Brassed Off (1996)
Country: GB/US
Technical: col 107m
Director: Mark Herman
Cast: Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor, Jim Carter, Stephen Tompkinson
Synopsis:
Pit bosses send a spy into a striking colliery town in the form of an attractive young female cornet player to play in the community brass band.
Review:
Highly successful blend of politics and romantic comedy, which had the added boon of promoting the Grimethorpe Colliery Band. The effect was re-worked the following year with The Full Monty.
Country: GB/US
Technical: col 107m
Director: Mark Herman
Cast: Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor, Jim Carter, Stephen Tompkinson
Synopsis:
Pit bosses send a spy into a striking colliery town in the form of an attractive young female cornet player to play in the community brass band.
Review:
Highly successful blend of politics and romantic comedy, which had the added boon of promoting the Grimethorpe Colliery Band. The effect was re-worked the following year with The Full Monty.
Country: GB/US
Technical: col 107m
Director: Mark Herman
Cast: Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor, Jim Carter, Stephen Tompkinson
Synopsis:
Pit bosses send a spy into a striking colliery town in the form of an attractive young female cornet player to play in the community brass band.
Review:
Highly successful blend of politics and romantic comedy, which had the added boon of promoting the Grimethorpe Colliery Band. The effect was re-worked the following year with The Full Monty.