| Grow Your Own | |
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| Directed by | Richard Laxton |
| Written by | Frank Cottrell Boyce Carl Hunter |
| Produced by | Luke Alkin Carl Hunter Barry Ryan |
| Starring | Benedict Wong John Henshaw Eddie Marsan Pearce Quigley Omid Djalili Alan Williams Philip Jackson Olivia Colman Joanna Scanlan |
| Cinematography | David Luther |
| Edited by | Joe Walker |
| Music by | Martin Phipps |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Pathé Warp Films |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £2.5 million[1] |
| Box office | £103,777[2] |
Grow Your Own is a 2007 British comedy film directed by Richard Laxton, and written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and Carl Hunter. It stars Benedict Wong, John Henshaw, Eddie Marsan, Pearce Quigley, Omid Djalili, Alan Williams, Philip Jackson, and Olivia Colman. The film centres on a group of gardeners at a Merseyside allotment, who react angrily when a group of refugees are given plots at the site, but after they get to know them better, soon change their minds. The film was previously known under the title The Allotment.[3]
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- ^ "UK Film Council – UK Film Box Office Aug 3 – Aug 5 2007". Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ "The Allotment (2006)". Yahoo!. Retrieved 16 June 2007.