依然会被流传下去……汤姆汉克斯在里面再一次演出了人类最后的孤独。
汤姆汉克斯依旧发挥的很出色，但狗狗演技超棒。
Human experience, is not just imagining, it’s living.
本来以为是个文艺片。
还是很开心在信任感崩塌的今年为止，看到了这样一个关乎信任、孤独和爱的故事
一人一狗一AI，符合我對末日的想像。 2021.12.4 in.Tokyo
我在想如果我处于这样的世界，为了解决无聊，可能需要3000本书，5000部电视剧以及上万部电影。。。但是这是在有吃有喝有电的情况下，一般世界末日来看，这是完全不可能的
3.5 对未来的想象如此悲观，大概是疫情对艺术家的负面影响实在很大吧，最后机器人和狗狗一起送别最后一个人类的一幕，还可
整部电影都非常喜欢，尤其是最后的平静的死亡场景，我希望我最后的死亡也能向电影中的那样，平静，祥和，接受。
LOVED BY GOODYEAR AND JEFF.”This is living."又浪漫又伤心 呜呜呜o(╥﹏╥)o
我在想如果我处于这样的世界，为了解决无聊，可能需要3000本书，5000部电视剧以及上万部电影。。。但是这是在有吃有喝有电的情况下，一般世界末日来看，这是完全不可能的
在一片末世之中，一个人类依然可以借由一只狗教会一个机器人如何去爱。只要还拥有彼此，我们就不会是一无所有的存在。
浪费时间。。。。。。。一帮子豆瓣小清新sb(包括看沙丘都不会去电影院看，但又会假装自己很爱电影的某著名电影学院教授)会喜欢的片子
其实科幻末日背景挺弱的，借助阳光灼人的设定讲人的封闭孤独和不信任，当杰夫芬奇和狗狗建立起信任时，生命就能重返阳光下，人害怕伤害不愿信人，但又总是渴望获得赞扬陪伴和信任，就像芬奇始终保留来自父亲的明信片，杰夫想获得芬奇和小狗的认同。所幸芬奇离开时身边有杰夫和狗狗的陪伴，杰夫领略桥上明媚的风光后还有信心去看新的世界。 汤姆汉克斯独角戏carry全场，机器人杰夫呆萌，小狗值得一座狗界小金人，难得能看到一部如此舒服的电影。
杰夫是芬奇的孩子，由他一夜长大开始养家。
220611UC在线1：55：17。关于今天，是历史最差的一天，又是未来最好的一天！什么都没说，又什么都说了。
杰夫的皮质小手，感觉很有温度
虽然情节、设定背景都平淡且老套的很，但它还是能一步步把你引入陷进让你泪流不已。
虽然显而易见的是，《芬奇》隶属于科幻片的范畴，但我很难以此对待，我更愿意将它视为一部家庭亲情片和公路片的混合产物。所以当我们随着汉克斯这位美国良心漫游整个旅程时，会感到阵阵暖意。你会发现，不管是那条需要呵护的小狗，还是机器人杰夫，亦或者那个只会运输的小机器人，都给人一种治愈的能力，这是好莱坞拍摄这类影片百试不爽的绝招，总能让人为这些看似不起眼的小角色饱含深情。
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