Greenfingers
Sign in to saveGreenfingers is a 2000 British comedy film directed and written by Joel Hershman. It is loosely based on the true story about the award-winning prisoners of HMP Leyhill, a minimum-security prison in the Cotswolds, England, a story published in The New York Times in 1998.
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6.3Prison inmate Colin Briggs is introduced to gardening, and when his thriving prison garden attracts the attention of flamboyant gardening expert Georgina Woodhouse, she offers to sponsor the inmates in an upcoming flower show. At the Hampton Court Flower Show, Colin meets Georgina's daughter and romance is in bloom.
Released: 2001-07-2791 minDir: Joel HershmanComedy, Drama, Action, Crime, Romance
Cast
- Clive Owen as Colin Briggs
- Helen Mirren as Georgina Woodhouse
- David Kelly as Fergus Wilks
- Warren Clarke as Governor Gerald Hodge
- Danny Dyer as Tony
- Adam Fogerty as Raw
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Greenfingers
- Film.image
- Greenfingers film.jpg
- Film.caption
- Cover of the 2002 DVD release
- Film.director
- Joel Hershman
- Film.writer
- Joel Hershman
- Film.starring
- Clive OwenHelen MirrenDavid Kelly
- Film.producer
- Trudie StylerTravis SwordsDaniel J. Victor
- Film.cinematography
- John Daly
- Film.editing
- Tariq Anwar
- Film.distributor
- MGMWinchester Films
- Film.budget
- £2 million
- Film.runtime
- 91 minutes
- Film.country
- United Kingdom
Key dates
- Published
- 14 February 2002
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- prison film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Cast member
- Warren Clarke
- Producer
- Trudie Styler
- Duration
- +91
- FilmAffinity ID
- 632573
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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Greenfingers is a 2000 British comedy film directed and written by Joel Hershman. It is loosely based on the true story about the award-winning prisoners of HMP Leyhill, a minimum-security prison in the Cotswolds, England, a story published in The New York Times in 1998.
==Plot== When Colin Briggs, a convicted murderer, is placed in the experimental H.M.P. Edgefield programme to finish off his prison sentence, all he wants is peace and quiet. After his wise, elderly roommate Fergus (a recovering alcoholic imprisoned for killing three wives) introduces him to gardening, Colin uncovers a talent and passion for plants. When a row erupts between cellmates about a patch of double-violets Colin had secretly planted, warden Gov. Hodge assigns him to cultivate a garden with fellow prisoners Tony, Jimmy, and Raw.