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.
这居然是新片？还以为是翻牌阿甘的老掉牙！再一看简介是真人真事改编？好吧那就加一星
正常人演成残疾人的样子，应该跟残疾人努力和正常人一样，很困难吧。
虽然由中影参与投拍，但是本片没有让主角去为国争光，甚至在奥运会场，香港区旗都是经常和英国国旗在一起，足见给主创团队的自由度。故事本身是个好故事，演员们模仿残障人士非常像，但拍摄手法比较粗糙老套。
《媽媽的神奇小子》亦如此，
运动员退役后生活无保障，残疾运动员不受重视，当下依然是值得关注的焦点问题。苏桦伟的故事令人动容，他就像一面镜子，照出了许多为国争光的运动员的困境。过于煽情的设定，几个人物故事冲突不了了之，我觉得不太好。
“你残疾是天生的没有人会怪你，大家都会怪我。”母亲是更伟大的。
单纯电影本身肯定不能算有多高的质量，导演驾驭这么简单的一个故事都有些心有余而力不足，连那句本应是题眼的“望着妈妈”都降格成了最后激活主角的鸡血，所以整部影片才会有那么多被导演用完即弃的人物。不过它神奇的拥有那么几篇佳章，神奇的有还不错的比赛场面，还非常神奇的在一个“大湾区主旋律”中加入了一条刻画充分的关于残疾人运动员待遇的批判线，而背景的观众席中又神奇的总是有人挥着米字旗，这部电影才是神奇电影。
其实是个很感人的故事，只是叙事方式怪怪的。
中国的电影工作者，擅长模式化偏定势的创作，在人文与浪漫的尺度上，难有拓展。同样是反映残障人士的电影，美国的《阿甘正传》相比《妈妈的神奇小子》，在艺术性上有明显优势，中国的电影往往基于现实做的很好，高于现实方面有巨大短板。
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“你残疾是天生的没有人会怪你，大家都会怪我。”母亲是更伟大的。
煽情点不太能代入，母亲的角度切入传记，真的世上只有妈妈好【弟弟好可怜
前半部分剧情的推动就如同画面滤镜一般童话，站起来靠逼、跑起来靠天赋，零到英雄的过程貌似只是“进度条”的功劳。后半部分家庭矛盾激化反而更点出“难”，整体来说就及格。这送去奥斯卡岂不被人当笑话。
演员演得挺好的。也挺动人的。不知道是我冷了还是电影太热了，始终不是很感触
演得太好了 可惜亲子线略过火 显得主角有些巨婴
个人觉得要比同样是家长鼓励残障儿子跑步的了不起的老爸要好得多。还是佩服港台电影的工整度，一板一眼，步步推进，该让你感动的点，节奏、情感、完成度相当到位。真实自有万钧之力，在2008年我们都亲历且熟知的盛大事件中，有这么一个残奥冠军，关于他的成长，关于他的家庭，关于他的亲情、友情、爱情，关于他的骄傲与烦恼，这些接地气的东西只须稍作改动并配上一些高级的呈现方式，足以打动观众。
不管夺冠的没夺冠的，参加的没参加的，都希望给运动员们多些关注吧。
用力哭，不如用力跑！真是醍醐灌顶的一句话！感动，励志，已经不需要说太多！但很真实的反映了残疾运动员的现实生活状况以及母亲的心路历程，每个人都不容易，但依然在努力……
先杨后抑，第一次夺冠后感动的一塌糊涂，后面比较平了，回到了现实问题：一个正常运动员退役后求生都困难，何况一个残疾运动员了。
可能是我之前没认真看？但第一次看见，茶水这个岗位的人出现在感谢的工作人员名单里。
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