Brassed Off

• By mrgord
• Posted in Understanding Anglophone Cultures Through Film, Fall 2011
• On November 9, 2011
• Comments Off on Brassed Off

Hi there,

I’m just now testing out this link for Brassed Off (note: you need to download both parts). I don’t know if it’s a good link, but I’ll update with a new link this evening if necessary. (If you prefer Bittorrent, this might be the link you want, but I’m only testing the first link…)

In the meantime, check out these links which will help you understand the film:

• Margaret Thatcher (especially the section on her Second Government, 1983-1987)
• “The Tories,” ie. The UK Conservative Party
• UK Miner’s Strike (1984-85)
• Grimthorpe (the village on which the film’s Grimley is based), and some footage of the real-life Grimthorpe colliery band (who played the brass music on the soundtrack)
• UK Slang Dictionary: lots of the crazy language that you might struggle with in this film is listed here, like “bloody” or “bollocks” or “nowt” or “summat”