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Pelastakaa Grace

Original title: Saving Grace
  • 20002000
  • K-15K-15
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
19K
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Brenda Blethyn and Craig Ferguson in Pelastakaa Grace (2000)
ComedyCrime
A small-town English widow, facing financial troubles after her husband's suicide, turns to agriculture of an illegal kind.A small-town English widow, facing financial troubles after her husband's suicide, turns to agriculture of an illegal kind.A small-town English widow, facing financial troubles after her husband's suicide, turns to agriculture of an illegal kind.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
19K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Nigel Cole
  • Writers
    • Mark Crowdy(story)
    • Craig Ferguson(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Brenda Blethyn
    • Craig Ferguson
    • Martin Clunes
  • Director
    • Nigel Cole
  • Writers
    • Mark Crowdy(story)
    • Craig Ferguson(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Brenda Blethyn
    • Craig Ferguson
    • Martin Clunes
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 133User reviews
    • 77Critic reviews
    • 62Metascore
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    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 4 wins & 9 nominations total

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    Brenda Blethyn, Paul Brooke, Martin Clunes, Craig Ferguson, and Dean Lennox Kelly in Pelastakaa Grace (2000)
    Brenda Blethyn and Craig Ferguson in Pelastakaa Grace (2000)
    Craig Ferguson in Pelastakaa Grace (2000)
    Linda Kerr Scott and Phyllida Law in Pelastakaa Grace (2000)
    Brenda Blethyn and Craig Ferguson in Pelastakaa Grace (2000)
    Brenda Blethyn in Pelastakaa Grace (2000)
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    Martin Clunes in Pelastakaa Grace (2000)
    Leslie Phillips in Pelastakaa Grace (2000)
    Pelastakaa Grace (2000)

    Top cast

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    Brenda Blethyn
    Brenda Blethyn
    • Grace
    Craig Ferguson
    Craig Ferguson
    • Matthew
    Martin Clunes
    Martin Clunes
    • Dr. Bamford
    Tchéky Karyo
    Tchéky Karyo
    • Jacques
    • (as Tcheky Karyo)
    Jamie Foreman
    Jamie Foreman
    • China
    Bill Bailey
    Bill Bailey
    • Vince
    Valerie Edmond
    • Nicky
    Tristan Sturrock
    Tristan Sturrock
    • Harvey
    Clive Merrison
    Clive Merrison
    • Quentin
    Leslie Phillips
    Leslie Phillips
    • Vicar
    Diana Quick
    Diana Quick
    • Honey
    Phyllida Law
    Phyllida Law
    • Margaret
    Linda Kerr Scott
    • Diana
    Denise Coffey
    • Mrs Hopkins
    Paul Brooke
    Paul Brooke
    • Charlie
    Ken Campbell
    • Sgt. Alfred
    John Fortune
    John Fortune
    • Melvyn
    Philip Wright
    • Nigel
    • Director
      • Nigel Cole
    • Writers
      • Mark Crowdy(story) (screenplay)
      • Craig Ferguson(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Some of the marijuana plants used in the shooting were real. The British government gave permission to the filming crew the use of 150 marijuana plants, under supervision of the authorities. This meant that the plants had someone guarding them on the set, and watching over its transportation to a nearby storage facility for its safekeeping at night.
    • Goofs
      When Matthew is climbing up the ladder and Grace speaks to him out of her window, his left hand is alternately on/off the rung between shots.
    • Quotes

      Jacques Chevalier: All the people I deal with are scum. I'm a little scummy myself. You are not scum. That worries me.

      Grace Trevethyn: I take exception to that. I come from a long line of scum. My dear late husband was one of the scummiest men to walk the face of this earth.

      Jacques Chevalier: My apologies.

    • Crazy credits
      In the opening credits, the movie title appears and then turns to smoke & blows away while you hear someone exhale.
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Hollow Man/The Original Kings of Comedy/Saving Grace/Coyote Ugly/The Tao of Steve (2000)
    • Soundtracks
      Take a Picture
      Written by Jennifer Kimball and Rick Giles

      Performed by Filter

    User reviews133

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    Drug trafficking, the elegant way.
    What is so startling to me is the number of comments here. How come, 93! The film has utterly fallen into obscurity in town. I just by chance popped by a VCD shop, which is on sale, and so fortunately to have picked up this hilarious movie (73pence or US$1.29 ^_^).

    The film title is just funny enough to make you associate the story with it.

    Grace, played by the versatile actress Brenda Blethyn, was in financial trouble. And this small and elegant English village lady cannot but save herself by a not-so-elegant trade through the help of her own gardener and her late husband's unseen mistress in London.

    I especially like the daredevil scene when Grace is fully dressed up touting her masterpiece cannabis (cultured in her own green house) to the undesirable figures in sleazy areas in London. Her act is comical, prudent and daring at the same time. I find it hard to imagine a well-dressed and French speaking Chinese grandma would approach me touting home-made grass so reeklessly in Wanchai or Mongkok.

    English humour or European subtlety can never be reproduced by Hollywood, the air, the smell, everything belongs to the Brits and Europeans. Lovely small production with bold attempt.
    helpful•44
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    • shu-fen
    • Dec 21, 2003

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 23, 2001 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Saving Grace - Pelastakaa Grace
    • Filming locations
      • Port Isaac, Cornwall, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Portman Entertainment Group
      • Sky Pictures
      • WAVEpictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $10,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $12,178,602
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $287,452
      • Aug 6, 2000
    • Gross worldwide
      • $28,741,330
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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