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
很庆幸还有机会看到粤语杜比影院版，用一种更纯粹更震撼的方式欣赏这部致敬传奇的传记片。虽然整部电影没有多么澎湃的大起大落，但却能从这样平静的叙述中感受到她内心的力量，坚持到底，有始有终。在有限的时间里尽可能发光发热，为自己，为舞台，为社会，为背后每一个支持她的人。
本来以为是收割情怀的电影，但出乎意料还不错，作为一个泪点很高的人也被打动，比电影更感人的是anita真实的传奇一生，能浓缩在电影里完成度已经非常高。演员也用心了，说话时的骄傲劲儿和梅姐很像。人生总有遗憾，又不是人人都是山口百惠，缺憾也亦是精彩。
梅姑最重要的原生家庭的部分缺失了，得亏廖子妤演得不错，姐妹情深这个点立住了。电影的本身恐怕连流水账都不如，百度百科我相信都比这个电影要更为好看，或者是供人思考，梅艳芳的事业部分说得浮光掠影，把她变成了恋爱脑，用Siri的话说这个片也许只有刘培基的粉丝才能满意。王丹妮勉强合格，但也不算好，不过比起其它人奇奇怪怪的表演她已经很规矩，虽然舞台的部分还是不够好，和原版一比就显得像是全民造星的水平，但是演感情戏更差，这也使得影片更在恋爱脑明星传记上倾斜，而她一路的作品的幕后基本没说，感情还是美化过的恋爱小说。
既然是要拍一个时代的标志性人物，不妨以个人为切口，拍出一部香港史诗，这才是《梅艳芳传》该有的份量，而不是现在这种，小学生作文一般的个人流水账。
其实，这部电影又何尝不是文艺界的《长津湖》呢？感动的不是电影，而是那个人、那些人。
电影的风格偏向唯美，比较温柔的讲述了梅艳芳的一生，与严肃的人物传记不同，本片煽情是必然，而我愿意接受它的煽情。感动的是梅艳芳不是《梅艳芳》，梅艳芳的人生和他的音乐是值得感动。
梅艳芳演员挑得挺好，演的也很认真。张国荣的演绎者不行，油的很。整部电影带不起多少感情，像一个很长的MV，梅艳芳本人很励志，但电影反倒像是蹭了她的光芒，故事没讲好。
4.0分。这部电影在类型上是一个奇怪的混搭物：它拍的是梅艳芳的故事，也找到了一个还算合适的演员来演她，可演员演着演着，突然就插进来一段梅艳芳本人的影像资料，于是你难以判断它究竟算纪录片，还是剧情片。最吊诡的地方在于，当我看着王丹妮的表演试图相信她就是梅艳芳时，真正的梅艳芳出现了——且往往在动情/煽情时出现，这是在干嘛？这不就是在提醒我正努力共情的梅艳芳是假的吗？电影是假的，但情感必须是真的，亲手摧毁自己的虚构，说明连创作者自己都不相信。关于这部电影在技术上有多糟糕，只需要一个例子就能说明：王丹妮在泰国决心离开杨祐宁的那场戏，她下车，转身离开，面无表情，杨祐宁在身后注视着她的背影…我勒个去，真是巧了，我大学里的某次学生作业就这么拍的，简直一模一样！那个作业我至今不敢回放，因为连我自己都觉得太尬了。
该着力刻画的部分匆匆掠过或语焉不详（猜测既是因为利益的掣肘，也是时代氛围），又在很多没必要的表面信息和资料上空自堆砌，根本没拍出梅艳芳生命历程的厚度。布景风格虽然相对统一，却实在假，对香港甚至没有风貌上的还原，更不要说香港精神，那么所谓香港女儿到底意指什么、内涵为何？结尾的声明不仅体现不出用心和尊重，反而显示出创作的潦草和不够勇敢。
还不如看纪录片。但是，纪录片在今时今日还有被足本呈现的可能吗？女演员从18岁演到40岁，从意气风发到患癌临终，形容上基本是没有变化，六个月的特训只有口音很像，估计还是后期配音重修的。这确实更像是一个宣告，还有幻想的该醒醒了，只有被「修饰」过的人生才能在当下被「怀念」，时代只需要你在省略掉前因后果地说出「一定会在香港」。每一幕真实影像都是当下对再也回不去的黄金时代的鞭尸
我记得当天的一个小歌女，她声音不太娇，唱出隐隐沧桑她唱出空虚，但眼睛始终闪也耀。
却看不到人物身上饱满的人性张力与弧光
内容（故事、情感和登场人物）太少了，作为传记片未免太潦草。
作为一位对梅艳芳不太了解的人，这部电影实在显得太过苍白无趣。事实上全片都在为结尾的《夕阳之歌》线索做铺垫，编导根本没有或者也不敢有任何发挥，导致前边已经如此涣散无力，徒劳挣扎
编剧对那个日本渣男可真仁慈，这份仁慈毁了这部电影。
张国荣：听讲红馆可以坐一万人，全亚洲第二。知唔知亚洲第一系边啊？（梅艳芳摇头）日本武道馆，万四人。山口百惠个告别演唱会，就系果度开。
梅艳芳：你拣错歌喈，香港地，有边个唔系嗌出来嘅？净话个场滴客，已经好斯文噶啦，我又唔信阿sam未比人hurt过喔。喂，我同你，一定可以去到红馆开演唱会嘅，总之呢，你开，我做你嘉宾，我开呢，你要做我嘉宾嘎。喂不过讲明先哈，唔准收钱嘎。
还是推荐的，人物是立体的，但情节有点平，甚至没有撒故事，辉煌香港已经远去，还不如像无双一样，把故事讲成传奇，但梅艳芳没有做到。
画骨不成只得描皮。光影胭脂粉，衣衫珠宝件，明明在往实里造，实际却是把梅艳芳往虚里推。既然如今的香港与梅艳芳其人以及她所代表、所希冀的都互斥，那梁乐民就几笔带过圆梦路，剩下全部都给观众梦醒时分。香江搭不起空中楼阁，香港梦散后，不知何处去的城市和人再次唱响《夕阳之歌》，唱唏嘘，唱过往，唱得银幕下的我哭得一塌糊涂。
5集的导演剪辑版。梅姑和哥哥的年代我只抓住了尾巴，而且还是通过电影。《梅艳芳》这部传记片，来的太早了。因为现实中大量与梅姑有交集的人物都还健在，所以很多事情不能说或不能说的太清楚，导致故事整体没有什么深度。即使作为流水账，剪辑上都不算很顺畅。整个看下来呈现出一种梅艳芳与梅爱芳是孤儿的感觉，中后期甚至张国荣还抑郁症。三个多小时东平西凑，什么都说，又感觉什么都没说，都是粉丝知道的事，没有深挖也没有侧重点。而王丹妮虽然形似但是身高真的让其他男演员压力山大，演的青年时期还行，中后期的梅姑明显hold不住。刘俊谦的张国荣估计也不能让张国荣的粉丝满意。只能给不了解梅艳芳的小朋友作为明星科普片。
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