THE SCAPEGOAT. ITV, UK, 2012. Made for TV movie, cast by Matthew Rhys, Eileen Atkins,Andrew Scott. Based on the novel by Dapne du Maurier. Written and directed by Charles Sturridge. Previous filmed in 1959, starring Alec Guinness.
Two men, one a schoolmaster who’s just been let go, and another who is outwardly a man of some wealth and power, discover that they are exact lookalikes. So much so, that the latter of the two swaps clothes and belongings, and heads out to parts unknown. They swtiched places so that the rich can carry out his plans for the fortune.
Leaving the ex-Greek teacher no choice but to take the other’s place, complete withe family mansion, wife and daughter, a bedridden mother, a younger brother and sister, the brother’s wife (who he has been dallying with), a mistress (in town as a craft shop owner) and a flock of servants. Indifferent and cold as it is, the family members hardly found that the host is changed to a different man. Even though he doesn’t know any of them, no the house, the room, his responsibilities as the male head of the family. He catches on very quickly and wittly.
Soon he utilized care, if not love, all of them, and he soon settles in to handle their affairs for them far better than the man he is posing as ever did. Set at the time of Queen Elizabeth’s coronation, this is a film filled with not only fine acting, but charm and heart. The family finally reconcilled, i.e., Lady Spencer walks out to the society, the wife wins his husband back and the furnace resumes operation with help his sister.
There is a small but crucial bit of a murder plot involved as well. When the absentee owner of the house sneaks back in and sees how well his imposter has worked his way into his home, he decides to take advantage of it in a most deadly fashion. Luckily ashes to ashes, nothing remains as happy ending. (Andrew appears more handsome and younger than he did in Sherlocko(^▽^)o)
设定还是挺新鲜的~会一直带着好奇接下来会怎样看下去~最后回归正确价值观~虽然一定会有人不屑一顾说是鸡汤,可是正确的为人处事方式如果不能被提倡,难道要一味鼓吹花式犯罪?服装道具好评,做的真用心,城堡永远是离奇故事的好场所~补充一句,我真没觉得两个人像,除了开头拉开门的瞬间,我觉得脸型都不一样了(当然可能是发型缘故),气质也是大不同~感慨服化道的强大,演员可塑性太强了。
说起来坏男主,当真再次政治正确,如今越来越多的舆论倒向惟出身论和原生家庭背锅人的一生;电影至少证明,有多少人出身高贵然而不配拥有他手中的一切;人之所以为人,选择比位置更重要;良好教育太重要了。珍惜自己曾经读过的书受过的教,会让人成为一个好人。
仔细想想,也真的挺恐怖,一个常年和孩子打交道的教希腊语的老师,竟然会有这样大的能量,让和与原主人一起生活多年的家人包括母亲,妻子,女儿,兄弟姐妹等等对他没有一点怀疑和抵触,至少没有表现出来。这是一种令人不可思议的能力。而他处理一切事情似乎都很顺畅,甚至在接手一家企业以后能够迅速的对企业策略进行调整,让这家濒临倒闭的企业起死回生。这太令人不可思议了。
这位教师,几乎毫不犹豫的占有了一切,虽然他打着感兴趣的旗号,但他把一切都坐实了。和妻子和好,和弟媳分清了关系,和女友同床共枕,占有了那家工厂,卖掉了那幅假画,给予了妻子继承财产的权力。这一切做得如行云流水,除了第一次上高级轿车以外。最后,他在被动局面下干掉了原主人并将他的尸体焚化,一切都熟练得很,毫无违和感,令人怀疑他是否还身负重案!
最终,他们 一家人 观看女王加冕典礼,特写镜头里,他就是这个城堡的王。但实际上他就是一个占有了别人一切的杀人凶手,虽然最后似乎是原主人自找的,但事实上他的智商情商都要高出原主人一头。
其实我更愿意这个电影拍成像 致命id 那样的描写精神分裂的电影,那样的话一切就都顺理成章了。教小孩的希腊语老师经过一番宫廷战争成为宫廷主人的剧情还是有些令人难以接受。
和想象中的非常不同但是编剧绝对精彩,不同于好莱坞商业大作,而是属于英国自己的严谨,精致描写。 还是那句话,bbc(tv movie)出品都是都是佳作。
原来是达芙妮杜穆理埃的原著!爱了爱了
故事虽然不温不火,但那浓浓的纯英音和英式城堡让最近看多美剧的我一下有找到组织的感觉,好吧,我承认我是英音控。
故事以1952年伊丽莎白二世上位时间作为背景,承托了整个故事的内容。当你的命运到来的时候,就好好把握它。
乞丐王子換了時代,王子有反社會人格不是啥好東西,所以乞丐就名正言順的篡位了——呃,這個題材比較適合舞台劇,放在電影裡衝擊力削弱了。
我敢说男猪脚分镜头拍的时候有错乱。没掌握好心态,不怎么样。虽然整个片子的腔调我是喜欢的。
真是满满的正能量
根据1957年英国的达夫妮·杜穆里埃同名小说改编的电影,讲述2个长得很像的男子,一个贵族一个底层,两人在酒吧偶遇,贵族突然离去,底层就当起了贵族然后解决贵族家庭的一系列危机的故事/一句话:出身真的决定生活。故事演的不错。不过国产片貌似好多这类题材的
剧情虽然老套,但身份交换什么的还是很有意思。
互换身份的设定虽然老套,限于原著发表时间早。英国绅士真是迷人。结局简单地把象征恶的原身份干掉太简单粗暴。
nature or fate takes the decision
同匿名者一样都是在经济危机大背景下以弥合日益凸显的阶级矛盾为目的的意识形态宣传片。
善良的人或许不能拯救世界,但总有力量改变周围的一切。
it is already to late.we are what we are
3.5星,没落贵族的落日余晖,拍出老派的感觉了,其实很适合舞台啊
狸猫换太子古今中外都有,而且都没什么出奇之处:太子总是不如狸猫啊。
Warm.
题材不新,而且我从头到尾都在幻想这片子由爱德华诺顿来演会是什么样
这属于用不正当的手段来达到正当目的,最后以一次加冕礼,赋予其合法性么?
蛮好的 顺风顺水顺民意啊