UK 1996 15 105 mins. Dramatic comedy romance. Back to Tara's page
Yorkshire mine workers eke out a living but find solace as members of an amateur all-male brass band until a young woman invades their territory.
Tara spent three weeks practising on a flugelhorn to make her lips and finger movements look authentic.
Pete Postlethwaite as Danny
Tara Fitzgerald as Gloria Mullins
Ewan McGregor as Andy
Jim Carter as Harry
Philip Jackson as Jim
Peter Martin as Ernie
Stephen Tompkinson as Phil
Sue Johnston as Vera
Mary Healey as Ida
Lill Roughley as Rita
Melanie Hill as Sandra
Peter Gunn as Simmo
Producer Steve Abbott
Director & screenwriter Mark Herman
Music Trevor Jones
Additional music The Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Photographer Sarah Fitzgerald (production stills)
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