Brassed Off

Nov, 1996

107 mins

7.0

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.

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John Chard

9.0

June 28, 2014

Land of bloody hope and glory eh! Grimley Colliery Brass Band has been going for nigh on a century, but as the town's colliery itself comes under threat of closure due to the drawn out miners strikes, so does the bands very own survival. Giving much relief to a very depressed area, the band are hoping to make the grand finals day at th...
CinemaSerf

7.0

August 27, 2023

A touching drama of a declining mining community in Margaret Thatcher's Britain. Pete Postlethwaite is subtle but forceful in his portrayal of "Danny"; the leader of the Grimley Colliery Band - one of the traditional brass bands that usually accompanied each mine in the North of England, much a there is a choir usually associated with a W...

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Actor Philip Jackson on Brassed Off | Film4
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Peter Gunn on Brassed Off | Film4
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Grimethorpe Colliery Band give a special home performance of Danny Boy from Brassed Off | Film4
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