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Brassed Off

Year:

1997

Duration:

107 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

7.1

Director:

Mark Herman

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 10 wins & 6 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1997-05-23

Filming Locations: British Waterways Wharf, Friars Gate, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $52,534 (USA) (26 May 1997)

Gross: $2,560,471 (USA) (10 August 1997)

Cast

Actor

Character

Katherine Dow Blyton

Pete Postlethwaite

Danny

Tara Fitzgerald

Gloria

Ewan McGregor

Andy

Stephen Tompkinson

Phil

Jim Carter

Harry

Philip Jackson

Jim

Peter Martin

Ernie

Sue Johnston

Vera

Mary Healey

Ida

Melanie Hill

Sandra

Lill Roughley

Rita

Peter Gunn

Simmo

Stephen Moore

McKenzie

Kenneth Colley

Greasley (as Ken Colley)

Olga Grahame

Mrs. Foggan

Toni Galacki

Gary

Sky Ingram

Kylie

Luke McGann

Shane

Christopher Tetlow

Craig

Bernard Wrigley

Chapman

Ken Kitson

Heavy 1

Adrian Hood

Heavy 2

Sally Sheridan

Ward Sister (as Sally Adams)

Tubby Andrews

Bus Driver

Adam Fogerty

Miner

Vanessa Knox-Mawer

Mother 2

Sally Ann Matthews

Waitress

Jacqueline Naylor

Mother 1

Bob Rodgers

Halifax Judge

Max Smith

Nightwatchman

Ronnie Stevens

Albert Hall Judge

Peter Wallis

Elderly Man

Robert Archer

Grimley Colliery Band

Andrew Armstrong

Grimley Colliery Band

David Arnold

Grimley Colliery Band

Mark Arnold

Grimley Colliery Band

David Barraclough

Grimley Colliery Band

Jonathan Beatty

Grimley Colliery Band

Roy Bowater

Grimley Colliery Band

Colin Brook

Grimley Colliery Band

Duncan Byers

Grimley Colliery Band

Malcolm Clegg

Grimley Colliery Band

Paul Davies

Grimley Colliery Band

David Essex

Grimley Colliery Band

Charles Faulkner

Grimley Colliery Band

Andrew Hirst

Grimley Colliery Band

Alan Hobbins

Grimley Colliery Band

Cliff Hopes

Grimley Colliery Band

Paul Hughes

Grimley Colliery Band

Michael Kennedy

Grimley Colliery Band

Paul McDonald

Grimley Colliery Band

Stephen Peacock

Grimley Colliery Band

Shaun Randall

Grimley Colliery Band

Jim Shepherd

Grimley Colliery Band

Robin Taylor

Grimley Colliery Band

Simon Willis

Grimley Colliery Band

William Atkinson

Chippy (uncredited)

Jonathan Bridge

Concert Extra (uncredited)

Martin L. Evans

Boy (uncredited)

Nichola McHugh

Crowd (uncredited)

Nick Owenford

Band Member (uncredited)

David Palfreyman

Miner (uncredited)

Irene Skillington

Passing Nurse (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Pete Postlethwaite was heavily criticized by ex-miners for claiming he supported the 1984 strike, but believed people should never burn coal.

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Pete Postlethwaite's final speech was not rehearsed in front of the rest of the cast. This was because the director wanted genuine reactions from everyone on hearing it.

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A portion of Pete Postlethwaite's speech at the end of the film was sampled by the British group, Chumbawamba, for the beginning of their 1997 hit "Tubthumping."

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Quotes

Harry: It's a bloody euphonium!

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Danny: She's a bit careless with the crockery, your Sandra!

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Danny: This band behind me'll tell you that that trophy means more to me than owt else in the whole world. But they'd be wrong! Truth is, I THOUGHT it mattered. I thought that MUSIC mattered. But does it bollocks? Not compared to how people matter. Us winning this trophy won't mean bugger-all to most people. But us refusing it - like what we're going to do now - well, then it becomes news, doesn't it?

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