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Brassed Off

Name: Brassed Off
Director: Mark Herman
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Released: 1996
Rating: 7
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Tara Fitzgerald, Pete Postlethwaite, Jim Carter, Stephen Tompkinson

A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competition. They believe they have no hope until Gloria appears carrying her Flugelhorn. At first mocked for being a woman, she soon becomes the only chance for the band to win.

1996 · Directed by Mark Herman · 107 min · Comedy · Romance · Drama · 9 frames

Tagline

Fed up with the system. Ticked off at the establishment. And mad about... each other.

Crew

Screenplay: Mark Herman
Cinematography: Andy Collins
Edited by: Michael Ellis
Music: Trevor Jones
Production design: Don Taylor
Produced by: Olivia Stewart, Steve Abbott

Cast

Ewan McGregor as Andy Barrow
Tara Fitzgerald as Gloria
Pete Postlethwaite as Danny
Jim Carter as Harry
Stephen Tompkinson as Phil
Philip Jackson as Jim
Sue Johnston as Vera
Peter Martin as Ernie
Melanie Hill as Sandra
Mary Healey as Ida

Production

Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Studios: Prominent Features, Channel Four Films
Box office: $2,576,197
Themes: northern england, province, brass band, music competition, yorkshire

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