Brassed Off

Brassed Off

★ 7.0IMDb Score
Released:1996-11-01
Duration:107 min
Director:Mark Herman
Actors:Ewan McGregor, Tara Fitzgerald, Pete Postlethwaite, Jim Carter, Stephen Tompkinson
Production:Prominent Features, Channel Four Films

Overview:

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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