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.| Status: | Released (1996-11-01) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 3 BAFTA 10 wins & 7 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $2,576,331 |
| Screen: | Mark Herman |
| Productions: | Miramax, Prominent Features, Film4 Productions |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 4935: Pete Postlethwaite - Danny
- 47615: Tara Fitzgerald - Gloria
- 3061: Ewan McGregor - Andy Barrow
- 47629: Stephen Tompkinson - Phil
- 20070: Jim Carter - Harry
- 25532: Philip Jackson - Jim
- 1231840: Peter Martin - Ernie
Crews
- 55299: Mark Herman - Director - Directing
- 58033: Olivia Stewart - Producer - Production
- 8931: Steve Abbott - Producer - Production
- 45437: Andy Collins - Director of Photography - Camera
- 28841: Michael Ellis - Editor - Editing
- 55299: Mark Herman - Screenplay - Writing
- 1416468: Mark Milsome - Focus Puller - Camera
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Reviews
John Chard
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Land of bloody hope and glory eh! Grimley Colliery Brass Band has been going for nigh on a century, but as the town's colliery itself comes under threat of closure due to the drawn out miners strikes, so does the bands very own survival. Giving much relief to a very depressed area ....
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A touching drama of a declining mining community in Margaret Thatcher's Britain. Pete Postlethwaite is subtle but forceful in his portrayal of "Danny"; the leader of the Grimley Colliery Band - one of the traditional brass bands that usually accompanied each mine in the North of Engl ....
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