Set to broadcast in two one-hour films, this family treat is inspired by the classic books of Barbara Euphan Todd and is pegged to be the TV event of the season. Mackenzie Crook has taken Scatterbrook farm and the infamous characters of this well-loved tale and injected them with a tender and authentic charm. This is the perfect family adventure, packed with a fun, mischievous spirit and delivered with an environmental message.
Mackenzie Crook, (Pirates Of The Caribbean, Detectorists) who has written, directed and stars as Worzel Gummidge, has gathered a host of both accomplished and brilliant actors who are set to appear in this eagerly anticipated adaptation.
Playing The Green Man, creator of the scarecrows, who arrives to Scatterbrook in episode two, is comedy legend Sir Michael Palin. He says: “It’s a lovely part for me, but the whole script is very memorable and touching, and very funny too. It quite skillfully weaves in something for everybody all the time.”
Zoë Wanamaker (My Family, Harry Potter And The Philosophers Stone) will play the eccentric local aristocrat, Lady Bloomsbury Barton in episode two. She says: “The whole thing is so charming and inventive. It’s the sort of thing I’d watch. I’m sure it will be a huge success. I know it will - it’s divine.”
Vicki Pepperdine (Getting On, The Windsors) takes on the role of the formidable Aunt Sally in episode one. She says: “There’s something for everybody. It’s got this heart to it, and you’d be hard pushed as an adult not to engage with it.”
Steve Pemberton (League Of Gentleman, Benidorm) will play Mr Braithwaite, the farmer. He says: “This is the kind of show the whole family can enjoy together. It has a lot of humour, a lot of visual humour too, and I think kids will enjoy watching the children being central to the story.”
Rosie Cavaliero (Gentleman Jack, Cleaning Up) will play Mrs Braithwaite, she added: “It’s a story about the imagination, and children escaping into this different world. Mackenzie’s version is totally contemporary.”
Ones to watch India Brown (Hetty Feather) and Thierry Wickens (making his TV debut) will play Susan and John, two city children spending their summer at Scatterbrook farm who quickly befriend Worzel and begin a summer of adventures.
The first episode, The Scarecrow Of Scatterbrook, sees two young strangers arrive in the village of Scatterbrook. It’s not long before Susan and John encounter Worzel Gummidge, the Scarecrow of Ten Acre Field. Their world is sent spinning into confusion when they realise Gummidge comes to life. The only person more shocked is Worzel, when he discovers that the children are not in fact fellow scarecrows but humans.
Their worlds should never commune but fate has conspired to create an extraordinary union. The seasons have stopped and the harvest hasn’t arrived. The rhythm of the natural world is out of kilter and this unlikely trio must try to put it right. Magic, mystery and mayhem unfurl.
The second episode, The Green Man, welcomes another mysterious arrival to Scatterbrook. The Green Man is the creator of scarecrows and keeper of scarecrow lore. He isn’t at all happy that Worzel is consorting with humans. Elsewhere, local aristocrat Lady Bloomsbury Barton is holding a fete, with a Scarecrow competition that Worzel is determined to win. What will The Green Man and Worzel's most competitive rival, Soggy Bogart make of it all?
