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
’会有别人眼中的我们。那些碎片，我们曾以为瞥见的，我们的碎片，会由我们的梦来滋养。我们从来都不是相同的，每一次，我们都只是外来者，是夜旅人，是他们的想象，就像被留在房间里的旧镜子上，那些脆弱的阴影。‘
美好纷至沓来，就算离别也不算太坏，几近溢出的迷人感扑面而来，发生在八十年代的巴黎故事，每个人都沉醉于清新的晚风中找寻着属于自己的归处，如此随意且动人，伴随着音乐与电台，在即将降临的暮色中翩翩起舞，陌生又美好的邂逅将一切往昔的痛苦洗净，如果告别是注定的结局，那就期盼彼此在某个夜晚的再次相遇，就像巴黎城中无所不在的浪漫与奇遇，终究会是孤独旅人最温柔的故乡。
她必须重新找一份谋生的工作，她父亲安抚她，“你这么脆弱、敏感，又容易流眼泪，肯定可以找到适合的工作”，你很快会明白，这部电影会善待所有脆弱的灵魂，尤其是这样一条附着于夏洛特甘斯布身体的灵魂，像劳拉邓恩一样的夏洛特甘斯布，饰演的都是遍体鳞伤却又坚韧无比的女性。儿子被T不小心推落桥下，T纵身一跃试图去救他，近乎舍身取义；H对她的第一次心动是她跟借《威尼斯手记》的老太太说话时的温柔；去女儿新搬的房子里，E说，“总觉得不怎么自在，明明好像你是出去度几天假，真是没办法接受以后你再也不会回家的现实”。前夫索要久住的房产，E把自己珍藏的日记本和“生育女神”分赠给儿子和女儿并告诉他们自己如何走出人生那段最艰难的时光。每一个片段都是既脆弱又伤心。“一开始想象的生活并不是这样，但我们已经尽力去热爱了，对不对。”
削弱情节笔力（节点如旅人般轻轻匆匆来到人物身边和离开），削弱时空实感（城市图景和时间变迁形同过眼云烟的幻象），留下的空落交由一次次自人物敞开的片刻补充和主导，相信彼此散落在生命中的交集。不落至实处，朦胧模糊却不可擦除，一如塞纳河畔光晕。
比起油炸，更不想被冰冻…但是我知道你尽力了，我想你好起来，所以不会打扰，各自过好自己。来看看照片就好。电影很温暖，很温暖。
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奇妙的感觉，在向往的八十年代为背景的影片中，出现了最爱的侯麦电影《圆月印花都》。又能瞬间回到那几年，疫情未开始时，有着侯麦记忆的时光。结尾试镜片段，和《冬天的故事》里公交车片段相似。童年时代成长片段再现，时光如涓涓细流，流淌过很多地方，不会再回来了。720p观影，模糊中似乎更还原接近那个年代。圆月印花都的女主26岁生日的前一天心脏病发作去世，这是偶然还是宿命？深夜电台，倾听述说抚慰，学生时代曾向往的工作地。在天台上，在虚无缥缈的微光里彼此虚实交融。
在巴黎街头和妞散步是多美妙呀！🤣
趁精神还没有被困囿到阳痿，声音还没被棉签
还会遇见如清水一般的时间吗，它们已凝在记忆的某刻，幻觉中好像还有未来。
它是《圆月映花都》，是《高、低与脆弱之间》，它也是《巴黎夜旅人》。
色调灯光各方面营造的氛围还是不错的，故事也有些芸芸众生的群像感。本来以为是一个救赎的故事，结果其实是一个母亲的成长故事，应该是男性导演拍的吧（还没看一下导演），如果让女性来拍四十几岁的中年危机的母亲或女人可能会有更细腻或全面的感情。最后如果能是流动的结局会更好，不要是静止的全部人都在的回忆。因为，毕竟巴黎夜旅人，大家都会走，回望那些哪怕曾经快乐的回忆也是没有意义的。我们能做的，只是在回忆变质前分开而已，不然再快乐的回忆都会被那些不真诚的敷衍甚至互相伤害消磨殆尽。
有些伤感，有些温柔，又有些私人。好舒服的一部电影。看到他们要去看《鸟人》，结果去晚了，只好跑去看《圆月映花都》，墙上还贴着《德州巴黎》的海报，真是好时光。
与巴黎有关的故事，总是会多一点浪漫和深情，跟文艺挂钩的主题，在谢幕之后难免令人怅然。两个女主演的眼眸深邃又沧桑，站在一起就感觉好悲伤。电影拍的空镜和运用的音乐🎶都很美。影片一直在讲冬天，直至落幕前，才能在镜中镜看到寥寥几个小孩儿在夏日游玩。（此片露点不少，但是这些部分并不动人）
写出这个故事的人真的好爱生活啊，爱生活什么时候变成一种能力了…
与《将来的事》刚好相反，在两性关系中遭遇背叛的《巴黎夜旅人》不得不「独自」走在通往过去的老路上——试图成为《午夜巴黎》街景的一部分。事实上，还在坚持用诗歌武装头脑，企图拿书本作为抵抗武器的大龄文艺女青年不仅第一时间被「盟友」抛弃，作为一个貌似独立实质上并无「外交」主权，从而处于「旅居」打工状态的母亲，她和青春叛逆期里，被女权主义者领导的青年男女也很难通过「恋爱脑」这一共同点「统一思想」建立起稳定而长久的亲密关系。正如导师所说，冷战催生了两极的诞生：以苏联为首的阵营和以美国为首的阵营——战争已然爆发。旧世界的秩序正在瓦解，新世界的格局正在重塑，故而，作者在此安利《圆月映花都》于事无补，他需要在这部抒情诗般的挽歌里提醒上一代人该把哪些历史记忆打包带走，又该把哪些历史遗产作为礼物移交给下一个时代。
1. 电影拍得非常温柔，人物彼此取暖，用时间平复生活的伤口。但拍得不够精确，过多的情绪淹没了生活的细节。2. 影像风格上很出色，光线表达出了巴黎的夜与日，暗与明，记录影像的穿插，似乎让人回到八十年代。3. 电影不仅表现了巴黎的城市景观，还突出了公寓的空间，楼上的小客房虽然与楼下建立了联系，但终究在家庭空间之外。4. 搬家代表着一段时光的过去，打包行李和记忆，母亲送给儿女的礼物成为了公寓死亡的遗产。
是那种看完了不太会记得剧情，虽然也没有太多。但会一直沉浸在电影的情绪当中，给人感觉非常舒服的两个小时
人物除了Gainsbourg都不太讨喜 没什么共鸣
悲伤的温暖的愉悦的蓝色影像，有时候像蓝丝绒有时候像蓝薄纱，但都是很轻盈的，城市的蓝色天幕和车流灯光仿佛笼罩着一层蓝颜色质感的材质，愉悦时可以看到随着微风轻轻荡漾的毛流，悲伤时可以触摸到粗糙的颗粒和沟壑感，就像这部电影传递的城市和个体状态，清晰的感受着它的每一缕弧度以及在光里泛着的光影尘埃，对于状态的呈现非常成功，原来城市里蓝色这样的冷色调也能如此温柔可爱。
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