Saving Grace (2000)


Saving Grace
Release Date24 January 2000
US Box Office$12,000,000
TaglineGrace's doctor is worried about the state of her joints...
GenreComedy, Crime
CountryUK
Filming LocationsBoscastle, Cornwall, England, UK
LanguageEnglish, French
Sound MixDolby Digital, DTS
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassCrime Comedy, Comedy of Manners
MoodMood Enhancers
ThemesUnlikely Criminals, Drug Trade, Death of a Partner
TonesAtmospheric, Easygoing, Humorous, Quirky, Wry, Light
TagsDebt, Doctor, Drug Dealer, Gardener, House, Marijuana, Small Town, Widow/widower

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, 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.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Grace Trevethyn

Matthew Stewart

Dr. Martin Bamford

Jacques Chevalier

China MacFarlane

Vince

Valerie Edmond
Nicky

Tristan Sturrock
Harvey

Quentin Rhodes

Rev. Gerald Percy

Honey Chambers

Margaret Sutton

Linda Kerr Scott
Diana Skinner

Mrs. Hopkins

Charlie

Sgt. Alfred Mabely

John Fortune
Melvyn

Philip Wright
Nigel Plimpton

Darren Southworth
Terry

Magnus Lindgren
Tony

Johnny Bamford
Removal Boss

Bill Hallet
Postman

Alison Dillon
Secretary

Bill Weston
John Trevethyn

Jonathan Kydd
Presenter #1

Mark Crowdy
Presenter #2

Jay Benedict
Master of Ceremonies

Ben Cole
Man at Checkout

Gary Greenberg
Inmate

Peter Evans
Alex

Director

Writer

Mark Crowdy
,

Producer

Steve Clark-Hall
line producer

Mark Crowdy
producer

co-producer

Sara Giles
associate producer: Freewheel International

Torsten Leschly
co-producer

Xavier Marchand
executive producer

Cat Villiers
executive producer

Keith Evans
executive producer

Original Music

Mark Russell
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Cinematographer

John de Borman

Editor

Alan Strachan
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Casting Director

Gail Stevens
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Production Designer

Eve Stewart
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Art Director

Tom Read
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Costume Designer

Annie Symons
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Makeup Department

Shelley Manser-Cossey
second makeup artist: second unit

Claire Pritchard
first makeup artist: second unit

Gill Rees
makeup artist, makeup designer: second unit

Roseann Samuel
makeup designer, hair designer

Alyn Waterman
makeup assistant

Production Manager

Mairi Bett
production supervisor: second unit

Brian Donovan
production supervisor: second unit

Mark Harris
post-production supervisor

Leontine Ruette
production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Russell Channon
first assistant director: second unit, second assistant director

