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A prison inmate with a green thumb goes on to compete in a national gardening competition. Based on a true story.A prison inmate with a green thumb goes on to compete in a national gardening competition. Based on a true story.A prison inmate with a green thumb goes on to compete in a national gardening competition. Based on a true story.
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- 1 nomination
Jordan Maxwell
- John
- (as Jorden Maxwell)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaThis movie was based on inmates of Her Majesty's Prison Leyhill, which is located in Cotswold.
- GoofsAfter the men lose the competition, they are invited to meet Her Majesty, and one of the officials says "Yes, HRH!" HRH stands for His (or Her) Royal Highness, which could mean Charles, William, or another of the Royal Family other than the Queen. The Queen is addressed as "Your Majesty" (or "Her Majesty," which is abbreviated HM).
- Alternate versionsThere are two versions of this film. If you look at the Amazon (not IMDB) page, you will see that one version runs at 1 hr. 26 min., while the other is 1 hr. 31 min. Among other differences, they use different music for the last scene (when the three prisoners are walking over to see the Queen): in the longer version, they use The Staple Singers' "Heavy Makes You Happy," while in the shorter one, they use Elton John and Bernie Taupin's "The Power" (this difference is reflected in the music credits at the end of the film). Also, in the longer version, when they stop outside the formidable looking gate, there is a rear, long distance shot of them, and you hear Colin say, "I hope they let us out," while in the shorter version, the shot changes to a mid close-up from the front, and he says, "A bit of advice, lads. Don't forget to curtsy."
- SoundtracksI Wouldn't Believe Your Radio
Words by Kelly Jones
Music by Stuart Cable, Kelly Jones, Richard Jones
Performed by Stereophonics
Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
Courtesy of V2 Music Ltd.
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My wife and I caught this nice, heartwarming film quite by accident. We started watching it as there was nothing else on. Then, as the story progressed, quite rapidly, we were engrossed.
The was quite good, as should be expected by British actors, the cinematography and settings were great and the story was superb, though simple.
Too few of these nice little foreign films get airplay in the States (we are currently living in Taiwan), and it's a shame, because this is a great little film.
"Daysees, pahnsies and buttucups, you blokes are a disgrace to the prison system."
The was quite good, as should be expected by British actors, the cinematography and settings were great and the story was superb, though simple.
Too few of these nice little foreign films get airplay in the States (we are currently living in Taiwan), and it's a shame, because this is a great little film.
"Daysees, pahnsies and buttucups, you blokes are a disgrace to the prison system."
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Box office
- Budget
- £1,365,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,443,067
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $65,584
- Jul 29, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $1,961,054
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