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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.
Theatrical
May 23, 1997
Box Office
$2.6M
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 15, 1999
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Miramax, Prominent Features, Film4 Productions
Quotes
See all →Frustration with the System and Each Other
Taglines
Fed up with the system. Ticked off at the establishment. And mad about... each other.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Confrontation Over Words and Maturity
Andy
I'm not a kid any more, Jim, right?
Jim
Oh, aye. Old enough to be a scab then?
Ernie
It's all right, Andy. He doesn't mean it.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →E
Ewan McGregor
Andy Barrow
T
Tara Fitzgerald
Gloria
P
Pete Postlethwaite
Danny
J
Jim Carter
Harry
S
Stephen Tompkinson
Phil
P
Philip Jackson
Jim
S
Sue Johnston
Vera
P
Peter Martin
Ernie
M
Melanie Hill
Sandra
M
Mary Healey
Ida
L
Lill Roughley
Rita
P
Peter Gunn
Simmo
K
Kenneth Colley
Greasley
O
Olga Grahame
Mrs. Foggan
B
Bernard Wrigley
Chapman
K
Ken Kitson
Heavy 1
A
Adrian Hood
Heavy 2
S
Sally Adams
Ward Sister (as Sally Adams)
K
Katherine Dow Blyton
Nurse
A
Adam Fogerty
Miner