Worzel Gummidge is written and directed by Mackenzie Crook and is a Leopard Pictures, Treasure Trove Productions and Lola Entertainment production for BBC One. It is Executive Produced by Kristian Smith for Leopard Pictures, Lisa Thomas for Lola Entertainment, Mackenzie Crook for Treasure Trove Productions, with rights holders Patrick D. Pidgeon and Eric S. Rollman executive producers for Pidgeon Entertainment, Inc. It is produced by Georgie Fallon and Alex Moody is the Commissioning Editor for the BBC.
Further casting:
Francesca Mills - Earthy Mangold
Tim Plester - Clarty
Colin Michael Carmichael - Soggy Bogart
Andrew James Spooner - Flat Alistair
Phil Hulford - Hannah Harrow
Tom Meeten - HMS Odney
Christopher-Robert Barlow - Rag Bag
Kiran Shah - Chopper and Root Bound
Charlie Mayhew - Rustle Sprouter
Lucy Montgomery - Jackie Pudding
Gus Brown - Oswald Pollypop
Malik Ibheis - Trike
Ben Langley - Driver
Mariam Haque - Receptionist
可以预言，今年的豆瓣年度报告里一定会有这一条“这部电影大家都喜欢，你的看法不一样”。
很多人可能没有意识到，维伦纽瓦极有可能开启了一个继星战、异形等经典科幻电影之后的一个崭新时代。影片基本忠实原著，改编也较为恰当，不能说十全十美，但就营造一个世界的开端之作，已然足够，十年序幕徐徐拉开！
观众们在插科打诨的流行商业软科幻喜剧和勉力为之总缺一口气的小成本科幻电影的困境里挣扎多年之后，的确难得地收获了一部科幻史诗。整部电影堪称巨大物恐惧症患者的灾难，无论是太空还是厄拉克斯广袤的沙漠场景，对渺小人类的视觉冲击力很强，营造了一种类似宗教的极其神秘的氛围。对非原著读者的观众来说，适当进行了概念灌输，而这些灌输又不显得赘余。演员搭配其实也蛮香，甜茶的少年感还符合年龄设定，和丽贝卡的母子cp也有些好嗑，另外奥斯卡的肉体也是全片很绝的一个镜头。现在全心期待后续，拜托原人马搞快点。
看完后想到《沙丘》仍然触及到了一些电影的本质问题，而这个本质暗含在维伦纽瓦激烈对撞的坚持里：譬如用slow movie的拍法来正面抗击商业的、科幻的、奇观式的电影吸引力法则；用1965年的时代文本对撞2022年的性别、种族意识的觉醒后的摄制（诚然，这一点很失败）；用几乎为零的人物发展和近乎故意的空洞的人物来对比巨大的的沉溺式的感官体验。所以在这一部里，我以为沙丘是一种直觉表达，一次呼唤观影原始冲动的尝试，因此你可以说它primitive，也可以说它transcendental。而对我来说，这些都不重要，重要的是它圆满抵达了我。
[前情：看过5册半原著+了解维伦纽瓦]：杜拉斯说自己通过拍电影杀死写作，但维伦纽瓦的沙丘一定拯救了什么。站在回想原著且考虑市场的角度，觉得导演在每一个层面的选择都已经做到了最优，也对没看过原著的观众把门槛降到了最低。两个半小时不觉长，想跟着这个世界走很远很远。之前有一个纠结，在影响了后世这么多作品后，在21世纪20年代还要去影像化沙丘，我不太坚定它的意义，但看完却被一个最没有预设的情感击中：一种古典悲剧性的faith and determination。公爵表达厄崔迪家族：there are no calls that we won’t answer. 一句话在这个时代弥足珍贵。现在我相信：Long Live House Atreides!
《基地》出来伊始的短评及其肉眼可见的下滑也不复述了。
有钱人玩过家家，硬是看出小时代那味，没有剧情的散沙，可真是一盘散沙啊
有不少观众觉得本片叙事节奏慢、故事单薄。这里面，有个对电影叙事的理解问题：大部分观众，习惯了好莱坞商业大片式讲故事的模式，即将情节前因后果，角色的目的、驱动力，人物关系，正反派的理念以及冲突核心等都交代得清清楚楚，甚至直接用对话或画外音讲出来。观众看电影时，基本不需要自己来理解、分析，这样才能跟得上如今越来越快速的情节和镜头。这种电影的故事复杂性，完全是外在的，是情节点的众多转折让观众产生故事丰富的感觉。而很多艺术电影的叙事需要观众参与，而不仅仅是观赏。这对观众就提出了较高的要求，会使一些观众产生“累心”的感觉。同时，商业大片里的情节往往是线性的，因果关系直接而简单。艺术电影里有很多看似和主线故事无关的情节，角色的某个行为也并不一定与故事的结果有关。可昨晚和老韩看完，仍心想这是什么玩意儿？
尽管不差，仍旧希望维伦纽瓦不要再被大片绑架。
配乐太牛了，电影院里听的都起鸡皮疙瘩。剧情推进基本流畅，制作精良，男主颜值在线，有啥理由给7分呢？我不管我给五星，期待下半部！
中规中矩。音乐铺得太满了，很多剧情有点拖沓，一直到底都没有什么特别有印象的场景。
奥斯卡美死了。｜漫天飞舞的导弹，徐徐降落的敌人与快速利落的打斗场面，昆虫状的机械与离巢的飞船，全息投影的树枝与眼睛，“我梦到了你”。预言与预言到来的时刻。｜观感特别棒，两个半小时有点短，“你要学的还有很多，这只是个开始”|二刷，电影博物馆1.43:1 的GT巨幕激光IMAX厅。
结局： 《阿汤哥和蜘蛛侠的女人教会我勇敢》
电影可能很有高级感，但高潮不够，故事不清，仅有画面，让我很难追下去啊☹️
我怎么看着是一个“白人高富帅如何成为塔利班”的故事？
适合场景癖、配乐癖，有点外国张艺谋的感觉😅
维伦纽瓦的谋略彻底失效，堪称星体陨落级的滑铁卢式奇观产品，整个“导航集”简直是一场折磨。《降临》或“2049”文本篇幅的举重若轻让维伦纽瓦的“艺术大片”策略能够肆意发挥：缓慢的叙事节奏、巨大象征物体的视觉压迫、高压窒息的架空氛围、古典诗歌般的做戏腔调，完美交融于一种空洞却足够震慑的悠扬和冗长中，令观众接近于观看科波拉乃至50年代好莱坞超级巨制的惊愕沉浸，但可能未再有真实的收货与感知，实际仅类似于对绘画和雕塑的快捷欣赏——零散的对接交流，侧重于捕捉朦胧的形式。小说在此被短篇化的拆解并分段拍摄的缘由，亦可能来自于维伦纽瓦对文本复杂度的畏惧，故电影关于娱乐性奇观与关键信息量的呈现类似于话剧的极简，却仍不自在，近乎失去了一部空想电影的所有魅力，到底依然无法掌控这样规模的叙事，未完待续更像是自我了断。
不要再蹭科幻了。
7.5 茶你想没想过做梦是因为趴着睡压迫心脏
普通发言：我看了两个半钟头的预告片。所以这片子是粉丝向作品么？就算画面再好看但是两个半小时的预告片还是会觉得不爽啊。
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