Brassed Off
- 1996 film
A colliery brass band enter a competition at the Royal Albert Hall, fearful about their future. Stars Pete Postlethwaite and Ewan McGregor. Stars Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor, Stephen Tompkinson, Jim Carter and more.
Press clippings
Like The Full Monty, this is a story of northern folk facing industrial ruin. But where Monty is feelgood, Brassed Off is bitterly angry, sweetened with laughter. The pits are on the verge of closure and a community is fragmenting in painful detail, while Pete Postlethwaite's Grimley Colliery Band band plays on. Ewan McGregor and Tara FitzGerald add romance as childhood sweethearts, and Stephen Tompkinson is excellent as Postlethwaite's son.
Paul Howlett, The Guardian, 22nd May 2017New version of Brassed Off to be staged
A new stage version of Brassed Off will mark Wolverhampton Grand's return to producing after 40 years.
The Stage, 6th January 2017Stephen Tompkinson return to Brassed Off town
Brassed Off star Stephen Tompkinson makes emotional return to film's mining town 20 years on and is stunned by changes.
Rod McPhee, The Mirror, 29th December 2016Rated or Dated: Brassed Off
It's 20 years since the release of Mark Herman's tale of the Grimley Colliery band. Karen Campbell wonders if it's more relevant than ever.
Karen Campbell, Standard Issue, 16th November 2016Brassed Off band make a comeback after avoiding closure
The Grimethopre Colliery Band's fight for survival when the coal mine closed in the early 1990s inspired the 1996 film Brassed Off. The band did survive - and now, enjoying a resurgence, are among the favourites for this weekend's brass band National Championships.
Ian Youngs, BBC News, 9th October 2015Brassed Off adaption goes on tour
A former Brookside actor is taking the baton in a touring stage adaptation of the modern classic British comedy, Brassed Off.
John-Paul Stephenson, Giggle Beats, 5th February 2014Stephen Tompkinson battles to save real Brassed Off band
Stephen Tompkinson says cast will raise money amid fears band could fold due to lack of sponsorship.
Natalie Evans, The Mirror, 12th January 2013Combining two slightly recherché national interests, this drama tells the story of a Yorkshire brass band against the backdrop of Michael Heseltine's destruction of the mining industry. Pete Postlethwaite is conductor Danny, and Ewan McGregor and Tara Fitzgerald play hopeless lovers. Funny, thoughtful and the right side of mawkish.
The Telegraph, 24th June 2011This stirring drama tells the story of a Yorkshire brass band against the backdrop of the destruction of the mining industry. The late Pete Postlethwaite is conductor Danny, and Ewan McGregor and Tara Fitzgerald play hopeless lovers. Funny, thoughtful and the right side of mawkish.
The Telegraph, 24th January 2011Video - Pete Postlethwaite: Brassed Off
Saying goodbye to one of our overlooked national treasures is not the best way to start the year but let's remember him in one of his greatest performances as band conductor Danny in the brilliant and no less undervalued classic British movie, Brassed Off.
Mark Kermode, BBC, 7th January 2011