DVD BRASSED OFF Movie Ewan McGregor Tara Fitzgerald Romantic Comedy Like New

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Ewan McGregor Tara Fitzgerald

Romantic Cmedy

Like New Condition

Directed by

Mark Herman

Produced by

Steve Abbott

Written by

Mark Herman

Starring

Pete Postlethwaite

Tara Fitzgerald

Ewan McGregor

Jim Carter

Mary Healey

Melanie Hill

Philip Jackson

Sue Johnston

Peter Martin

Stephen Moore

Lill Roughley

Stephen Tompkinson

Music by

Trevor Jones

Cinematography

Andy Collins

Edited by

Michael Ellis

Production companies

Prominent Features

Channel Four Films

Distributed by

FilmFour Distributors

Release date

1 November 1996 (United Kingdom)

Running time

107 minutes

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

Budget

£2.8 million

Box office

£3 million

The film is about the troubles faced by a colliery brass band, following the closure of their pit. 

The soundtrack for the film was provided by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, and the plot is based on Grimethorpe's own struggles against pit closures. 

It has been generally very positively received for its role in promoting brass bands and their music. 

Parts of the film make reference to the huge increase in suicides that resulted from the end of the coal industry in Britain, and the struggle to retain hope in the circumstances.

In the United States, the film was promoted simply as a romantic comedy involving McGregor and Fitzgerald's characters.