Brassed Off
Directed by Mark Herman
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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- April WakefieldOctober 20, 2025A fairly typical "feel good" movie with a cast of familiar faces. Nice to have a movie without any guns, but it is a bit slow in pace. If you love a brass band, and a touch of "Ecky Thump", this one is for you
- ርልዪረFebruary 20, 2025Much more drama than comedy, the script is nonetheless finely tuned and effective. It is a real tearjerker in places, with shocking events later on. Great acting and music - the result is a beautifully made classic. My one qualm is the hard left point of view it seems to endorse late in the film - the view that the pits should never have closed. It does this by giving a character with this view the last word on it. I've seen ex-miners say they didn't want their sons or grandsons to have the same working life as they did, and I think its important not to romanticise the mines. The film, however, does a great job of portraying the community life of the mining town and how it was to be dismantled by pit closures.
Brassed Off Trivia
Brassed Off was released on November 1, 1996.
Brassed Off was directed by Mark Herman.
Brassed Off has a runtime of 1h 47m.
Brassed Off was produced by Steve Abbott, Olivia Stewart.
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.
The key characters in Brassed Off are Andy Barrow (Ewan McGregor), Gloria (Tara Fitzgerald), Danny (Pete Postlethwaite).
Brassed Off is rated R.
Brassed Off is a Comedy, Drama, Romance film.
Brassed Off has an audience rating of 7.9 out of 10.
Brassed Off has made $2.6M at the box office.