The search for the next hit british comedy doesnt so much progress as cheerfully regress. Wodehouse novels would be considered realistic, where everyone knows one another, is nice, is an eccentric, plays a role, and winks at those kinds of sin that are harmless and fun. Saving grace sets this story in one of those villages that has been a staple of british and welsh, scottish and irish comedies since time immemorial. The film title is just funny enough to make you associate the story with it. It was coproduced by fine line features, homerun productions, portman entertainment, sky pictures, and wave pictures and. Saving grace is a lighthearted comedydrama about a penniless widows creative approach to saving her estate.
Saving grace is a 2000 british comedy film, directed by nigel cole and based on a screenplay by mark crowdy and craig ferguson. Will grace trevethan, fine upstanding member of the local community turn drug dealer surely not. Agings one saving grace is you worry less about what people think. Sky pictures, the film arm of british satellite broadcaster bskyb and one of the partners behind the sundance hit saving grace, has started production on two new starpacked movies. When an obstetrician learns that his wife has been unfaithful to him with all three of his best mates, he decides to leave london for a short while to think about what to do next. Set in cornwall, the film tells the story of a middle aged widow whose irresponsible husband left her in an enormous debt, forcing her to grow cannabis in her greenhouse along. However, with the aid of her gardener, matthew, she devises a grand scheme to grow marijuana instead of orchids.
Her addiction to heroin has forced the authorities to take away her beloved daughter jessica, and put her on the verge of. Saving grace 2000 sundance film festival 2000 winner ntsc, 1,2,3,4,5,6 all region dvd. This film is a about a widowed gardener brenda blythe whos thousands of pounds in debt on her house. The oncemighty empire remains, if recent movies are to be believed, a nation of absentminded vicars, codgers and goosey, teaswilling ladies who populate. I know nothing of oklahoma, so i didnt notice the stereotypes. To find the money to pay for it, she decides to put her botanic skills to the test by growingselling marijuana with craig ferguson. It is a very british comedy with a mixture of pathos, silliness and really poignant comic moments. Graceful us debut for british film saving grace the. Saving grace is a 2000 british comedy film, directed by nigel cole, starring brenda blethyn and craig ferguson. Saving grace is a 1986 comedydrama film directed by robert m.
The main reason for bothering with this film is the outstanding performance of brenda blethyn as grace though craig ferguson as matthew is also good. Saving grace the british drawingroom comedy meets the pothead flick. A 75yearold extruck driver and his fortune teller wife, 48, told police they were inspired by the british comedy film, saving grace, after they. The scripts finale disappoints, however, with a tooquick wrapup that feels. Aug 04, 2000 he rulers of britain may have embarked on an aggressive campaign of modernization what with the millennium dome, the transformation of the house of lords and all that throbbing techno music but a segment of the entertainment industry remains stubbornly wedded to ancient notions of the british character. Cole received permission from the british government to use. Linda kerr scott and phyllida law in saving grace 2000 brenda blethyn and craig. Saving grace dvd for sale set in breath taking landscape, youll laugh and cry as you are drawn into the rescue as the surrounding love stories unfold. A saving grace is a good quality or feature in a person or thing that prevents them from. Her addiction to heroin has forced the authorities to take away her. Saving grace dvd 2000 british port isaac cornwall drugs hash marijuana comedy. Sep 01, 2000 music, film, tv and political news coverage. A 2000 british comedy film directed by nigel cole based on a screenplay by mark crowdy and craig ferguson, saving grace stars brenda blethyn, craig ferguson, and martin clunes. Doc martin and the legend of the cloutie tv movie 2003.
The scene near the end in the shop with the two older ladies sisters. A comedy with a message and british acting at its best, a film to watch over and over. A 2000 british comedy film directed by nigel cole based on a screenplay by mark crowdy and craig ferguson, saving grace stars brenda blethyn, craig ferguson, and martin clunes after her husband johns suicide, newly widowed grace trevethyn, an avid gardener, discovers that she has inherited his significant debt. It was coproduced by fine line features, homerun productions, portman entertainment, sky pictures, and wave pictures and filmed in london and the villages of boscastle and port isaac in cornwall, starring brenda blethyn, craig ferguson. The second being this, saving grace, which is just as forgettable. Rent saving grace 2000 starring brenda blethyn and craig ferguson on dvd and bluray.
A saving grace is that the article does at least offer an opportunity to cambridge dictionary plus my profile. Italian cannabis growers inspired by british film the local. Examples of saving grace in a sentence, how to use it. Saving grace is a 2000 british comedy movie set in cornwall. Will be appreciated most by those who enjoy british humor. Blethyns first film of 2000 was the indie comedy saving grace with craig ferguson. The film is a lighthearted british comedy that you cant help enjoying and easily passes the six laugh test as a widow begins growing marijuana in an attempt to repay her late husbands debt. Buy saving grace dvd and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. Indeed i much prefer the saving grave character over the doc martin character, but then again i much prefer the whacky to the serious. With help of her gardener, a recently widowed woman digs herself out of financial trouble by applying her green thumb to ganja plants. Naturally enough the interest of other people in graces hothouse display cannot help but attract attention. Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples log in dictionary.
Saving grace year 2000 distributors 20th century fox film co. The uk comedy saving grace, released in britain earlier in the year to minimal. Selected scenes and trailer from the film saving grace. Her husband has committed suicide, leaving her in debt for 300. It is a very british comedy with a mixture of pathos, silliness and really.
