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
视觉感依旧是柯南伯格擅长的路数，剧情上却更加晦涩，探讨未来身体异变进化的可能性，也捎带了些政治隐喻。
话剧质感，卡司强大，风景原始，基本上是写实北欧那时候的野蛮残酷生活了，还有些神叨叨，树的画面美到窒息，残暴的画面也是极度舒适。剧情简单，不过，内容有血有肉。连着把北欧几个国家走完，我是真的不喜欢北欧，骨子里就野蛮没文化，如今也就是仍旧贫困的暴发户啊，挪威风景很美。看到最后发现是北欧版《王字复仇记》，真真大悲剧!安雅太好看了! 特效真的太美了，最后王子复仇了，还变成了神灵？
哈姆雷特这套已经看腻了，亮点只有极具个人风格的视听，以及安雅的脸蛋和屁股。艾格斯趋于商业的一部，希望后续给力一点。
最新鲜的地方在于概念，概念抛出来之后的视觉呈现再其次，剧情就更在次位。讨论什么是美的一直是艺术的重要主题之一，人的皮囊之下的肉体美如果有一天可以当做艺术品活体展示确实会很有趣了。奔着去看猎奇画面的可能要希望落空 感觉导演这个teaser做得好
一个老故事，但是拍得真带感。我觉得比前作女巫和灯塔都强。
又想骗我玩英灵殿！感觉血腥程度还好，至少没人要做血鹰……
开头差点劝退。撇开高中话剧社排练式的表演不谈，我的脑子也十分拒绝接受这么一群人说英语，任何人一开口都尬出天际……全场最佳威廉达福，人扮狗的戏、夜遇巫婆什么还算有点艾格斯自己的调调（另外后面有个“装置艺术”不错）。整体乏善可陈，游戏感十足，剧情无聊且corny得可以忽略不计，不过夜戏的古怪色调我蛮喜欢
#DaddyClaesBangMePlease (No in all seriousness toxic masculinity is a self-fulfilling prophecy right?)
其实所有游牧民族 部落风情的电影 都是王子复仇记 狮子王 的故事大纲 only the scenes and the leads can make them outstanding unfortunately not this one. Anya looks beautiful but not viking enough.
6/10 王子复仇记的故事被拍过无数次，但长镜头的调度百看不厌。疼痛感十足（某一程度上成为A24的企业文化）。近几年几乎有一种史诗电影的回潮，历史似乎重现上一世纪的电影&电视之争，是否也是新媒体时代、后疫情时代影院对抗其他影像媒介的方式呢？
神鬼版《哈姆雷特》，又长又无聊。看的出导演想用《哈姆雷特》的剧情拍出一部北欧版的《荷马史诗》，这个想法我个人觉得本身就挺缝合怪的。电影剧情为了神话元素完全忽略了人，而人在既定的命运中无法反抗也无法逃离，这导致很多关键剧情只能靠玄学推进，也让很多剧情安排的不够合理。在服从命运和《哈姆雷特》的双重框架下，导演可以说是自缚双手，唯一值得称道的只有摄影，但摄影再好拍出来的电影也只是在皮不在骨。
作为莎剧原本故事，对比强烈，主角/北方人荒原历练，野蛮如畜生，雄性力量十足，艾格斯电影主题类似，围绕特殊环境下人/主角的惊人转变，身体肌肉及眼神变化明显，在巫师们的蛊惑下，从高贵王子堕落为复仇畜生，展开蛮荒地夺权，为亡父皇权的扭曲报复，报复变态心理改变命运与一切，所有人无一幸免被权欲吞噬和扭曲。兽性权力悲剧结果，堕入黑暗无尽深
类生物元素只是表现的躯壳，内核形式更接近于《大都会》、《星图》那一类。人体与器官的剖切成了近未来人性的溯源点，相伴成人骄横的的方寸人心里，环境烙下了代价的图腾。
剧本乱七八糟。演技一塌糊涂。
并不宏大，实现的只有速率，但却丧失了其余的语调。说到底，我们并不讨厌景观，只是痛恨它的空壳
年度十佳。导演虽有商业上的妥协，但依旧保持着自己的个人影像风格，电影优秀且独特的视听效果带来了十足的沉浸感，即便是简单的王子复仇故事，也让人感到强烈快感。开篇一首“THE KING”便让人立刻进入了北欧这个蛮荒肃杀之地，随后的叙事台词又是舞台戏剧般充满了诗意，让这个有着诡异神化色彩的复仇故事更加迷人。影片中Amleth简单的动机，却有着杀戮狂野般的野性，但最后因为Olga，让他的复仇之心不再盲目，Amleth从而完成自身的成长蜕变，杀掉Fjölnir的动机从“复仇”变为“保护”。整部电影看下来，是视听和心理快感的双重盛宴。（2022.5.16豆瓣6.6分）
PS:好像理解了该片……又好像没理解😂😂😂但是要我去看什么解说又是万万不能的……所以就当自己看懂了吧，哈哈哈
第一部柯南伯格，跟《钛》是差不多的路子，通过身体的变异与对应的手术来表现外部世界对人类生存施加的压力与人类运用现代逻辑的反抗，身体是一个载体，是内外交流交锋的场域，而身体又就是人类本身，身体的变形变异正说明人类整体或个体被现代社会扭曲，异化，规训，而手术则表现了人类渴望超越摆脱，却因为高度内在其中而不能够的困境。《钛》更多是女性议题，《未来罪行》是更宏观的人类议题
没想到其实是《哈姆雷特》的又一版变体。但我并不介意简单的故事，可问题是始终无法进入。这部不像格雷《星际探索》能感受到的作者性和商业妥协之间的撕扯，而似乎更像是艾格斯自己并没有太多表达欲望…光剩下起范儿了。同样作为《哈姆雷特》的变体，《黑豹》在王子复仇之外，还更深一层地探讨了归属感和文化的认同，是个人与历史的悲剧性结果，走得比《北欧人》要远。艾格斯既然已经在这个古典的框架中加了一个“反转”，有毒的母子关系、被迫生下的孩子等等显然也可以有更多深入的空间，结果依然还是直奔《哈姆雷特》而去了……这么一来就显得妮可基德曼以及各种北欧神话的“启示”在其中的作用多少有些尴尬，也很直给。既失望又感到可惜。如此一来，全程的关注点也就只剩下E大和妮可上一部还在演夫妻，这一部却演了母子这件事上……
太难看啦，除了冰岛风景和一些猎奇习俗其他的都很无脑。想看维京文化和茹毛饮血blabla我还不如继续刷一遍《Vikings》。
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