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Brassed Off

  • 1996
  • R
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
20K
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Ewan McGregor, Pete Postlethwaite, and Tara Fitzgerald in Brassed Off (1996)
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The coal mine in a northern English village may be closing, which would also mean the end of the miners' brass band.The coal mine in a northern English village may be closing, which would also mean the end of the miners' brass band.The coal mine in a northern English village may be closing, which would also mean the end of the miners' brass band.

  • Director
    • Mark Herman
  • Writer
    • Mark Herman
  • Stars
    • Pete Postlethwaite
    • Tara Fitzgerald
    • Ewan McGregor
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    20K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mark Herman
    • Writer
      • Mark Herman
    • Stars
      • Pete Postlethwaite
      • Tara Fitzgerald
      • Ewan McGregor
    • 154User reviews
    • 44Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 3 BAFTA Awards
      • 10 wins & 7 nominations total

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    Brassed Off
    Trailer 1:41
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    Ewan McGregor, Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, and Jim Carter in Brassed Off (1996)
    Ewan McGregor stars as Andy
    Tara Fitzgerald stars as Gloria
    Pete Postlethwaite stars as Danny
    Andy & Gloria
    Ewan McGregor at an event for Brassed Off (1996)
    Poster for video release, 1 sheet video release movie poster
    A1 movie poster -  59 x 84 cm or 23 x 33 inches
    Ewan McGregor and Tara Fitzgerald in Brassed Off (1996)
    Ewan McGregor and Tara Fitzgerald in Brassed Off (1996)
    Ewan McGregor and Tara Fitzgerald in Brassed Off (1996)
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    Pete Postlethwaite
    Pete Postlethwaite
    • Danny
    Tara Fitzgerald
    Tara Fitzgerald
    • Gloria
    Ewan McGregor
    Ewan McGregor
    • Andy
    Stephen Tompkinson
    Stephen Tompkinson
    • Phil
    Jim Carter
    Jim Carter
    • Harry
    Philip Jackson
    Philip Jackson
    • Jim
    Peter Martin
    Peter Martin
    • Ernie
    Sue Johnston
    Sue Johnston
    • Vera
    Mary Healey
    Mary Healey
    • Ida
    Melanie Hill
    Melanie Hill
    • Sandra
    Lill Roughley
    • Rita
    Peter Gunn
    Peter Gunn
    • Simmo
    Stephen Moore
    Stephen Moore
    • McKenzie
    Kenneth Colley
    Kenneth Colley
    • Greasley
    • (as Ken Colley)
    Olga Grahame
    Olga Grahame
    • Mrs. Foggan
    Toni Galacki
    • Gary
    Sky Ingram
    • Kylie
    Luke McGann
    • Shane
    • Director
      • Mark Herman
    • Writer
      • Mark Herman
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Unlike the other actors in the movie, Ewan McGregor knows how to play an instrument. He played the French horn when he was younger, which is an instrument with similar pitch to the Eb tenor horn his character plays in the movie.
    • Goofs
      When Gloria is playing the Concerto de Aranjuez, the second measure after the Flugelhorn comes in, she plays a note with the second valve that should be played with the first valve. The written note is a B-flat for Flugelhorn (concert A-Flat). Playing with the second valve would produce a B natural, a half step higher.
    • Quotes

      Danny: The truth is, I thought it mattered - I thought that music mattered. But does it bollocks? Not compared to how people matter.

    • Crazy credits
      On some prints, the words "The End" remain onscreen as three additional lines of "definitions" are added one by one underneath:
      • 1. closure (as in 140 pits since 1984)
      • 2. termination (as in 250,000 jobs)
      • 3. conclusion (as in draw your own...)
    • Alternate versions
      The British release does not have the dictionary definitions at the start or end of the film. These were added to the American release to introduce the US audience to British slang. The end of the film has the same information, but just as normal text.
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Addicted to Love/Gamera: Guardian of the Universe/The Van/Brassed Off (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Death Or Glory
      Written by Robert Browne Hall (as R. B. Hall)

    User reviews154

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    Wonderful film with few weaknesses.
    A superb film. A film which did not seek to glamourise the effect of long term unemployment and the break up of communities. And a film which WAS based very closely on a true story. The band members you see actually playing the music? That's the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, winners of the national Battle of the Bands competition in the year that the colliery closed down. And they did turn professional too!

    Films like Brassed Off, which seek to present a view of a sensitive issue, are often derided for not offering a solution which can be written on the back of a cereal box. Personally, I take that as a recommendation!

    The point of the film is this: put people in situations that most of us will happily never face, and they react in extreme fashions. There was little or no 'political' argument, other than the fact that the Conservative Government of the time did destroy an entire industry. That same government them spent millions of pounds a year buying coal from Europe and South America. Angry? I would be.

    I saw characters portrayed in their entirety, which meant 'scabs' and 'sellouts' rubbed shoulders with the committed and poor. I saw unflattering portraits of basically decent people, prepared to risk friendships and relationships to keep alive an industry which was killing them but without which they could not live. It was a desperate time, and the fact that families have been split since the 1984 strike shows just how deep feelings can run on this issue.

    And I saw no skipping over the holes in the logic either. No mention of the 4-1 vote in favour of closing the mine? Half of the chuffing film was about that! What about the fate of Gloria's report? What about Phil, a striker from 1984, voting for closure? Did no-one notice that he was one of the major characters?

    I do think that there were some problems with the structure of the film (although it was dramatically more satisfying than the Full Monty). Gloria was unconvincing; the wives were underused, and the speech at the end, yes, I found it embarrassing too!

    But please, before you attack the veracity of such a rounded and honest film as Brassed Off, take the time and trouble to watch it properly first!
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    • Mar 23, 1999

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    • Release date
      • November 1, 1996 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Brassed Off!
    • Filming locations
      • High Street, Grimethorpe, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK('In Cod We Trust' fish and chip shop and Spar supermarket)
    • Production companies
      • Channel Four Films
      • Miramax
      • Prominent Features
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,576,331
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $52,534
      • May 26, 1997
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,583,621
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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