A saving grace is a good quality or feature in a person or thing that prevents them from being completely bad or worthless. Nigel coles hilarious, heartwarming comedy drama saving grace, is an ensemble film based around a wonderful central performance from brenda blethyn and set against a backdrop of some of britains most spectacular scenery. She is one of my favorite actors, and i dont miss anything shes in. Cast includes tom conti, fernando rey, erland josephson, giancarlo giannini, donald hewlett, edward james olmos. Saving grace widescreenfull screen imagine a cheech and chong pothead comedy, only instead of two scruffy lowlifes, the movie is about an aimless scottish gardener and a middleaged british widow with a green thumb. After her husband johns suicide, newly widowed grace trevethyn, an avid gardener, discovers that she has inherited his significant debt. Saving grace sets this story in one of those villages that has been a staple of british and welsh, scottish and irish comedies since time. Imagine a cheech and chong pothead comedy, only instead of two scruffy lowlifes, the movie is about an aimless scottish gardener and a middleaged british widow with a green thumb. My favourite part is grace, a middle class house wife, declaring i take exception to that.
With martin clunes, dominic rowan, richard dillane, oliver fox. The film has utterly fallen into obscurity in town. Grace is a beautiful young nurse who lives a life of pain and anguish. Saving grace movie simple english wikipedia, the free. The comic roots of saving grace are all quintessentially british, in both a good and bad way.
While the rest of the cast is filled with british character actors hired too predictably by type, saving grace is a mostly effective, surprisingly warm film that would easily be suitable for children were it not for its central preoccupation with illicit substances. Saving grace is one of those films, like so many british comedies, which you enjoy almost in spite of yourself. Grace, played by the versatile actress brenda blethyn, was in financial trouble. I first started watching saving grace because of holly hunter. Saving grace series finale comes full circle bryan jones 10 years ago after three years on the air, tnts saving grace ended last night in an episode that id define as mostly good but. Just the remedy for feeling a bit jaded or a rainy day. Saving grace, a new zealand film based on a play by duncan sarkies saving grace 2000 film, a british film saving grace 2008 film, a film based on a connie stevens screenplay. Oct 31, 2018 grace is a beautiful young nurse who lives a life of pain and anguish. Blethyn played a middleaged newly widowed woman who is faced with the prospect of financial ruin and turns to growing marijuana under the tutelage of her gardener to save her home. Saving grace is a movie about a wealthy, smalltown english widow who discovers that she isnt as rich as she has always believed. Young cast includes tom conti, fernando rey, erland josephson, giancarlo giannini, donald hewlett, edward james olmos. Never once does saving grace frown on its illegal subject matter, which makes its story all the more entertaining.
Director nigel cole has hit the nail on the head with this film. Cole received permission from the british government to use real pot plants in his film, but the buds, alas, are fake. Directors nigel cole cast includes brenda blethyn, craig ferguson, martin clunes, tcheky karyo, jamie forman, bill bailey, valerie edmond, tristan sturrock, clive merrison, leslie phillips, diana quick, phyllida law, linda kerr. Jan 01, 2000 british comedies have always used whimsy as the basis for any film which doesnt want to delve too deeply into the harsh realities of life, and saving grace is no exception. And this small and elegant english village lady cannot but save herself by a notsoelegant trade through the help of her own gardener and her late husbands unseen mistress in london. The musical score from mark russell has a folky, feelgood beat, and the careful filming is colorful and clear. Saving grace 2000 stream and watch online moviefone. Solow, and starring tom conti, giancarlo giannini and edward james olmos. Although not particularly a fan of or even familiar with stoner movies, i found the postpot antics great fun, too. Saving grace by nigel cole brenda blethyn, craig ferguson. British filming locations for the movie saving grace 2000 including maps, screenshots, and other nearby film locations. Great savings free delivery collection on many items.
Saving grace definition and meaning collins english. Shes a sweet widow who grows ganja to pay the bills. Its not quite a guilty pleasure, because there is nothing about it which could be. Holly hunter reflects on the last days of saving grace. It is based on a novel by celia gittelson with screenplay by richard kramer and david s. It owes a certain amount to the comedies of will hay, with the lighthearted execution of the. Released september 1st, 2000, saving grace stars brenda blethyn, craig ferguson, martin clunes, tcheky karyo the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 34 min, and received a score of 62 out of.
Watch saving grace 2000 on netflix in the united kingdom. The screenplay was written by ferguson and mark crowdy. Aug 04, 2000 saving grace the british drawingroom comedy meets the pothead flick. Rent saving grace 2000 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix.
The show caught me off guard with the rawness of the characters. Saving grace definition of saving grace by the free. Saving grace is a 2000 british comedy film, directed by nigel cole and based on a screenplay by mark crowdy and. British comedies have always used whimsy as the basis for any film which doesnt want to delve too deeply into the harsh realities of life, and saving grace is no exception. If his widow, grace, doesnt find a massive amount of money within a short space of time, she will lose her manor home. If you like saving grace you are looking for humorous, feel good and semi serious movies about with marijuana, drug dealing, drug dealer, crimes, family problems, small town life and criminal heroes themes of comedy and crime genre shot in uk. Saving grace meaning in the cambridge english dictionary.
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