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
呜呜呜，2021年度最爱的电影《电影之神》，山田洋次，一个无论拍多少部都值得期待的电影导演，非常纯真璞拙（给每一个爱电影的人的情信）。如果真的有神明的话，请无论如何捕捉到每一帧每一帧每一帧栖居的aura，摄影机运动的闪瞬间。好想在影院银幕前再看一遍TuT流眼泪TuT
剪切和转场都有点突然，感觉人物还没立住就发生转变了。最后把疫情融入电影和怀念志村健让我眼湿湿。
达不到“神”，但也足够动人，就像电影中说的那样“电影要用心去看”。另外，片尾曲真的很好听，野田洋次郎yyds！
关于人生，不是选择一条不会后悔的前路，而是在避无可避的后悔中权衡。所有关于时间的叙述都无比动人，当夕阳的余晖变成黑白的影像，当苍老的脸庞映照年轻的模样，当禁锢的银幕化作越过时间的桥梁，我们会明白所谓的后悔也会成为调剂，在苦乐参半的人生况味里品尝。如同电影，它从来不会拯救人生的无常，但在每一次苦难的时刻我们需要电影，来舒缓、疗愈我们的哀伤。
有点无聊，既不奇幻，也不动人，充满了昭和时代男性意淫和电影从业者的自我感动，如果不是苏打和永野芽郁，这片子基本就没什么值得看的东西
2022.2.8 不知道为啥这部在2.3突然有资源了 日本的片子感觉很多都是突然空降的 松竹映画100周年的片子 菅田将晖是真的帅啊 不管怎么看都帅 片中主要有三次提及电影之神 1: 男二夸赞花筏的导演不管细节怎么烂还是能拍出好片的电影之神 2:男主写了片名叫电影之神的剧本想拍成电影 3:78岁时把年轻的剧本稍微修改获木户奖的电影之神 男二喜欢女主 女主喜欢男主.. 其实这种电影更体现的是对电影的热爱了 就如同张艺谋的一秒钟 因为片场和别的摄影起冲突 受伤后决定辞职回乡下 女主也不顾众人反对跟随男主到乡下 男女主也很多年没和男二联系 直到9年前 也是发生在新冠背景下的一部电影 男主获奖生病还坚持去影院看东京物语 最后被桂圆子带进电影后 把自己献身给电影去世..最后致敬了因新冠去世的志村健先生
2021北影节第一站，太好看了我只能说！这个片子的魅力只能在电影院才能体会得到……同样是拍“献给电影的情书”，比张艺谋那个好得不是一星半点……其实故事很套路，但拍得实在太好了，剪辑很神。最后，致敬在电影时光里永恒的影人😭
山田老爷子努力将人生的错与悲继续喜剧。确实，不可否认，多数人的一生大概率如此，尤其是迷影的人群，浪漫和单纯本是一家。而电影的本质就是梦，一场又一场美梦。
山田洋次拍给自己看的电影。叙事节奏差，故事讲得很不好。31分钟弃剧。
看到了九十岁导演对电影热情的投射，更多的是拍给自己怀念过去的，剧情挺一般
完全代入里面女儿的视角，她是一个说出自己的不开心、愤怒以及委屈的女性形象（怡微），喜欢桂圆子载着树子去找乡时候的坚毅与眼里的泪光，还有淑子望着自己年轻时的照片，说“也不知道她现在过得好不好”，可惜山田洋次最终也没有给她们真正为自己代言的机会，就像乡以及很多个男性角色始终不敢去面对自己的生活一样，而导演总是通过一个突发事件来解决这些事情。#11th BIFF＃
剪切和转场都有点突然，感觉人物还没立住就发生转变了。最后把疫情融入电影和怀念志村健让我眼湿湿。
结尾的滚动字幕特别致敬了志村健先生，泪目。
很久不看日本电影了，居然是泽田研二（梦的男主）和宫本信子！获奖感言那里哭了一次，看到结尾的志村さん后会有期差点又哭了一次。。只是《电影之神》这样的剧本不会被看作是抄袭《开罗紫玫瑰》嘛哈哈哈
雖然但是⋯ 放棄理智之後便是「我在此刻需要這樣讓我又哭又笑的片子」嗚嗚 老人家們太可愛了 騙走了我不少眼淚 電影和家庭的互文 當然還是少不了「你看，蘇打也會變成這種老爺爺的！」lol 桂園子的眉眼描得太有風情了
松竹百年就拍了个这？男人的迷影情结为啥总要老婆来承受你的中二自私？一句“你幸福，她就一定幸福”奠定了这部电影东亚直男普信电影的基调。
对电影之爱，爱情之味，青春和友谊，三个主题中前两个都没讲好，无法让人代入，不过作为一个电影厂牌的周年纪念作品，很多当年拍电影和电影人的细节撑起的回忆还是很美的。其次是有很多日本的风味，尤其是一些夸张肢体带来的轻喜剧效果。
山田洋次这回有失水准啊，挂了个这么大的片名，却根本感受不到片中角色对电影的热爱，真心热爱电影的人，怎么可能摄影老师吵两句摔了个跟头就弃影呢？这也太离谱了。另外，最后看着电影死去没什么问题，但走马灯想的不是老婆而是女明星更是让我满脸问号。
咩酱太可爱了，冏子也很美，希望老爷子健健康康拍多几部……
山田洋次寫給電影的情書，劇情不好說，就是滿一廂情願的片場生活緬懷與那個時空下的愛情故事，創作的部分很輕易連想到伍迪艾倫的《開羅紫玫瑰》，同樣的復古、迷影情懷，我更喜歡3年前的《今夜在浪漫劇場中與你相遇》，這部有太多一廂情願的地方，說不上特別有感，倒是老爺子死去的方式與復古的北川景子走入銀幕之中，算是不錯的收尾吧，復古的景子造型超級超級美，永野芽郁也是超級可愛，松竹製片廠100周年紀念作品，勉強達到任務
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