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
see you down the road🎇
构图好美，配乐超赞，很多长镜头。
自由 国人不会那么感同身受的， 许知远的十三邀里说， 他们那个年代让父母参与自己的婚姻相亲什么的， 那得都丢人 。 不是强调孰优孰劣， 而是不同从一开始就存在了。
可能没认真看吧，完全不知道讲的啥。像访谈一样的伪纪录片。过的生活，感受，结识的人，接触的事物，完全没有同感。老年了无牵挂、老无所依、不得不漂泊，这哪是诗和远方，只是觉得累和折腾。结识新朋友，看美丽的风景，算了吧，累。
see you down the road 那个是真的 nomad 在车里生活十九年了。
很沉重，有关失去和破碎的一个故事，不是压抑，也不是黑色，就是很沉重，其中又似乎隐藏着某种希望。就像我们眼中的生活，少有起承转合，缺乏戏剧冲突，但如果跳出来看，都很沉重。看完之后作为观众的我如鲠在喉，不知该如何形容我的感受，如果一部电影用几个镜头就能表达出几百字几千字也形容不明白的情绪，那这一定是一部好电影，这也是电影这门艺术存在的意义，《无依之地》就是一部这样的电影。
献给不得不上路的人，脑子里是John Ford，属于这个世纪的“愤怒的葡萄”，虽然“愤怒”几乎消失。
“水无形而有形,无物而容万物”——水作为传统的女性性别符号，尤其是东方女性，象征着协调、温润、灵动、没有棱角、却充满着韧性和力量、也从不停歇。在这部电影里，无论是影像风格、内容、主角性格都体现着这一点。
没看出有什么特别的深意，只是一个寻常人的寻常故事吧
配乐太拉垮了。私以为最后一个镜头如果不要那辆车会更好。剪辑真棒，有得学。
当一个人同时失去了家人和家园时会体验到的孤独，公路旅途也是探索生命意义的路途，关于丧失与疗愈、羁绊与放手、关于生死。其实片中涉及的每一种问题和状态都让人不忍去触碰和细思，但导演不仅有勇气触碰，而且处理得极为克制，哀而不伤，灰凉中又有光亮。
生命因奇遇而滚动
lovebifan：让我想起《猜火车》里的那段经典台词，生活中就是有人不想买他妈的大电视，而选择不停地在路上，看群山，看飞鸟，looking ahead, to the day you die.
EP.1-7 《无限列车》
这种淡淡的风格挺治愈的，走在路上,看到后面却有开始怀疑，这是一种逃避还是救赎，不是被美化的西部牛仔，而是社会性的放逐，被社会放弃的那些人，我们该怎么办，导演发现了问题用美化的滤镜展现给大家，但是化脓的伤疤不会成为金色的勋章
我们哪里能真正明白美国的房车文化。 过于艺术片看的让人困乏 全程都是因为科恩嫂顶着才不至于睡着。
“谁此时没有房子，就不必建造，谁此时孤独，就永远孤独。”路上的那种孤寂感想起了里尔克这句诗以及亚历山大-佩恩的《内布拉斯加》。
在一片苍茫与寂寥之中剖开了一些实际上很尖锐的社会问题，碎片化的叙事蛮见功力，但总觉得不够深刻又没能达到理想中的那种境界。
这种淡淡的风格挺治愈的，走在路上,看到后面却有开始怀疑，这是一种逃避还是救赎，不是被美化的西部牛仔，而是社会性的放逐，被社会放弃的那些人，我们该怎么办，导演发现了问题用美化的滤镜展现给大家，但是化脓的伤疤不会成为金色的勋章
See you down the roads.
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