not only that Tara Fitzgerald looked tasty (no danger of me being selected for England so can be a bit less guarded on my postings) it is a great film though and a lot of it is fairly close to how it was for some
Pete Postlethwaite is wonderful. I'll be waiting for him to fall down in the street and I'll be proper bawling.
I stood up in the cinema and applauded that speech and I wasn't alone in doing that. None of the other actors knew Pete's lines - the scriptwriter, the director and Pete were the only ones who knew what he was going to say because they wanted the raw emotion of it to get through to the other cast members and the extras in the theatre where it was filmed (Brum not the Albert Hall).
Brilliant film. I’ve even spoken to Dee Dars who prefer it over the Full Monty. I Was fortunate to see Pete Postlethwaite in the stage version n’all at the Crucible. I think someone on here said he fell in love with the people of Grimey and went back several times.
Imo the best Brass band score ever. Christ! I’m filling up. I can’t think of a piece of music in a scene in any film that brings a lump to my throat like this does.
Seems to be a message that still needs repeating now unfortunately. Fed up of people telling me to move on from what happened ... can't forget this and what it did to whole communities in the North and up and down the country. Walked into a left wing dockers pub in Liverpool called The Casa - some local stopped me and explained it was too left wing for us. Told him where I was from and what we went through- he shook my hand and said maybe not - sorry!
An old article from the Chron. Actor Stephen Tomkinson spoke to the Chronicle this week about his love of Barnsley and his fond memories of his time filming in Grimethorpe for the hit film Brassed Off. As the 20th anniversary of the closure of Grimethorpe Colliery looms, Stephen, who lives near Weybridge, Surrey, said he particularly enjoyed meeting people from the area and enjoyed his time in the Grimethorpe Miners' Welfare Institute so much, that both he and Pete Postlethwaite, his fellow cast member, both became members.
What was the line, something like: - Do you want to come in for a coffee? - I don't like coffee - That's alright, I haven't got any
My auntie went out with Pete Postlethwaite back in the day in Blackburn- claim to fame there! great actor and you can tell he meant it.
An inspiring and unforgettable film. I was an architect and entered a competition to design and 'build' the NUM HQ in Sheffield. And used music to inspire me in a desire to have my building convey the quality of the people I came from. Mining people. Possessed of a quality I termed 'unassertive dignity.' Which I possibly achieved for my scheme was unanimously chosen from 38 competitors. Giving me one of the proudest days of my life when I immediately went to tell my Mam and Dad. But how much better it might all have been had I designed to the strains of Concierto de Aranjuez. A brilliant selection played while colliers poured out their hearts in the bandroom while others in the pit canteen were told 'you're all done'. But still a great depiction of the great mining family. Humour, solidarity and dignity. Unassertive dignity.
