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* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:Tony makes a run for it after being accused as an accomplice in a burglary. A newspaper headline shows that he's been cleared of that, but he's briefly shown at the end with a beard and sunglasses, leaving it ambiguous if he's served out the rest of his sentence or if he's still on the lam.]]
* DesiresPrisonLife: Colin has been in prison for 15 years, since he was 17, and comes to enjoy the gardening group there. He quickly pulls a GetIntoJailFree after he's paroled because he's NotUsedToFreedom and wants to help with the prison's entry to the garden competition.
* DesiresPrisonLife: Colin has been in prison for 15 years, since he was 17, and comes to enjoy the gardening group there. He quickly pulls a GetIntoJailFree after he's paroled because he's NotUsedToFreedom and wants to help with the prison's entry to the garden competition.
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* DesiresPrisonLife: Colin has been in prison for 15 years, since he was 17, and comes to enjoy the gardening group there. He quickly pulls a GetIntoJailFree after he's paroled because he's NotUsedToFreedom and wants to help with the prison's entry to the garden competition.
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* LuxuryPrisonSuite: HMP Edgefield gives inmates nearly free run of the place as long as they behave and don't try to escape. Inmates sleep in large cells with doors that aren't locked at night. They have ready access to education, occupational training, and plenty of recreational activities. Some even get to leave during the day for work release. Of course, there are crummy jobs that some inmates gets saddled with, but it's because they need to be done and not as punishment.
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* DesiresPrisonLife: Colin has been in prison for 15 years, since he was 17, and comes to enjoy the gardening group there. He quickly pulls a GetIntoJailFree after he's paroled because he's NotUsedToFreedom and wants to help with the prison's entry to the garden competition.
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* GetIntoJailFree: After being paroled, Colin breaks into a flower shop to get his parole revoked so he is sent back to prison so he can help with the prison's entry to the flower show.
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* ForbiddenRomance:
** Tony strikes up a romance with Holly that becomes complicated due to an AccidentalPregnancy.
** Colin and Primrose fall for each other. She even forgives him for breaking her heart.
* GetIntoJailFree: After being paroled, Colin breaks intoa his own flower shop to get his parole revoked so he is sent back to prison so he can help with the prison's entry to the flower show.
** Tony strikes up a romance with Holly that becomes complicated due to an AccidentalPregnancy.
** Colin and Primrose fall for each other. She even forgives him for breaking her heart.
* GetIntoJailFree: After being paroled, Colin breaks into
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* TheOldConvict: Colin's wise, elderly roommate Fergus, imprisoned for life for killing three wives,] introduces him to gardening.
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* TheOldConvict: Colin's wise, elderly roommate Fergus, imprisoned for life for killing three wives,] wives, introduces him to gardening.
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* RealMenWearPink: Central to the plot is a group of male prisoners becoming avid gardeners and learning how to raise and arrange delicate flowers.
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'''Holly:'' It's against regulations.
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* CainAndAbel: Colin is in prison for killing his brother in an argument over a girl they both liked.
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* SiblingMurder: Colin is in prison for killing his brother in an argument over a girl they both liked.
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* CainAndAbel: Colin is in prison for killing his brother in an argument over a girl they both liked.
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* NotUsedToFreedom: Colin has been in prison for 15 years, since he was 17. After he is paroled, he pulls a GetIntoJailFree in order to get sent back to prison:
-->'''Fergus Wilks:''' ''[Waking up and seeing the flower on the nightstand, then seeing Colin]'' What's that old thing doing back here?\\
'''Colin:''' It wasn't ready for the outside world.
-->'''Fergus Wilks:''' ''[Waking up and seeing the flower on the nightstand, then seeing Colin]'' What's that old thing doing back here?\\
'''Colin:''' It wasn't ready for the outside world.
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* NotUsedToFreedom: After Colin is paroled, he pulls a GetIntoJailFree in order to get sent back to prison:
-->'''Fergus Wilks:''' ''[Waking up and seeing the flower on the nightstand, then seeing Colin]'' What's that old thing doing back here?\\
'''Colin:''' It wasn't ready for the outside world.
-->'''Fergus Wilks:''' ''[Waking up and seeing the flower on the nightstand, then seeing Colin]'' What's that old thing doing back here?\\
'''Colin:''' It wasn't ready for the outside world.
