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
每次伟大真相被人类获知的时候，背后都有先行者的抗争和牺牲。
啥也别说了，这才代表了中国动画片的巅峰，看看这故事，看看这人物设定，无一不是经典，完全超过同一阶段迪士尼的动画片。可惜啊，如今这样的作品再也不会产生了。
（剧终之后随附纪录短片：幕后花絮，由导演分享讲述，以及此次的修复工作概览）
国产动画鼎盛的七八十年代，大荧幕频现兼顾剧情又将充满想象力的奇幻动画，这其中又以《大闹天宫》《哪吒闹海》《天书奇谭》最为人传唱。之后便鲜少有叫好又叫座的大荧幕作品出现，但直到近年来才出现同类型的《大圣归来》《大护法》《白蛇缘起》找到当年奇幻动画的影子。尽管国产动画经历了裹足不前的二十年，但大中华从来不缺乏兼顾想象力和寓教于乐的文化瑰宝，尤其这些当年开创历史的标杆性作品都值得后动画人反复观摩学习，国产动画的重新崛起或许正在此时。
致敬经典，这是真正的国漫之光！
这电影给五分不过分，悬念，未知，人性，齐活了！
今天想起来重看一遍，还是那么逗，又抽象又丰富。
喜劇分兩種，一種為單純刻意營造的喜劇，適合大多數受衆，一種為無厘頭只有個別人覺的特好笑，適合笑點較高的，此片屬於後者，我從頭笑到尾，以致於看見那個劫匪的臉和表情即便他什麽都不做我都笑的停不下來，這片有魔性，我特喜歡看這種看似正常流水實則二到不能再二而且沒標注為喜劇的喜劇片，太特麽逗了！
天道无私，留尘后世。
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开场配乐一出我激动得几乎当场决定要二刷。对于80后来说，这是真真正正的“爷青回”。动画设计十分精妙，看得很感慨。然而，有个巨大的槽点我真是不吐不快：蛋生全程每一声“师父”字幕打出的都是“师傅”，真是太不应该了。小和尚叫老和尚也是“师傅”，弄得我非常闹心，既想听蛋生喊师父，又不想看到大银幕上的师傅……院线版多出的11分钟是一则小小的幕后纪录，挺好，很感动。20211106北京槐房万达
這一中國版普羅米修斯的故事，也可以說是個“沒有意義的”普羅米修斯的故事。“天書”之下凡並未給世間帶來任何好處：掌握天書的蛋生利用知識所做的唯一好事就是變出聚寶盆，幫村民們討回被奪走的財產，而如果沒有這天書，這些財產也不至被奪去。權力鏈條的結構消解了天書的意義，或者說天書的可能作用同官僚主義的、魑魅魍魎的世間發生了資源的錯配，以這樣的角度觀之，影片對於現實問題的指涉力度和思想史意義，可能均在其淺薄、低齡化的表象之上。4K修復版重映，2021年11月9日20:10於CGV北京路5號廳。
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适合晚上睡不着时候看，不错的小品或者舞台剧。
画面真不错，蛋生骂狐狸精的时候笑死我了“你不要脸！”哈哈哈哈哈哈哈。小时候看的，剧情想不起来了，这次在电影院看，觉得剧情有些平，最后结束得戛然而止。但是值得一看，片尾有一段纪录片，很不错，这部电影也是一代人的努力了。
片头的字写得好漂亮。类似盗火的普罗米修斯（在当时的条件下还无法将“天书”的奥秘分享给每一个人），可悲的是这片现在看也不过时。
也是在家里被绑架，这类题材已经不新鲜了，怎么样拍出新鲜感很有难度。本片没有大的高潮，也没有暴力冲突画面提起兴趣，柯林斯的颜值是唯一看点。最后结局的反转暗示女权的胜利✌
还记得小时候第一次看是在一个夜晚……不知道为什么电视台要在大晚上的放动画片。然后觉得那个老狐狸精的那张脸很鬼魅……
国产动画片里的经典，百看不厌。让现在的动画制作者汗颜。看了这个才知道，技术不是一部好片子的保障。看看人SOUTH PARK 不照样好看
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