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BRASSED OFF!

Brassed Off PosterThis page is a small collection of images connected with the 1995 film Brassed Off!. The screenplay was based on the events that took place in the mining industry during the 1992 pit closure programme and starred Ewan MacGregor, Pete Postlethwaite and Tara Fitzgerald.

 

The Grimethorpe Colliery Band, playing under their fictional screen name of the Grimley Colliery Band, provided the soundtrack to the film. this soundtrack was nominated for a BAFTA award and since it's release on C.D. the band has received a silver disc for U.K. sales of over 60,000 copies and a gold disc for Australian sales of over 30,000 copies (the C.D. spent 3 months at no.1 in the Australian classical charts).

 

Incidentally, in a recent survey of all-time favourite films in the U.K. Brassed Off! came 11th, beating Titanic and all the James Bond films.

 

To find out where to buy the music from Brassed Off, see the right hand column.

 

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Brassed Off

Brassed Off

LOVE (AND GRIMLEY) CONQUERS ALL THE BAND AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL
Ewan & Tara Grimley Band
TARA & THE BAND PETE POSTLETHWAITE AS 'DANNY'
Tara & The Band Pete Postlethwaite as Danny
EWAN MACGREGOR AS 'ANDY' TARA FITZGERALD AS 'GLORIA'

Ewan

Tara

TOUR HISTORY

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2004: History Of Brass Band Music
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2003: Proms In The Park
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1974: Royal Albert Hall