The BEST film ever made............ emotional...real.....honest..... true......if you were there at the time you will know what i mean.......... the whole cast were truly fantastic
RIP PETE One of the Greatest Actors Ever Miss you x This Was The Best Film Ever made For aa Tells A Story That Will Go Down In History HOW THE Miners Were Cast Aside For Profit My Husband Worked From 15 In The Mines As my Father Did well Lived In A Mining Village Oh THEY gave Them A Leaving Present Two Diseased Lungs Which They Died Of My Husband asked me to have This Played for Him at His Funeral It Brings Back So Many Happy Memories and Sad Ones To But This Film Is A Tribute To All Those Miners And Families And Will never Be Forgotton God Bless You All xx
I grew up in Halifax West Yorkshire. When a youngster brass bands would come round the council estate I lived on, in an area called Siddal. Us kids would follow behind them as they played. It was such a treat, I miss those days.
I recently started to learn how to play the Great Highland Bagpipes, at 60. Now I`m 69 and, this, is the most inspirational music I have EVER heard. FANFUCKINTASTIC, please excuse my French
Beautifully made. I am a native of Germany's Ruhr district; my father was a miner. In my younger days I used to play the trombone. To me, this is a heart wrencher in so many ways.
Was the Blasmusik tradition similarly strong in German mining areas? I lived im Ruhrgebiet about 1966-7x, but don't remember it. But the effect of a mine closing is universal. The film was very much based on the true story of Grimethorpe (Schmutzdorf!) and its band (which continues to this day, as one of the best).
@@G6JPG It was, but competed with choirs and some more exotic things like accordeon or mandolin ensembles. Today the region even sports a pipe band. These groups were run by mines, factories, the church, carneval clubs, the local baker and butcher associations (famous for their choires) or often independently by clubs created for that very purpose. The last mine in my area closed five years ago. The only colliery brass band still in existence I am aware of (there might be others I don't know about) is the one of the former Consol mine in Gelsenkirchen, the Bergorchester Consol. Thanks for pointing out the meaning of Grimethorpe to me. Should have been obvious, but somehow wasn't. Greetings from the Ruhr!
@@ralfklonowski3740 I love the German language, hence the translation; just amuses me that anyone should actually _name_ a place that! ("-thorpe" is actually regional; the normal English translation of Dorf is village.) I know something of the choral tradition - after being moved from Dortmund to Mülheim, my father joined the local Polizeichor there. I look back on my time in the Ruhr with fondness.
One of the best pieces of music ever written or ever will be and this is one of the best recordings and a wonderful film to boot. Emotional every time.
Rodrigo and his wife Victoria stayed silent for many years about the inspiration for the second movement, and thus the popular belief grew that it was inspired by the bombing of Guernica in 1937. In her autobiography, Victoria eventually declared that it was both an evocation of the happy days of their honeymoon and a response to Rodrigo's devastation at the miscarriage of their first pregnancy.[1] It was composed in 1939 in Paris. source Wikipedia.
A really sad - but excellent, moving film - with absolutely gorgeous music! I love it all. And the William Tell Overture at the end is about the best one I've ever heard. Gorgeous Gorgeous Gorgeous
I worked in the docks when the miners were on strike and we collected cash and food to help them through their struggle and this brings back poignant memories of their despair and suffering, but their pride and character never diminished. Proud to help the families in a small way.
I agree with all comments - great piece of editing. The film is a piece of genius. If Europeans ever criticise the Brits for lack of culture or soul, I always point them to this film. Postlethwaite's speech at the end is incomparable, and let's face it guys, Tara Fitzgerald looks stunning! This is the best piece of music in the film, IMHO
Played in a number of brass bands in the North East England and watched the mines close around me. Never again will I hear both the sound of a brass band and the pit wheel together as one.
when the pits closed the whole community was destroyed through out the country, I have never been a miner but I have lived in a mining area for over 30yrs, and when I think about what the area is like now, hopelesness the community spirit is none existant,excellent movie RIP Pete
I agree with all the comments about the loss of community. I was born and raised in a mining village in Kent. Father was a miner and my grandfather helped sink the shaft. When the pit closed the village died. To find work we moved away. I was lucky, eventually my family moved to South Wales. I spoke to one person talking about my journey to here and he said I was coming home. How very true.
