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
是王子复仇更是自我救赎，约等于看了两个小时神神叨叨画面很美的北欧摄影大片集锦。
136分钟53秒 23.976fps 蓝光 北欧版王子复仇记
对维京史诗，“王子复仇记”永远没有抵抗力。
泰姆瑞尔人兼冰岛迷当然狂喜。风光大片。但是故事么...嗯...其实并没有忠实于原著，但又非常轴地一定要体现悲剧本色，就朗诵多过对白了
7/10罗伯特艾格斯的视听大作+1
在看过6季Vikings的前提下，这部一小时没到已经不想看了，本片唯一的亮点就是提到了成为挪威国王的King Harald占领了谋反篡位私生子弟弟的王国。要是我想了解北欧神话我会去看Discovery，要是我想看重口那选择太多了。这部拍的四不相
片名和我想象的不一样。是特别类型，即便在今天，也应该存在。妮可基德曼真是工作狂。
这难道不是最强文化输出？girl power点赞。
看过的第三部Robert Eggers的电影，也是最喜欢的一部。北欧版哈姆雷特，满是男人味的血腥暴力与野性，充满戏剧的张力
半小时弃，牛鬼蛇神的无脑杀戮，蛮荒时代的阴森恐怖，兽性的肆虐，人性的泯灭
个人风格复刻哈姆雷特还可以，但是小手机着实感受不到氛围
视觉效果拉满，魔改剧情垃圾。把莎翁的性格命运悲剧改成了蛮荒砍杀游戏，有这爱好去改别的故事去好吗？
快结尾的时候倒是一直在想非正义复仇的问题，觉得，这个方向还挺值得探讨的
6/10。制作是大制作，就是形式大于内容，故事有够老套，而且一度以为自己看的是“原始人”，而不是“北欧人”。
挺无语的，故弄玄虚，不知道自己在看剧情片还是恐怖片
作为莎翁原型故事的原型，拍口耳相传的folklore故事，神神叨叨的豪横调度和怎么横移推拉也不怕露怯的长镜，不但是有带投资了之后的任性，更有栩栩展开历史画卷重温导演悚人民俗美学的意谓，在那个土鳖懊恼特土鳖的戏剧核心上，真是现实不得不往预言上靠，这么一看，所谓现实主义神话传说，那不就是民俗吗......
7分的水平，相比于故事人物逻辑啥的，质感这一点还算不错。演员喊叫越是声嘶力竭，越能代表这导演技法多笨拙，到最后甚至妮可基德曼都开始疯狗叫喊搭配王八剑法了…
舞台剧留在舞台就好了...简直就是维京版图兰朵
看在花了不少钱的份上，给三星吧，看看风景还不错。其它的就太普通了。
一如所料的黃皮白骨毫無懸念已經悠悠然成為一種正統猶如美式中餐也是可以真香，故事推展還是難看的那種, 但在漫威英雄的骨架上已經懶得吐槽，那些胡亂擺放的東方奇幻好像也尷尬得看出一些樂趣了, Speed的公車戲+古惑仔+怪獸電影, 武打戲也是之前英雄們拿不出手的, 演員都喜歡沒料到有塔矢亮哈哈哈哈, 能看梁朝偉就是享受不好意思說但劉思慕我也愛, 回想一下一切還是很扯很想扣兩星, 但在這個後薩諾斯的漫威宇宙其實想怎麼扯就怎麼扯...(剛剛發現Tim Roth有回鍋abomination哈) (屁股雞也很可愛)(還有張曼玉海報)
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