Saving Grace Page #4

Synopsis: A widow discovers after her husband's suicide that he has mortgaged everything they own and the banks are ready to foreclose. Faced with impending doom and little working knowledge except her ability to grow plants, she struggles to save her home. Enter her gardener, who is struggling to make a few marijuana plants grow in a hidden location and suggests that she use her green house to help grow the plants and sell them to make the money both need. He is wanting to get married, but needs capital. What he doesn't know is that his girl friend is pregnant and thus fears that they will be busted for growing marijuana. While supposedly working, the whole village is well aware of the endeavor and is hoping for their success. When the plants come in, Grace takes the crop to London and tries to sell it to a ruthless, but charming drug dealer. Everything busts loose from there.
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Nigel Cole
Production: Fine Line Features
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
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Year:
2000
93 min
$11,483,975
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on the boat.

I was beginning to wonder

what you looked like.

I was always going to bed

when you get up.

It's the tides.

It's not the tides.

I really don't like

what you're doing.

Iknow.

I don't want to be

in a relationship

with someone

who's irresponsible.

Yes. you do. I've been

irresponsible my whole llfe.

Well. it's time

you changed.

Why?

You're getting old.

F*** getting old!

These are laugh llnes!

Nothing's that funny.

I don't understand. I thought

you liked me the way I am.

I do.

But things change, and you have

to change with them.

Fish and chips.

Fantastic.

Great.

Wait a few minutes...

till Funboy Buxton will

be here with more wacky fun

with the afternoon crew,

but first, it's 12: 00.

time for the news headllnes.

Pollce are celebrating

a major victory

in the war on drugs today.

Two men and one woman

were found guilty

at BristoI Crown Court

after pollce

discovered marijuana

with an estimated street value

of half a milllon pounds

hidden in a barn

on their family farm.

Sentencing them

to 15 year jaiI sentences.

the judge

Hello.

Yeah.

You all right?

Fine.

No, I just wondered.

youknow,

when you didn't come

into the pub last night.

I'm not drinking

at the moment.

Are you angry with me?

No.

I'm angry at Matthew.

It's his fault.

It was my decision

to do it.

I'm trying to save

my house.

Everybodyknows

what you're doing.

Pretty soon you'll have

the pollce up there.

They'll never

find out.

Grace, your greenhouse

llghts up like a spaceship.

Pele aren't stupid.

We're nearly done now.

He could be in jaiI tomorrow.

Why aren't you drinking?

I just don't feel like it.

He doesn'tknow,

does he?

How can I help?

Don't let him

go to jail.

Our mutant buds

will soon be ready,

Great One.

We can release them

into the atmosphere

and take over

the entire planet!

Do you reallze

what we've done here?

This is fabulous!

It's time for me to go

to London. get a dealer.

Oh. no you're not.

You're staying here.

I'm going.

What?

That's my decision.

Grace, I don't think

you reallze

what you're

deallng with here.

The last time you were

in London was five years ago

for the Chelsea

flower show.

You can't sell this stuff

through a florist.

What's your master plan. then?

Well. I was gonna go up

Portobello Road. or Notting H ill

or something like that,

find a dealer, and sell it.

Yeah.

Rubbish!

It's better than what

you've got, which is nothing!

You have to blend in.

Grace.

A drug dealer

will take one look at you

andknow there was

something fishy going on.

With the greatest respect,

I'm the hip one.

You're a wee bit more

hip replacement.

One more word out of you.

and I'm gonna throw

the whole lot into the sea.

I don't think you're

thinking this through!

I mean it.

You are not the boss of me!

We're partners!

The checks bounced.

remember?

Women like cuddly toys.

don't they?

They like to hug them

and squeeze them.

and poke their eyes out,

and rip their

f***ing llmbs off.

I avoid confrontation.

Iknow it.

But if you grew up

in Glasgow in the 1970s.

you'd avoid it, too.

I want an easy llfe.

I want to grow

some vegetables.

smoke some reefer,

sing some carols at Christmas.

and whoknows?

One day I'd like to be a dad

and raise a couple of calm

f***ing children.

but that's it.

I've f***ing had enough.

I'm going.

No more Mr. Cuddly toy.

I'm not hanging around to be

a whipping boy for Ganja Grace

and Captain N icky,

the f***ing lobster queen!

I'm f***in' gone,

I'm gone, I'm gone.