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* NotUsedToFreedom: After Colin is paroled, he pulls a GetIntoJailFree in order to get sent back to prison:
-->'''Fergus Wilks:''' ''[Waking up and seeing the flower on the nightstand, then seeing Colin]'' What's that old thing doing back here?\\
'''Colin:''' It wasn't ready for the outside world.
-->'''Fergus Wilks:''' ''[Waking up and seeing the flower on the nightstand, then seeing Colin]'' What's that old thing doing back here?\\
'''Colin:''' It wasn't ready for the outside world.
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* GetIntoJailFree: After being paroled, Colin breaks into a flower shop to get his parole revoked so he is sent back to prison so he can help with the prison's entry to the flower show.
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* RosesAreRedVioletsAreBlue:
->Roses are red,\\
violets are blue ...\\
I'm about to fuck up.\\
So what else is new?\\
-- '''Colin'''
->Roses are red,\\
violets are blue ...\\
I'm about to fuck up.\\
So what else is new?\\
-- '''Colin'''
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Ls 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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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Ls 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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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/greenfingers.jpg]]
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''Greenfingers'' is a 2000 British comedy film directed and written by Joel Hershman, and starring Creator/CliveOwen, Creator/HelenMirren, Natasha Little, David Kelly, and Creator/WarrenClarke.
Colin Briggs (Owen) is a man who has given up on life. Nearing the end of a long sentence for murder, Colin is transferred to Edgefield, a minimum-security prison in the Cotswolds. Once there, Colin meets Fergus Wilks (Kelly), [[TheOldConvict an eccentric "lifer"]] who gives Colin an unwanted packet of seeds as a Christmas present. He begrudgingly plants the seeds in Edgefield's hard, infertile soil and, much to both men's surprise; the seeds flourish along with the two men's friendship. Impressed by the sight of the blooming flowers, the prison Governor (Clarke) commissions Colin, Fergus and three other inmates to cultivate Edgefield's first garden. When the prison garden attracts the attention of flamboyant gardening expert, Georgina Woodhouse (Mirren), she offers to sponsor the inmates in their first garden show. As a result of gardening, Colin gains a renewed lease on life, a newly found love for Georgina's daughter (Little) and a chance to compete at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show--the largest outdoor garden event in the world.
!!Tropes in ''Greenfingers'':
* TheOldConvict: Colin's wise, elderly roommate Fergus, imprisoned for life for killing three wives,] introduces him to gardening.
* RagingStiffie: Happens to Tony while he and Holly are dancing:
-->'''Holly:''' ''[They are slow dancing and he is holding her close]'' Tony, you've got a stiffie.\\
'''Tony:''' ''[He looks down]'' So?\\
'''Holly:'' It's against regulations.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Ls 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.
Colin Briggs (Owen) is a man who has given up on life. Nearing the end of a long sentence for murder, Colin is transferred to Edgefield, a minimum-security prison in the Cotswolds. Once there, Colin meets Fergus Wilks (Kelly), [[TheOldConvict an eccentric "lifer"]] who gives Colin an unwanted packet of seeds as a Christmas present. He begrudgingly plants the seeds in Edgefield's hard, infertile soil and, much to both men's surprise; the seeds flourish along with the two men's friendship. Impressed by the sight of the blooming flowers, the prison Governor (Clarke) commissions Colin, Fergus and three other inmates to cultivate Edgefield's first garden. When the prison garden attracts the attention of flamboyant gardening expert, Georgina Woodhouse (Mirren), she offers to sponsor the inmates in their first garden show. As a result of gardening, Colin gains a renewed lease on life, a newly found love for Georgina's daughter (Little) and a chance to compete at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show--the largest outdoor garden event in the world.
!!Tropes in ''Greenfingers'':
* TheOldConvict: Colin's wise, elderly roommate Fergus, imprisoned for life for killing three wives,] introduces him to gardening.
* RagingStiffie: Happens to Tony while he and Holly are dancing:
-->'''Holly:''' ''[They are slow dancing and he is holding her close]'' Tony, you've got a stiffie.\\
'''Tony:''' ''[He looks down]'' So?\\
'''Holly:'' It's against regulations.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Ls 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.
