Saving Grace (2000 film)
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| Directed by | Nigel Cole |
| Produced by | Mark Crowdy Xavier Marchand Cat Villiers |
| Written by | Mark Crowdy Craig Ferguson |
| Starring |
Brenda Blethyn Craig Ferguson |
| Music by | Mark Russell |
| Cinematography | John de Borman |
| Edited by | Alan Strachan |
| Distributed by |
20th Century Fox (UK) Fine Line Features (USA) |
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Running time
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93 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $10 million |
| Box office | $26,330,482 |
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| Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
| Released | 15 May 2000 |
| Genre |
Pop Rock Film music |
| Label | WEA |
| Producer | Mark Russell |
Saving Grace is a 2000 British comedy film, directed by Nigel Cole and based on a screenplay by Mark Crowdy and Craig Ferguson. It was co-produced 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, and Martin Clunes, among others. Distributed by 20th Century Fox in major territories, the film premiered at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, where it won Cole the Audience Award for World Cinema.
Critical reaction to the film was generally positive and it received favourable notice for an independent British comedy film, eventually grossing $26,330,482 worldwide, following its theatrical release in the United States. The film received awards from the Norwegian International Film Festival and the Munich Film Festival, also receiving a BAFTA Award nomination for Crowdy, and ALFS Award, Golden Globe and Satellite Award nominations for Blethyn and her performance.
After being unexpectedly widowed, respectable and reserved housewife Grace Trevethyn (Brenda Blethyn) discovers that her late husband ran up significant debts and left her facing foreclosure and numerous repossessions. Well liked around Port Isaac, the coastal fishing town she lives in, Grace is given emotional support by the town's inhabitants, particularly her loyal, pot-smoking gardener Matthew Stewart (Craig Ferguson), his girlfriend and the town's fisherwoman Nicky (Valerie Edmond), and their friend Dr Martin Bamford (Martin Clunes). Despite wanting to help Grace, none of the residents are able to find a way to get her out of her dire situation.
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