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
看了两章了。一个强奸案的三种表述。略显平庸，而观众真的就只想看看决斗。亮点是背景和服化道让我又有了权游的感觉。人物造型和年代背景让我觉得又回到了那个魔幻的时空。
大本和马达cp感自然得不能再自然，是因为共事，所以两个人都演得很放松吗。
每个男人都是自己的英雄，即便他们其实是莽夫和小人。想到“男人至死是少年”哈哈哈哈，我也不知道这有什么关联性。
拍得四平八稳，结构冗余无效。决斗刺激过瘾，中世纪质感出彩。
3.5 虽然【真相】段落很不罗生门，但叙事很稳，内核也好，因为这所谓多数人被牺牲的文明，tm的令人窒息了。当然，比起大谜面，更令人疑惑的是，老司机居然是全片门面担当？？后来才知道，原来这个角色是大本来演的...好的打扰了...
女权主义者的控诉，女人什么时候才能站起来？
有马版《罗生门》：“我不在的时候，除了丰收之外，我们的财富主要靠这些马繁殖。我买了这匹母马来繁殖，它带有战马的血统，它会生出许多有价值的小马，有时候，胜败与生死之间的差别⋯⋯不能是这匹种马！不，你不行！别上我的母马！大门要关好！母马正值发情期，这些事非同小可，要花钱的！”（有意义，无真相）胜 似输了。
前两部分的视角展现 看似补全各自盲点和脑内优化 实则着墨过多于人 于镜头于景别完全是干瘪的议论文体裁范本一般脱水感 最后才切回 Marguerite 的自述里 力道存而滞后了些 Duel 戏一般般 RS 做这么个赔钱的项目点出这样的主题主旨 还是难得的
13.10.2021 | @ Regal Majestic | 媒体场点映。Jousting还是很爽的，弥补了今年没去Renn Fair的遗憾。以为是又一个罗生门，结果是一个完全没有反转的彻彻底底的#metoo故事。说好的unreliable narrator呢？！用这样的结构设置来讲故事，这不是杀鸡用了牛刀吗？有点失望。不过用山羊胡来遮盖屁股下巴，这一招不错！//再往深了想想，为什么我对这部metoo片本能反感，大概是因为这片的导演和两位编剧都是男性，而各处的男性凝视又格外显眼吧。现在网上的男性影评人（包括IGN）纷纷给出高分，我倒是很好奇最后评价的性别分化会是什么样子。
2021.12.02 父亲的交换筹码 丈夫的泄欲工具 风流男的高级猎物 丈夫赢得荣光与民意 她什么都没有 #女性苦难
虽然比不上导演九十年代的《末路狂花》（此片是我最爱的电影之一），但非常感谢他一如既往的为女性发声。其实中世纪的这种男权控制欲和强占，至今没有太多改变，这才是最恐怖的地方。那时的男人们将女人视为物品，私有物。如今仍然可以各种评论里看到被低劣基因所控制的雄性生物对女性的不敬和戏谑。女主角的演技实在是很棒，在这个写满了悲情，男性争斗无关正义只不过是争夺面子的故事里极其加分。最后，希望未来的文明会越来越好吧。
令我拍案叫绝的年度最佳。与《角斗士》、《天国王朝》两部古装史诗着眼英雄、战争、宗教等题眼的宏大叙事相比，雷德利·斯科特在这部电影里采用了极其微观的复仇题材和十分内敛的手法，仿佛是用一把锋锐的匕首，一刀见血地切剖了从古绵延至今的父权制度，真不愧是能拍出《末路狂花》的名导。三段“罗生门”式的叙述互相补充也互相矛盾，在重重叠叠的遮掩中构成了极度血腥、凶暴、黑暗、诡谲的互文，姗姗来迟的真相却让故事沉入更加惨烈的悲剧之中。雷公的克制和冷峻加剧了意旨的哀恸——在这近乎令人窒息的两个半小时里，他用隐幽却一如既往的女性主义口吻警醒着着每一个观众，即我们自诩的文明至今未能完全地将女性从男性沾沾自喜的虚荣专制里解放出来。很多时候，这是一种制度性的群氓作恶，而加害者浑然不觉。
教士可以摆脱强奸案的控诉？繁殖癌的困惑。
令我拍案叫绝的年度最佳。与《角斗士》、《天国王朝》两部古装史诗着眼英雄、战争、宗教等题眼的宏大叙事相比，雷德利·斯科特在这部电影里采用了极其微观的复仇题材和十分内敛的手法，仿佛是用一把锋锐的匕首，一刀见血地切剖了从古绵延至今的父权制度，真不愧是能拍出《末路狂花》的名导。三段“罗生门”式的叙述互相补充也互相矛盾，在重重叠叠的遮掩中构成了极度血腥、凶暴、黑暗、诡谲的互文，姗姗来迟的真相却让故事沉入更加惨烈的悲剧之中。雷公的克制和冷峻加剧了意旨的哀恸——在这近乎令人窒息的两个半小时里，他用隐幽却一如既往的女性主义口吻警醒着着每一个观众，即我们自诩的文明至今未能完全地将女性从男性沾沾自喜的虚荣专制里解放出来。很多时候，这是一种制度性的群氓作恶，而加害者浑然不觉。
很典型的冲奥电影，而且是奥斯卡一定会获奖的那类片子，各种政治正确。甚至让我这样一个对「女权」没什么好感的人都会不禁感叹，「男人们都是一种自大和自恋的生物」。相比较最后的决斗，法庭责问那场戏才是影片真正的高潮部分，各种来自「男权」的责难与羞辱，威胁与讽刺如排山倒海般的袭来，拳拳到肉的施加到一个女性的受害者身上，那种体验感真的让人难以消逝。而最后的决斗，也都是各怀目的的释放而已，又有谁真的会在意这个可怜的女人呢？在男人的斗争中，女人永远只是牺牲品而已。雷爵爷真的很厉害，他会用这种三段式的叙事方式把剧情走向逐渐推向高潮，看过之后你就会明白，两段男性视角的呈现完全是为了女性视角的惊艳亮相做的铺垫而已。朱迪科默奉献了几近完美的演技，电影无论从卡司到剧本，从结构到制作都堪称后疫情时代的天花板。四星稳稳。
3.9分。 每个人的眼里，自己都是被忽视和受委屈的那一个，周遭则到处都是恶意和敌对。斯科特没有刻意对女性的历史处境做出批判，而是选用了一个独特的视角，让我们可以用不同的切面进入到当时的历史语境里，并且与三位关键性的人物产生共情。由此，你才不会认为最后女性的视角过于偏狭，为了女权而女权，更能理解被强暴的女人将要面临的困境。 斯科特能在八十多岁的高龄，对这样一个语义丰富的文本做出展现，用古典的打光和布景，让这一中世纪的故事变得可信，且戏剧张力十足，确实值得钦佩。
罗生门式的讲述，决斗将女人的无力、矛盾与绝望推向高潮
一场决斗的取胜，书写了英雄的荣誉史话，巩固了男权的文明堡垒，同时泥埋了女性的真实呼喊。
硬是将一个城堡情爱暴力的三角狗血生搬硬套一个罗生门的角度来讲150分钟而变成教科书般了无生气。。。。。硬生生将大女主抗争叙事压缩到最后的1/4。。。哎😔~
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