Greenfingers is a 2000

2000 in film

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 British

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The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...

 comedy film

Comedy film

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 directed

Film director

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 and written by Joel Hershman

Joel Hershman

Joel Hershman is an American film director, writer and producer.Hershman is best known for the films Greenfingers starring Clive Owen and Helen Mirren and Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me starring Sean Young and Adrienne Shelly.-External links:...

. It is loosely based on a true story about the award-winning prisoners of HMP Leyhill

Leyhill Prison

HM Prison Leyhill is a Category D men's prison, located in the parish of Tortworth in Gloucestershire, England. Leyhill Prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.-History:...

, a minimum-security prison in the Cotswolds

Cotswolds

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, England

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.

Cast

• Clive Owen
  Clive Owen
  Clive Owen is an English actor, who has worked on television, stage and film. He first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for portraying the lead in the ITV series Chancer from 1990 to 1991...
  
   – Colin Briggs
• Helen Mirren
  Helen Mirren
  Dame Helen Mirren, DBE is an English actor. She has won an Academy Award for Best Actress, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes, four Emmy Awards, and two Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Awards.-Early life and family:...
  
   – Georgina Woodhouse
• Natasha Little
  Natasha Little
  Natasha Little is a British actress. She is best known for her work on British television, but has also featured in many film and theatre roles.- Early life :...
  
   – Primrose Woodhouse
• David Kelly
  David Kelly (actor)
  David Kelly is an Irish actor, who has been in regular film and television work since the 1950s.-Acting career:Playing everything from Beckett to Shakespeare, he has appeared in Theatre, TV and film constantly since 1959...
  
   – Fergus Wilks
• Warren Clarke
  Warren Clarke
  -Biography:Clarke was born in Oldham, Lancashire. His first television appearance was in the long running Granada soap opera Coronation Street, initially as Kenny Pickup in 1966 and then as Gary Bailey in 1968. His first major film appearance was in Stanley Kubrick's controversial A Clockwork...
  
   – Gov. Hodge
• Danny Dyer
  Danny Dyer
  Danny Dyer is an English actor, media personality, and chairman of Greenwich Borough, a non-League football team.-Biography:Daniel John Dyer was born in Custom House, an area of East London, to Antony and Christine Dyer...
  
   – Tony
• Adam Fogerty
  Adam Fogerty
  Adam Heywood Fogerty is an English boxer, rugby league player, and actor.-Career:Fogerty was born in Oldham, Lancashire. Fogerty's boxing career saw him facing a number of relatively underskilled opponents. He twice faced Paul Lister, with their first meeting in 1989 handing Fogerty his first and...
  
   – Raw
• Paterson Joseph
  Paterson Joseph
  -Career:Born in London. Attended Cardinal Hinsley R.C High School in North West London. Joseph first trained at the Studio '68 of Theatre Arts, London – 1983–85 with Robert Henderson, then at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art . In recent years he has had a high number of roles in...
  
   – Jimmy

Plot

When Colin Briggs is placed in an experimental program to finish off his prison

Prison

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 sentence, all he wants is peace and quiet. But after his wise, elderly roommate Fergus introduces him to gardening

Gardening

Gardening is the practice of growing and cultivating plants. Ornamental plants are normally grown for their flowers, foliage, or overall appearance; useful plants are grown for consumption , for their dyes, or for medicinal or cosmetic use...

, Colin uncovers a talent and passion for plant

Plant

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s. Teaming up with his fellow inmates, Colin gets the attention of celebrated gardener Georgina Woodhouse. Soon, the unexpected gardeners are preparing to compete for the Hampton Court Flower Show. And when Colin meets Georgina's beautiful daughter Primrose, he discovers another reason to fight for his freedom: true love.

External links

• Guys, How Does Your Garden Grow? The New York Times, 27 July 2001.