I'm f***ing out of here.

But see, before I go,

I'm gonna see

both of these women

and give them both

a piece of my mind.

Are you done?

Good shot.

Moron!

Can I show you

something privately?

It's ever so nice.

Come on.

let's go.

I don'tknow who you are.

I'm not interested.

Come on.

Come here.

I've got something

really tasty.

Are you looking

for something?

Know what I mean?

All right, love.

H in.

Hello.

Excuse me?

Excuse me.

Yo. Yo.

Nah.

I love it here.

It's so quiet.

If you think this is quiet,

you should see Evensong.

I wish I were

a Cathollc sometimes.

I ncense,

nice costumes...

A lot to be said

for it, really.

They have confession. too.

I've got some friends...

and I think they're going

to get into a lot of trouble,

and I don'tknow

what to do.

Don't suppose you

can go to the pollce?

Thought not.

If you have

to commit a crime...

to get what you want,

then you're not

meant to have it.

I don'tknow

if I'm worried

more for them.

or worried for myself.

If one has a problem

that seems

to be unsolvable...

then perhaps one shouldn't

try to solve it.

One should accept it.

What do you mean?

God grant me

the serenity

to accept the things

I cannot change,

the courage to change

the things I can.

and the wisdom toknow

the difference.

The wisdom's

the hard part.

Mmm...

I like Matthew.

He's a good soul...

for a Scotsman.

What on earth did you

think you were doing?

You can't just go hanging

around nasty pubs like that.

You're bound to get

into trouble.

Look, if you're trying

to meet a man.

Iknow some

much better places.

I wasn't trying

to meet a man.

Keep walking.

Get out of here!

You'll get arrested!

I need to talk.

Have you seen N icky?

No. Where the hell

have you been?

Grace had to get Harvey

to watch the plants.

What?

I took her to the station

this morning.

She's gone to London.

Oh. f***!

Where are we going?

S.W. 3.

Why don't you get your young

Scottish friend to help?

Surely he'd have a better idea

how to go about it?

No, his girlfriend's

pregnant.

He can't get into trouble.

I just want you to ring

a dealer, that's all.

No.

Grace, it's mad.

You'll end up in jail.

I'm not going

to give up.

Call a dealer.

How do youknow

that Iknow one?

On one condition

that you let me lend you

an outfit that's...

not that.

Kelly.

Sir?

Get me the times of trains

to Cornwall tomorrow.

Yes. sir.

Draw... spllff...

Puff...

Sh*t...

Yes. thank you.

Call it what

you will.

but it's my bellef

it is the door

to enllghtenment.

I n your own time?

And now,

the acid test.

Jesus!

I'll give you

Don't be silly!

No,

that's just a sample.

I've got 20kilos.

No, no, no, no, no.

You've got the wrong man.

I mean.

I run a llmited eration.

You're talking...

You're talking big leagues.

Well. you just

got promoted.

I don't have

thatkind of money.

Well. do youknow

anybody who does?

Well...

I've heard of someone.

Call him.

He's a bit heavy.

He's not like us.

He's not...

laid back.

Call him.

Come on. Honey!

There she is.

No, wait, wait!

You don'tknow who the guy is

I don't care who he is.

He may be a drug dealer!

You can't wander into that!

You've gotten

so bossy!

You're so insensitive!

That could be dangerous!

They're getting

away now!

Well. follow them.

you dozy quack!

J ust like a window display

at Harvey N ick's.

There's a rave tonight.

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Craig Ferguson

Craig Ferguson (born 17 May 1962) is a Scottish-American television host, comedian, author and actor. He was the host of both the syndicated game show Celebrity Name Game (2014–2017), for which he has won two Daytime Emmy Awards, and of Join or Die with Craig Ferguson (2016) on History. He was also the host of the CBS late-night talk show The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–2014). In 2017 he released a web show with his wife Megan, titled Couple Thinkers. It ran for six episodes from October 9, 2017. It is available on YouTube. After starting his career in Britain with music, comedy and theatre, Ferguson moved to the United States where he appeared in the role of Nigel Wick on the ABC sitcom The Drew Carey Show (1996–2004). He has written and starred in three films, directing one of them, and has appeared in several others, including several voice-over roles for animations. Ferguson has also written two books: Between the Bridge and the River, a novel, and American on Purpose, a memoir. He was naturalised as a United States citizen in 2008. more…

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