I’ve just revisited for a cry. I come from Altofts but now I live in Poole, Dorset. Why? because in 1959, mum and dad sat me down one day and told me the truth. Dad worked at West Riding colliery and they were expecting early closure, there was a possibility of work at the new Selby field but they both felt that coal was finished. They had got jobs as trainees with Hampshire County Council but needed my support at the enormous change. They took the offer and it was sound, as you know, Selby was a flop. Relatives kept us in touch and for me, Brassed off was a massive reminder of the dirt and filth. Mum and Dad had done all they could to stop me going down the pit. I was very lucky because of it.
I love this film. It is especially memorable as I worked in the Steel Industry at the time and had seen how Sir Ian McGregor had destroyed the Steel Industry and then moved on to destroy the Coal Industry. Some of it justified, but not their total destruction as engineered by Thatcher.
the humour there was nothing nothing about this film or what happened to the miners is the was fucking heartbreaking R.I.P to all miners who lost their lives down the pits and R.I.P coalmining
I come back to this film again and again, the music is sublime and the gritty realism of the suffering of the coal towns and pit villages during the miners' strike, is another history lesson we should never forget. If Thatcher's Britain wasn't bad enough, how the 'eck did it get to where we are now, with mining towns voting Tory and vast swathes of the country choosing between food and heat. We have unions once again battling to stand up for the rights of working people in the face of capitalists who are stripping the railways and soon the health service of money to put in their own pockets. At least when Pete Postlethwaite's Danny needed hospital care there was a bed for him. Nowt now. I realise that since Empire, Britain has been in a managed decline, but God help us, now that decline is solely at the expense of the working class whilst the silver spoon brigade seem to have more brass than ever. For the environments sake, it might well be better that coal remains in the ground, and God knows it's better for the health of the miners too, but the decimation of industry after industry and the reduction of workers rights, the attacks on collective representation through unionisation, the barely living wages, the erosion of the NHS , it has to stop.
Well said Glyn ! always supported the miners, when they lost, we also lost the steel, the engineering, the shipbuilding, so the good people of the mining villages & some of the cities too lost their self respect & some the will to live.
Seems like History will repeat itself, Pits last time, Hospitals this time. They took on the Miners and ruined a country. RIP Pete you made this film a Tribute to all those who it was about. God Bless.
La oigo, la oigo y no me canso de escucharla. La chica más dominio del instrumento, no puede tener. Y ese sentimiento, que se tiene, o no se tiene. Mi más cordial felicitación.
The movie in a nutshell... Very well edited! The soundtrack of Brassed Off is so perfect.. I saw it last night but I think I'll watch it again tonight.
Even though it was written as a Guitar Concerto, the Brass Band Arrangement makes further MAGIC! I can play this on the guitar and it always makes me cry, when I play it! - Rodrigo (the composer) was also Blind, which makes this even more remarkable!
je regarde ce film encore et encore en anglais et en français ( les virtuoses) magnifique et poignant! j'étais en Angleterre quand les mineurs étaient en grève avec Arthur Scargill leur leader vraiment poignant Merci Mme tatcher d'avoir laisser mourir la grève et . . .les mineurs
Right instrument as well, Flugel Horn. This makes me stop and think, it takes me back to my years as a cornet player, alas I can no longer play. Thanks for putting this here
Excelent work man. Muscin giving a sense of life for anyone who need it. Gracias por subir el video, haz hecho un trabajo excelente.!! Great british film!!
Never forget that films like this are a reminder of the men and women whose lives were trashed by the economics of greed and avarice. Dressed up by Thatcher and company as national pride. Men like my dad.
Hey You! This may not mean much but thanks. I lost my Dad in 2009, i love this film because i played the cornet at school and my dad had danny boy at his funeral. great edit!
Best film has a statement i ever seen. Great actors great story and the truth of this film is yes the decision was made many years ago. Those lads fought for fuck all
@sinbad1071 First heard this as a brass piece at Halifax Piece Hall, Christmas, Cold and very snowy, think it was Grimethorpe Band, Magical afternoon. Soooo emnotional. Thanks
