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
得分：9.5
情感：10 故事：10 结构：10 节奏：9
看到有些影评将其东学西学，新思想旧思想的大加赞赏了一番，我是实在不能认同，思考并付诸实践西学的中国人自谭嗣同康有为，舍生忘死，去改变世界，到用马克思主义替换四书五经，使中华大地重现繁荣的近现代革命和战争，你们特么说韩国一个写鱼谱的摒弃了束缚，追求了思想的先进？你告诉我他干了什么丰功伟绩？他做了什么努力？你别老说你幻想过多少次创立一个伟大的公司，使员工幸福快乐，使社会安定团结，打败资本，平抑物价，对，你的理想很好，你为之做了吗？没做？没做你有什么好赞扬的？一百年后，有这么个企业出现了，你家儿孙跑出来说，当年我爷爷也这么想来着，唔哈哈哈，我呸！我还想过当你爷爷呢！
3- 比起灵感出自东野圭吾的《较量》（《误杀》原版）可是差得远了，题材形式（且那歌词直白得恨不能掐死全人类的想象力）都不新鲜，故事或纪录哪边都不靠着。
看他国电影，想本国的事情。我就想想
苏轼苏辙惨遭流放，苏轼到达海南岛学会了吃生蚝并写作《食蠔》帖的故事。（再来一点徐光启和魏源）
过誉之作，题材好、底层故事好，跟电影好完全是两码事。用这种浮夸bgm+略带中二的方式呈现这么沉重的题材，个人接受无能。电影表达也板正平庸，没什么可说的，白白浪费一个好题材，甚至可以说是拍得相当肤浅，流于表面。
《杰伊·比姆》让我想到了美国的《刺杀肯尼迪》和韩国的《辩护人》。这三部电影都和法律相关，感染力极强，影响力极大。我多么希望我们也能拍出、并且能上映这样的电影。
理学，儒学，基督教，哲学，官场，吃人...前面畅快后面纡郁
水墨风的黑白色调，却意外地合适。儒学当道，本该以仁义治世，然非但容不下西洋学，将其贬为邪学，亦以百姓为农田，官僚上下串通，层层剥削，几近腐臭。若铨学问再多，儒学佛学西洋学样样精通，却无施展之地，腹中空有书墨，积郁成疾，入黑山后与昌大交往中渐悟，终顺应内心回归自然，书《兹山鱼谱》，既是避世，亦是求实，也承师徒情谊之重，成一美谈。
看到这种题材真的很感慨，中国现在电影一边大型商业剧作，一边小众私人文艺，零零碎碎的传记片也是近百年的人物，对于古代那些人物也只是大概从课本中知道，这种经过创作编写的人物传记片子少之又少，更何况走人大众视野。中国的文化和故事都被浪费和遗忘光了。
二小时四十分钟的长度是印度电影的常态，影院会中间休息一次，片子歌声、舞蹈不断，使观众尽兴。本片确是表现了一个很严肃的主题：低种姓部落人群为腐败的官僚警察体系迫害问题。时至今日，印度民间也没有彻底摒弃残忍的种姓制度。尽管法律中没有种姓规定，更明令禁止种姓的不公平对待，但蒙冤的「不可接触者」还是大有人在。本片直面这一残酷的现实，令人感动。低种族演员们的群像写得、演得非常到位，值得夸赞！虽然正面律师过于“伟光正”，但也是满足了观众、社会呼唤正义、除恶的心声。
黑白构图有了海岛与兹山交融的韵味。“魟鱼要走的路，只有魟鱼知道”，其实是在对比传统观念进行思考。一白群黑，将大昌与众官的对比放大，海岛渔夫“通过做官实现原初的理想”被驳得多么实在沉重，也只有这样，他在海岛的那段岁月才更显珍贵。从影像世界投射到现实世界，读书的功利心被无限放大，内心的自我沉浸往往比改变社会现实更令人接受，但从“走入”到“出走”实际上也是一个不可忽视的话题。天主教与朝廷的冲突很有意思，也很残酷，观念的和平共处几乎是无法想象的，过去固然是，但今日呢？其中值得深思，“兼容并包”永远是“天下”之所以为“天下”的原因，但“统治”天生的排异却使得一切难上加难。
星星之火，可以燎原。感谢这些伟大的人把这个世界变得更好。
甚至不如梅峰老师的不成问题的问题
母亲说：我可以骄傲地告诉我的孩子，虽然我败诉了，但是我从没有放弃抗争。ps：印度版的《辩护人》，杰伊·比姆，在印度本土被译为：比姆万岁。
好像在看邻居的电影，但到处是我们自己的影子。好像在读过去的历史，其实讲的又是今天的故事。所有焦虑和挣扎的源头，不过是如何过好这一生。
有一年中秋，独自往衢山岛，至夜，月满，于海边礁石上抱膝听海，吟诗抒怀。是袁崇焕的一首七律，是讲知己之情，而我只一人，觉得孤独无比。
黑白构图有了海岛与兹山交融的韵味。“魟鱼要走的路，只有魟鱼知道”，其实是在对比传统观念进行思考。一白群黑，将大昌与众官的对比放大，海岛渔夫“通过做官实现原初的理想”被驳得多么实在沉重，也只有这样，他在海岛的那段岁月才更显珍贵。从影像世界投射到现实世界，读书的功利心被无限放大，内心的自我沉浸往往比改变社会现实更令人接受，但从“走入”到“出走”实际上也是一个不可忽视的话题。天主教与朝廷的冲突很有意思，也很残酷，观念的和平共处几乎是无法想象的，过去固然是，但今日呢？其中值得深思，“兼容并包”永远是“天下”之所以为“天下”的原因，但“统治”天生的排异却使得一切难上加难。
载体选的真好，相同文化圈的域外视角；下层人的失语与体制的朱子学，强调民族独立和视另一种外来文化为先进，可惜因为话题太多而难以深入。
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