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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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7/10
CinemaSerf
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... read more
almost 2 years ago
John Chard
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 strik... read more
about 11 years ago
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Cast
Pete Postlethwaite
Danny
Tara Fitzgerald
Gloria
Ewan McGregor
Andy Barrow
Stephen Tompkinson
Phil
Jim Carter
Harry
Philip Jackson
Jim
Peter Martin
Ernie
Sue Johnston
Vera
Melanie Hill
Sandra
Mary Healey
Ida
Lill Roughley
Rita
Peter Gunn
Simmo
Kenneth Colley
Greasley
Olga Grahame
Mrs. Foggan
Bernard Wrigley
Chapman
Ken Kitson
Heavy 1
Adrian Hood
Heavy 2
Sally Adams
Ward Sister (as Sally Adams)
Katherine Dow Blyton
Nurse
Toni Galacki
Gary
Sky Ingram
Kylie
Luke McGann
Shane
Christopher Tetlow
Craig
Adam Fogerty
Miner
Sally Ann Matthews
Waitress
Tubby Andrews
Bus Driver
Ronnie Stevens
Albert Hall Judge
Bob Rodgers
Halifax Judge
Jacqueline Naylor
Mother 1
Vanessa Knox-Mawer
Mother 2
Max Smith
Nightwatchman
Peter Wallis
Elderly Man
Stephen Moore
McKenzie
Director
Mark Herman
Director
Creator
Mark Herman
Screenplay
