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
绵密的台词，闪回数次，完全要全神贯注才能跟上演员们对话节奏的剧本设定，仿佛每一段与人相关的历史都可以发展成如此精彩绝伦的故事。看到很多人吐槽爱伦索金，但是妮可真的演的好啊，作品冲着颁奖季而造，妮可也真的值得再拿一座奥斯卡影后。
2.5. 除结尾外哪儿都比较拉的一部Sorkin
操，比芝加哥七君子这种民主党宣传片强太多了，这是对于好莱坞白左女权叙事的一次逆反
当一个女人失去安全感。
如果说芝加哥7是反川普风向下的政治正确主旋律，那这部立场洗冤录就是后川普时代用政治正确杂烩充填的美式民族主义主旋律。索金焦点透析式的剧作处理已有行活风范，但仍然在文字转影像的导演思维上无甚长进，多处用女性主义、种族议题烘托到位的情绪炸点都成了无聊的过场，很难想象如果没有妮可的个人魅力加持，沥干蔬菜包似的全片该有多无趣。
尤其是反高潮结局，原来老婆在乎的一直是老公。女主雨中漫步是在收拾衣服之后。细思恐极的暗线，索金就耐住性子一直憋着。戏中戏和现实和剧本互文这点上曾一度以为抄滨口龙介。
妮可·基德曼是整容失败还是特效化妆？怎么感觉这张脸跟电影更贴合呢？
阿伦·索金是在没睡醒的状态下拍的这片子吗？真无聊！倒是选角有趣，阿汤哥的前妻和阿汤哥前女友的现任老公演夫妻，两个人还都提名了奥斯卡，那厢前女友也提名了奥斯卡，大家一起挤兑阿汤哥呢？！
1.索金拍家庭戏真就不如SBS韩剧编剧，本应该“关于我妻子的一切”婚姻道路变成强行拯救婚姻，仅仅文本上家庭回归原点。这不是老套，是没有过程，就如电影中“观众”不知道孩子的诞生2.结果不重要，过程也视角模糊。妮可还是巴登又是其他演员的视角乱串。得拯救婚姻的变成了西蒙等一帮无关角色，包括电影中被迫鼓掌的“观众”。这不是在嘲讽现实的观众吗。3.西蒙喝酒那场我以为是穿越到《爆裂鼓手》相同场景要憋大招呢，这真就喝口水压压惊。 4.台词先行的转场，如果文本无聊，再加上《七君子》式政治当幽默，索金还能叫神吗？我直接看保洁哥还能笑起来。
用现在话说，就是美强惨的故事。基本是一年一度喜剧大赛后台排练实录差不多。喜剧好难啊
在具有挑战性的选角以及各种妆造带来的有些“惊悚”的对比面前，Aaron Sorkin上手将故事从欢笑之下的貌合神离以及传奇剧集之外的暗面窥视之外，拓宽为一幅关于电视文化以及剧史的多彩画卷。编剧室里对峙的作者们还有在性别交锋下被湮没与发现的声量，麦卡锡主义风暴，不同传媒形式的盛衰与时间变化…THE SHOW MUST GO ON. 它所营造的气质以及创造的视角足够有趣、引人入胜；也更能隆重地揭晓《我爱露西》本身的意义与符号性的出现。即使六十多年之后，这部剧依然为大多数人深爱着，敬仰着- -台前幕后的种种，早已注定了这部作品的不凡；笑声回荡的上空，亦是传奇将至的讯号。【Alia Shawkat！❥(^_-)】
演员确实很好，但和电影品质没关系，完全为了冲演技而设计的片子，颁奖季特供
7.0/J.K.Simmons和Javier Bardem咋就那么像呢…
比塔米菲和古驰家族好，但也真就只能和颁奖季黄区姐妹们比比了。艾伦索金依然热衷于用密密麻麻的台词和复杂的叙述结构来架构一部传记电影，只是综合水准实在是抬不上来，女主露西遇到都多重困境被满满地填塞在这132分钟里，讲得又没啥趣味，视听水准也没有，看着让人头痛。妮可基德曼拿到这样一个复杂角色最终交出了优异的答卷，找到了一些神韵，也很有情感力量，不像杰西卡查斯坦那样刻意地添加小表情小动作与奇怪的口音。只不过她打针打出的蜡像脸，对观感的损害真的难以抹去，让我觉得她做表情都多少有些吃力。
看了好一段时间才入戏，太多的繁复台词了，让人很难静下心来，也可能是文化差异？婚姻与忠诚，家庭与事业，意识形态与命运，包含的内容比较多，但是主题还是婚姻忠诚和女性需要更加独立。妮可演的不错，只是看起来那么年轻不太真实。巴登和西蒙斯等一众老戏骨演的也不错。
最后那一场戏还是很打动人的，也是nicole整部电影演的最好的一moment，那一瞬间一定所有人都想知道她在想什么，可惜，虽然我们都能感受到，但是我们却都说不出
请问没看过 I Love Lucy 的观众是不配看这部电影吗？没有背景交代，没有逻辑连贯性，密集台词变得几乎不可理解，像一抔接一抔的砂石砸向观众。两位主演同样无法与角色契合：中年发福身材粗壮的哈维尔·巴登极其勉强地表演着角色的过人魅力；而妮可·基德曼脸部过分饱满皱纹全无，已然做不出正常表情。每一个环节都糟透了。
感觉如果对人物本身没有太多了解的话，这部电影说实话看起来会比较费劲，不过演员都贡献了很棒的表演
3.5索金第3部劇情長片，鏡頭語言已經提煉的更為成熟，但是過於字字珠玉的劇本，索金顯然還是無法在其導演技法中找到適合給予觀眾喘息的空間。看之前沒做任何功課，剛開始看以為是講50年代情境喜劇的製作過程，越看到後面才發現是在講婚姻。索金透過給予觀眾歡笑的情境喜劇，逐步帶出50年代美國的保守與固步自封，過於追求政治正確反而顯的滑稽好笑，過於吹毛求疵也顯的很煩人，但是像露西鮑爾這樣對情境喜劇的細節如此吹毛求疵的女演員，還真是百年難得一見，生不逢時無誤。妮可基嫚和哈維爾巴登都貢獻了頂級的表演，巴登唱歌超好聽，基嫚最後一顆失神的鏡頭昇華全片。看的過程想到了神聖電視台，同樣都是在電視機前發光發熱的名人，最後功勞都被男人佔據，妮可基嫚的妝也讓我認不太出來是她，今年跟雀姐對打，兩部片性質也頗雷同，實在很刺激！
看起来七君子审判的冲奥溃败让艾伦索金变得急躁了，这个片子的大脉络是能好的，但明显没细心处理多线之间的关系，导致出轨线和公关线看起来完全无法相融。
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