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Brassed Off is a charming comedic drama starring Ewan McGregor, Pete Postlethwaithe and Tara Fitzgerald. When government cutbacks threaten a century-old Yorkshire mine, the brass band--consisting of the miners and their families--struggles to keep it together in the face of economic repression and emotional turmoil.
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
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The story is one of quiet desparation among miners who want to continue to work - despite the dangers and hardships of the profession but know that in the 1980s and early 90s the politics are against them and that the possiblity of a management review to keep their pit open is a sham. With no hope on the horizon the colliery band is on the verge of breaking up when in walks a girl with a flugel...
I was never much of fan of brass bands - until I watched this film. The acting is superb, the script spot on but the music lifts the film into another dimension.
I was never much of fan of brass bands - until I watched this film. The acting is superb, the script spot on but the music lifts the film into another dimension.
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Although not truly a Comedy, since the themes touched by this movie are rather serious (unemployment, lack of money, lack of hope, main character so ill that he almost dies), this delicious tiny British product, brings the UK Film quality back to its old high standards.
Pete Postlethwaite (Jurassic Park III, Dragonheart, The Usual Suspects, etc.) is the most versatile British actor of these days.
With a rough, tough face, which cannot be confounded with anybody else's, he manages to work splendidly through his eyes.
Yes, the man has some splendid and highly expressive eyes.
They say more than words.
The rest of the cast does not need to be introduced. They all work as masters of their trade and in unison, just like the Band they are supposed to represent.
But just to render justice to them I feel compelled to name them: Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor (the ever famous Wolverine in X-Men) and Steven Tompkinson (whose scenes of despair are truly shattering and moving).
They all are genuine actors and when they play, it comes through as natural as it should be.
The director Mark Herman, has knit one of the finest, most touching and memorable fabrics in movie making in ages.
This may be just a movie, but what a movie it is!
Compared to the usual trash we get usually dished up, this is by far the representation of how a movie ought to be done.
Great and powerful story, great and talented actors, magnificent and gritty photography, a musical score that does not invade your ears while people talk, a flowing pace that never leaves you asking for a cut.
Cuts come when they're needed.
This is a movie that should be seen everywhere in the world, because it does not just tell a British story, but rather takes Britain as an excuse for a much larger and pervading problem.
Besides, this movie was made in 1996 and it foretold the world as it is today.
This is really a movie worth watching.
You will pass about a 100 minutes with a product that makes you think and will stir you up like nothing before or since.
The ending is highly poetic and send you off with some hope in your hearts.
A thing that we all need these days.
I can only recommend it.
The transfer is clean, in the correct anamorphic 1:85 aspect ratio, and the sound is a conventional 2.0 Stereo, but crystal clear.
There are a few extras, but nothing really astonishing.
This DVD is just worth for the Movie it contains.
And what a movie!
Buy it and you will see that you won't be sorry.
Pete Postlethwaite (Jurassic Park III, Dragonheart, The Usual Suspects, etc.) is the most versatile British actor of these days.
With a rough, tough face, which cannot be confounded with anybody else's, he manages to work splendidly through his eyes.
Yes, the man has some splendid and highly expressive eyes.
They say more than words.
The rest of the cast does not need to be introduced. They all work as masters of their trade and in unison, just like the Band they are supposed to represent.
But just to render justice to them I feel compelled to name them: Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor (the ever famous Wolverine in X-Men) and Steven Tompkinson (whose scenes of despair are truly shattering and moving).
They all are genuine actors and when they play, it comes through as natural as it should be.
The director Mark Herman, has knit one of the finest, most touching and memorable fabrics in movie making in ages.
This may be just a movie, but what a movie it is!
Compared to the usual trash we get usually dished up, this is by far the representation of how a movie ought to be done.
Great and powerful story, great and talented actors, magnificent and gritty photography, a musical score that does not invade your ears while people talk, a flowing pace that never leaves you asking for a cut.
Cuts come when they're needed.
This is a movie that should be seen everywhere in the world, because it does not just tell a British story, but rather takes Britain as an excuse for a much larger and pervading problem.
Besides, this movie was made in 1996 and it foretold the world as it is today.
This is really a movie worth watching.
You will pass about a 100 minutes with a product that makes you think and will stir you up like nothing before or since.
The ending is highly poetic and send you off with some hope in your hearts.
A thing that we all need these days.
I can only recommend it.
The transfer is clean, in the correct anamorphic 1:85 aspect ratio, and the sound is a conventional 2.0 Stereo, but crystal clear.
There are a few extras, but nothing really astonishing.
This DVD is just worth for the Movie it contains.
And what a movie!
Buy it and you will see that you won't be sorry.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Got this the other day thinking it would pass the time. Well it did that alright, infact it did more. All the actors in it gave a performance of a lifetime. This has to be the best DVD I have seen in a long time. I am finding it hard to get anything to come near it now. The only down side is that it didn't last all day.
If you miss buying this, you will miss out on one of the best DVDs on Amazon. If there was a place for 100 stars I would be pushing the button. Excellent is not enough.
If you miss buying this, you will miss out on one of the best DVDs on Amazon. If there was a place for 100 stars I would be pushing the button. Excellent is not enough.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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I have had the fil "Brassed off" sent and then replaced due to poor sound, unfortunately the replacement is probably from the same batch! Read more
Published 4 days ago by Cliff1944
You won't be brassed off you bought it!
The film "Brassed Off" dealt with the closure of the coalmines by Thatcher, and focuses on a couple of families whose lives have been bound up with the pits and their works brass... Read more
Published 1 month ago by C. Robert Clay
absolutely brilliant
The nostalgia throughout the storyline, the acting, the whole concept of Britain during its decline, and the depicting of the typical Brit accepting their lot with resentment but... Read more
Published 2 months ago by margaret leece
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... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Spike Owen
Very Moving!
Brassed Off is a great British movie, although it is very funny in parts, there is a lot more saddness about it. Read more
Published 5 months ago by ReviewBlog51
They will not blow their own trumpet - I will.
"Brassed Off", starring Pete Postlethwaite, Ewan McGregor and Tara Fitzgerald directed by Mark Herman is an excellent film about life in a Yorkshire mining village as the mining... Read more
Published 6 months ago by RR Waller
Brassed Off
A nice simple DVD at a good price. It arrived on time and intact. There is just the DVD in a plastic case - not masses of hand-outs and flyers. Read more
Published 8 months ago by C. Lane
Tribute to a great actor
Brought DVD following the untimely passing of Pete Postlethwaite and sat and relished the skill and art of a great actor and man. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Marc from Luton
Brassed Off
Excellent Film. I first saw it at the cinema some years ago and still enjoyed it this time round just as much. A real down to earth film with a lot of familiar faces in.
Published 10 months ago by Josephine Allgood
Brasses Off
Very disappointing from what should be a brilliant recording. The sound levels are all over the place, sometimes too soft at other times liable to blow the speakers off the wall.
Published 10 months ago by Kevin
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