Peter Evans
third assistant director

Mark Griffiths
first assistant director

Lance Roehrig
third assistant director: second unit

Tom Rye
additional third assistant director: second unit

Candy Marlowe
crowd second assistant director

Art Department

Tony Charalambous
props storeman

David Cheesman
dressing props

Andrew Forrest
set dresser

Karen George
stand-by painter

Douglas Glen
stand-by props

Andrew Grant
stand-by carpenter

Peter Grant
stand-by props

Katy Harvey
trainee: FT2

Al Libby
art department assistant

Jo Littlejohn
set dresser

Lisa Lloyd
dressing props

Adam McCreight
dressing props

Richard Mills
property master

Tom Overton
construction manager

Sheba Phombeah
assistant art director

Dom Sharp
art department assistant

Michael Standish
production buyer

stand-by rigger

Sophie Tyler
props buyer: second unit

Marko Waschke
props maker

Clive Wilson
stand-by props: second unit

Warren Lever
carpenter

Sound Department

John Bateman
foley mixer

Kasper Val Bjerregård Larsen
sound re-recording mixer

Petter Fladeby
sound re-recording mixer

Pauline Griffiths
foley artist

John Midgley
sound mixer

Jeff Milner
sound maintenance: second unit

Alan Paley
sound editor

Stephen Phillips
sound mixer: second unit

Simon Price
dialogue editor

June Prinz
boom operator

Ruth Sullivan
foley artist

Andy Thompson
adr mixer

Mark Kenna
consultant: Dolby film sound

Visual Effects

Robin Beard
digital compositor: The Film Factory

Zoe Cain
digital film scanning: The Film Factory

Alan Church
digital effects producer: The Film Factory

Sally Clayton
digital compositor: The Film Factory

Diane Kingston
digital effects production assistant: The Film Factory

Trevor Young
digital compositor: The Film Factory

Dave Sewell
digital artist

Camera and Electrical Department

John Attwell
focus puller

Joss Barratt
still photographer: second unit

Paul Borg
gaffer: second unit

Steve Chammell
clapper loader: second unit

Paul Chedlow
still photographer

Jim Crowther
grip: second unit

Martin Davidson
camera operator: DVC camera

Arthur De Borman
camera trainee: second unit

Rosalyn Ellis
clapper loader

Danny Espey
electrician

Sue Gibson
director of photography: second unit

Liz Hoar
camera trainee

Steve Kitchen
gaffer

Brad Larner
focus puller: second unit

Adam Lee
electrician: second unit

Denis Madden
camera operator: digital betacam, second unit

Paul McGeachan
electrician

Campbell McIntosh
generator operator

Andy Purdy
generator operator: second unit

Alastair Rae
Steadicam operator, camera operator

Mike Redmond
rigger: second unit

Mark Ritchie
best boy

Robin Stone
grip

Dan Thomas
electrician

Garry Thomson
electrician

David Toft
video sync technician: second unit

Richard Wyke
technician: digital betacam, second unit

Casting Department

William Davies
casting assistant

Maureen Duff
casting associate

Brendan Donnison
adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Jemima Cotter
assistant costume designer

Elaine Curtis
dress supplier: second unit

Eliza Hunter
wardrobe assistant

Marco Scotti
wardrobe supervisor

Jessica Snell
wardrobe: second unit

Ciara Sweeney
dress supplier: second unit

Editorial Department

Torben Ager Andersen
digital video conformation

Rupert Hall
post-production coordinator

Katura Jensen
post-production coordinator

Khalid Mohammed
assistant film editor

Katja Mordaunt
post-production coordinator

Julie Strachan
assistant film editor

Jackie Vance
post-production coordinator

Music Department

Matt Dunkley
additional orchestrator

Gerry O'Riordan
music mixer

Greg Rogers
executive music producer

Ray Williams
executive music producer

Transportation Department

Mick Atkins
driver

Terry Atkins
driver

Trevor Atkin
unit driver

Alan Barker
driver

driver

Joe Drinkeld
transportation captain

Tony Elwell
driver: camera car

Colin Giffin
unit driver

Edward Leach
driver

Roger Lupton
driver

Derek McPhail
rushes driver

Peter Moss
driver

Robert Reeve
driver

Glenn Reynolds
driver: props

Laurie Winter
driver

Other Crew

Lee Alliston
location security: The Movie Lot

Kim Armitage
script supervisor

Ben Bamford
assistant location manager: Cornwall

Johnny Bamford
location manager: Cornwall

Carol Bulmer
catering supervisor

Katherine Butler
script consultant

Mike Clark-Hall
production assistant

Katie Cole
crew: Sky Pictures

Simon Cullen
location security: The Movie Lot

Peter Dally
production legal

Adrian De Freitas
catering assistant

Tony Denham
location security: The Movie Lot

Sharon Gerussi
crew: Sky Pictures

Simon Giles
title designer: main title

Dorte Gude
wave pictures: DK

Shani Hinton
production legal

Carrie Johnson
unit nurse

Julia Jones
unit publicist

Tracy Low
production secretary

Kate MacNiece
production assistant

Heather Mansfield
financial services

Nadine Mellor
crew: Sky Pictures

Justin Miller
assistant accountant

Simon Milner
catering chef

Clive Noakes
laboratory liaison

Annabel Ropner
assistant to producer and director

Gerry Savage
unit nurse: second unit

Suzie Shearer
production coordinator

Nicky Short
production assistant

Matt Steinmann
location manager: London

Emily Stillman
assistant to producer and director

Eve Swannell
production assistant

Ian Thomson
unit publicist

Will Tyler
production accountant

Tristan Whalley
international marketing

Chris White
assistant location manager: London

David Wilder
completion guarantor

Sophie Wilson
production assistant

Richard Wood
chippy: second unit

Roger Phillips
end titles

Thanks

Moira Bellas
special thanks

Julie Henry Black
thanks: Crap Props

Martin Brooke
thanks

Sherena Dugani
special thanks

Keith Evans
thanks

Matt Lawrence
special thanks

Rob Maberly
thanks: Hycliffe Cottages

Tony McGuinness
special thanks

Greg Mills
thanks

Kristi Prenn
thanks

Neil Westbrook
thanks

Andy Wright
special thanks

Production Company

Portman Entertainment Group

Sky Pictures

WAVEpictures

Homerun Productions
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Rich Pickings Ltd.
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Distributor

20th Century Fox

Advanced

Europafilm AS

Triangelfilm

Fine Line Features

A-Film Distribution

UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD)

Keyfilms Roma

Eurocine

A-Film Home Entertainment

CCV

Europa Filmes
,

New Line Home Video

TV2 Norge

Special Effects

The Film Factory at VTR

Miscellaneous

2020 Casting
extras casting

Lee Lighting
lighting

Location Junkies
layout board

Mike Fraser
negative cutting

Sapex Scripts
post-production script services

Square Sail Shipyard Ltd.
ship supplier






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