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.
在20年前的台湾，看得出普通的中产家庭想要维持一个光鲜的美国梦是有点吃力的。明明以为自己再够一够手就能达到了，却被一场疾病打回原形，妈妈内心的不甘是比女儿更强烈的吧。
故事：7 情感：7 结构：8 节奏：7
03非典那年我九岁，小学三年级，学校突然通知不用上课，我高兴到站在课桌上面蹦，被老师呵斥。电影真细腻，林嘉欣真好，03年真好。
2003年非典爆发时期，母亲带着两个女儿从美国回台北治病，但大女儿非常不情愿回来，造成她和母亲的矛盾冲突与日俱增。
点开拖进度条看了两眼，受不了：1.林嘉欣气若游丝躺在病床上问老公要不要买房（what？你们没买房就生了2个小孩？）；2.老公给小孩煮饭，小孩嫌难吃，老公生气——真的是烦死这种无能爹了，2022年了ball ball各位导演不要再描述男的的无能了，非要写的话请把他们统统写死
没有情绪的起伏而只是一味的在压抑中愤然归结于对方的自私而达不到自己的要求，就做不到让观众产生同理。文化冲突和疫情都只是这个电影在当下想要挂上噱头的手段。真正的矛盾与冲突只会在日常琐碎里越积越深，而电影里除了妹妹之外的三人充满刻意性与表演性的吵架，都只会更加重不真实感。相比之下，瀑布在各方面都高出一筹。
7分，爸爸和妈妈是来自不同星球的人这点抓得很好，林嘉欣和小演员们的表演很喜欢
这种不好好说话的状态我在我妈身上见过太多次，很难说是因为电影里写实台词带来的的情绪共鸣还是它就是没那么好带来的抗拒，我三只手都选瀑布。
刻意设计的情节与台词还是有点多，最后困局的解决也显得过于简单，但不妨碍整体情感表达的真诚质朴。在疫情癌症阶级跌落三重阴云笼罩下濒临分崩离析的家庭，虽然成员们坚信都深爱着其他人，也都愿意为此付出努力，但这种努力换来的却是愈加激烈的争吵与怨恨。美国女孩说的不只是姐姐妹妹，更说的是亲身体验梦境破碎跌回人间的母亲，她们都想成为美国原野上的马，最终却要接受自己不过是台湾铁笼中的鸟这一残酷现实。很私人很具有历史感的文本，却因为当下的covid疫情具有了一种现实感，又因为这种家人间爱恨交织的复杂情感具有了普世性。
每一个在经历子女青春期的父母都只能抚摸额头、黑线、叹气吗
三星半
美国再好，患病后还是选择回国，刻在骨子里的基因是很难改变的。
然而两位主演的表演与单薄的文本形成了惊人的对照，在碎片化的冲突与和解里，母女二人仍然贡献了细腻丰富的表达。
back to 2003（inasadway ( 最后的陈绮贞..有够杀（吴沛绫音乐也写得蛮好
从拒之门外到主动迎接，也许失去过的爱才会明白去珍惜。疫情大背景下中美文化差异被刻意的夸大了很多，但是最普世的情感还是想通的，没有宣传下的催人泪下，都是最简单的真情流露，林嘉欣和方郁婷的表演都值得点赞！
这几年一些港台片有一种很相似的大光圈气质…
除了具体故事所映射出来的关于母女的情感距离与家长里短之外，实际上当视点置于女儿身上时，她身上出现了一种独属于台湾这方土地的溯源困境，历史的归属问题叠加到这个家庭之中，在女儿的挣扎上得以具体显现。
女儿看着就跟韩片《爱.回家》里的小孩一样叫人厌烦。说明一个道理，在家庭关系里，幼子代表的既是索取的角色，而厌恶被索取是人类的共性，这点不会比动物更理性。或者承担家庭时就已经签下了这份承诺，一方将会只知道索取，另一方始终无怨无悔。我们把这份承诺称之为“爱”。
3星半。观看的过程突然就想到了《小伟》，同样是亲人罹患癌症的家庭背景下，同样的美国梦，《美国女孩》优在独特的故事题材无可取代，但是《小伟》的结局处理方式让人更加惊喜。不过，阮导在《美国女孩》里展现的平稳叙事和成熟稳重，加上台湾语境下表达的自由空间，让人非常期待导演的下一部，未来可期。
孩子又那么不懂事顶嘴叛逆。弥漫火药味，动不动就爆炸。
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