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
Frammartino épouse l'exploration scientifique à un regard bucolique où une plasticité ascétique domine le cadre saisi conjointement par l'ombre et la clarté. Une sensualité vitale s'installe entre fiction et documentaire pour conjuguer l'homme/modernité et la nature/tradition tout en les confrontant. De ce rapport illuminé par la contemplation, les plans pastoraux et muets se distille une beauté primitive ou la puissance de l'imagerie
洞穴内摇曳的探照灯，湿润的穴壁，生命垂危的老人，旷野上的牛羊，飘散一地的插画。一种天人合一的感受。#Film Forum#
这不就是immersive cinema吗！意大利山区风光看得太过瘾了，所有细枝末节都在画面里发生，却又没有放大和引导的视线。cinema with the capital C！导演说第一次去到这个洞的时候带他去的前洞穴学家往下扔了一块石头，深到什么也听不见，最触动他的是“that disappearance, that lack of response”。探索者在沉默的巨大存在之下的那种收敛、严谨、小心翼翼和静默在放大细节的声音设计里面做得淋漓尽致，不小心掉落的球让人觉得冒犯又亲近。只有头灯的照明环境和镜头的跟随，让缓慢移动的探照光束在已知和未知之间来回移动。最后云层深处传来的呼唤像丢进洞里的石头，一切完结之后又是谁在期待回应呢
西班牙背景还是带着点异域风情的，不过还是有点悬浮，毕竟一个外国人在基本无基础的情况下十天学会一种舞种也太离谱🤔
如果是剧集聚焦的是蠢太对高人的追求，那剧场版注重的就是高人对蠢太的奔赴😭双向的爱真的太感动了！
惊险、精彩、诗意！老人脸上有岁月刻下的深深印记，不输山丘沟壑的深邃。90分钟几乎无台词，完整展现探洞过程，镜头角度刁钻，堪称一绝。没有高科技的仪器丈量尺度，探洞队全靠卷尺、铅笔和纸张，谁不想像绘图师那样在蓝天白云山野间支张桌子上班💼（本幽闭恐惧症患者好几次差点panic attack🥲
神一般的剪辑，将垂死的老人和洞穴的勘探做了蒙太奇处理，巧妙的剪辑点和微妙的细节变化，向你展示视听技巧的魔力，这个导演一出手，果然是大神！
惊险、精彩、诗意！老人脸上有岁月刻下的深深印记，不输山丘沟壑的深邃。90分钟几乎无台词，完整展现探洞过程，镜头角度刁钻，堪称一绝。没有高科技的仪器丈量尺度，探洞队全靠卷尺、铅笔和纸张，谁不想像绘图师那样在蓝天白云山野间支张桌子上班💼（本幽闭恐惧症患者好几次差点panic attack🥲
🆘我好想看副线cp啊！制片人那对啊看着好香啊！！！被结尾的戒指感动到了一下下😢（顺便想看舞台。
日剧日影里，最重要的就是相互欣赏，相互依靠，相互成长，所以爱的表达也是那么的相当，我好想去西班牙啊
三星半。生命的枯竭，深邃的洞穴终会见底，历史的斑驳不过是燃尽后的烟尘，自然保护与人类活动如何形成平衡，都成了眼底的静置。当洞口的牛变化为人，结果好像也没有太多不同。高度自然主义的塑造，洞穴的光线使用技巧高超。
弥散着生活的味道与自然之力量的慢电影佳作，与米开朗基罗·弗兰马汀诺的前作[四次]风格近似，这位导演真是当代罕见的十年磨一剑的执著创作者。无字幕的稀零言语、层次丰富的自然声、冷静克制的镜头、激起超验性的内在视点及偶尔进入眼帘的小小“事件”都让全片成为既非纪录片又非叙事电影的探索影像。牧羊人的生活和洞穴探险家双线交织并行，下降过程和死亡历程交相呼应，外来者和原住民的互动交往也别有意味。本片对光与影的运用尤其妙绝，既有高原旷野上缓慢变移的天光云影（我兀自忆及卡洛斯·雷加达斯的[寂静之光]），又有黑暗洞穴里虽细弱却显眼的探路灯火。几个亮点：山洞边的嬉戏和猝然坠落的足球，探险队员翻看、撕下及至终遗落在水中的纸刊（Epoca杂志，肯尼迪与尼克松、索菲娅·罗兰醒目），雾气笼罩一切的收尾。（8.5/10）
啧啧啧怪纯情的……get到外公的性感
蠢太的经历，想法让我想起tv的op的自白，我超级喜欢。这里片尾曲是真煽情。
我希望的那种感觉它好像没出来
太浪漫了，这就是爱情理想的模样吧。虽然作画看得出来在省，但是最后山丘告白做得很高光，这故事停在这里也很完美了。
こんなに切なくて ただ綺麗で
好久没看到这么超验又这么笃定的电影了，我们需要在电影节用大银幕重新打开触觉。不断下探，直至死亡的深度，直至洞中一无所有，房中空无一物。小小的愕然过后，是长久的宁静，在未知的黑暗中，肉身是比光更值得依托的存在。风带走人的呼喊，宇宙拂去人的踪迹，绘图员搁笔走入大雾中，与世间的一切事物相逢。
十万分感谢官方泥塑！真的很懂观众爱看什么
有被感动到（）剧场版去掉阴影下巴真的好看太多了，以及看完很想去西班牙（）
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