is "Brassed Off" not one of the best films of all time?

the soundtrack is amazing, i've never heard live brass players play that brilliantly!!!!!!!!!

Ive never seen it i really must see it!

you should really consider renting it out or buying it (the dvd is about £7 in virgin).

there was an offer with the daily mail about a month ago which gave you the dvd free with the paper. (just so you know, i definitely DO NOT read the Daily Mail under normal circumstances, i recycled it straight after getting the dvd!)

the film's all about the Grimley Colliery Band (based on the real life Grimley Colliery Brass Band). i wont tell you the rest, you've just gotta go out there and rent it!

the soundtrack is really something tho, it will move you, i promise!

Ooh I saw that film a couple of weeks ago - my dad borrowed it from a friend. I'm a string player who doesn't normally listen to brass instruments but I thought the film was amazing!

buy the soundtrack, that's amazing too!

whenever i watch the film, despite how many times i've since it, the scene in the albert hall always makes me cry! and i dont normally cry at films (cos im a big strong brass (in northern accent) player!)

QUOTE (hornplayer @ Oct 13 2004, 09:10 PM)

the film's all about the Grimley Colliery Band (based on the real life Grimley Colliery Brass Band). i wont tell you the rest, you've just gotta go out there and rent it!

Isn't that Grimethorpe in real life? Whoever, they were brilliant!

Oh I love Brassed Off!!! Especially cos Ewan McGregor's in it! (the music is amazing too of course! )

and i thought i was the only oe who found Ewan McGregor fit!

Ewan McGregor rocks!!! (We'd better not turn this post into a fanclub thing... lol...)

I do love "Brassed Off" too... when I last went on tour with my school orchestra the brass section insisted on playing it every time we went on the coach, to the annoyance of the string and wind sections!

QUOTE (cheeble @ Oct 16 2004, 02:35 PM)

Ewan McGregor rocks!!! (We'd better not turn this post into a fanclub thing... lol...)

lol! You all know Ewan McGregor played the French horn when he was at school, don't you? Has anyone seen that episode of 'Before they were famous' where he's playing Mozart 4 on some talent show aged about 15? It's hilarious! (and he was cute even then )

QUOTE (hgirl @ Oct 16 2004, 03:41 PM)

QUOTE (cheeble @ Oct 16 2004, 02:35 PM) Ewan McGregor rocks!!! (We'd better not turn this post into a fanclub thing... lol...) lol! You all know Ewan McGregor played the French horn when he was at school, don't you? Has anyone seen that episode of 'Before they were famous' where he's playing Mozart 4 on some talent show aged about 15? It's hilarious! (and he was cute even then )

wow!!! i didn't know that!!!!! how exciting!!!!! he plays the best instrument in the world... wow...

yeh i saw that tv programme too, perhaps then was when i first fell for him and then liked him more after seeing brassed off...............

hmmmm, hold that thought.............


ps, he was darn good at playing horn as far as I can remember, which makes him even more attractive!

QUOTE (hornplayer @ Oct 16 2004, 09:45 PM)

ps, he was darn good at playing horn as far as I can remember, which makes him even more attractive!

definitely!!!

QUOTE (hgirl @ Oct 17 2004, 04:17 PM)

QUOTE (hornplayer @ Oct 16 2004, 09:45 PM) ps, he was darn good at playing horn as far as I can remember, which makes him even more attractive! definitely!!!

i second that!

"Brassed Off", I just love that film, and I who thought I were the only one who liked it

i really wish i had seen it now, if Ewan McGregor is in it!! Obviously not just for him though... for the music... the music...

yeh im sure you only wanna see Brassed Off for the "music".
lol

Well, Ewan McGregor makes music in Moulin Rouge doesnt he?!

QUOTE (cheeble @ Oct 16 2004, 02:35 PM)

Ewan McGregor rocks!!! (We'd better not turn this post into a fanclub thing... lol...)

woops.

funny enough i went to see it a couple of nights ago in caerphilly, it was excellent! ( a bit loud tho!)

am I the only male brass player on this forum? lol

QUOTE (Taelo @ Nov 20 2004, 10:43 PM)

am I the only male brass player on this forum? lol

No, it's just that this thread has been taken over by the Ewan McGregor fan club. I liked "Brassed Off" though.

sorry *gulp*

there were other things i liked about the film too!

Well, as i still havent seen it.... grrrrrr....

QUOTE (cheeble @ Nov 21 2004, 12:33 PM)

sorry *gulp* there were other things i liked about the film too!

No need to apologise. The posts have been very entertaining to read , and as you can see, I finally found an excuse to join in.

QUOTE (kenm @ Nov 21 2004, 11:14 PM)

QUOTE (cheeble @ Nov 21 2004, 12:33 PM) sorry *gulp* there were other things i liked about the film too! No need to apologise. The posts have been very entertaining to read , and as you can see, I finally found an excuse to join in.

fantastic heh heh heh

does anyone know any other famous ex-horn players who are famous for something other than playing horn? (meaning someone who used to play horn really well who isnt famous for being a hornplayer.)

if that makes ANY else.

mwah

hornplayer xx

decent movie allright - as a cornet and trumpet player i loved it!!

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if that makes ANY else.

i meant if that makes any sense. oops.

Ive finally got a copy of it! Havent watched it yet though. Sat down to watch it on Friday (we had a day off school because the power was off!!) i watched the first 20 mins, and the power went off! And then it wouldnt let me fast forward it, so i watched the first 20mins again, and the power went off again!! So i gave up. But i am gonna watch it soon!

u sure you werent just pressing the wrong buttons Katet?! and the power was actually perfectly fine!

*runs away quickly before Katet hits me!*

How rude! Yet again! you are soo mean to me. All the house lights went off, the video reset its self, the computer went off, the TV went off, the DVD went off, the electric clock went off, erm... i think it was the power cut! They were probly trying to reconnect the school! Clarinetlover, you got any uni things soon? Im going to Huddersfield tomorow, and i meat someone in Hull who said that her first choice was Bangor!

yep off to Surrey on wednesday and Sheffield on the Tuesday after!!
ooh get her in touch with me lol!was her name Keira?!

Yeah! lol. There was only me and her that went on a tour with this student guy, we seemed to be the only string players! How do u know her! Are you psycic? i cant spell.

OOOOOOOOOOOOH MYYYY GOOOOOOOOOOOOD!! I WAS RIGHT HAHAHAAH IM PSYHIC!!! wooohooo!

i know her coz i met her at bangor. when that gay guy came to get me for my audition she had hers and we went down together! she was also at the open day in october!

she plays piano and viola and lives in harrogate lol!!!!

QUOTE (clarinetlover @ Jan 16 2005, 03:29 PM)

she plays piano and viola and lives in harrogate lol!!!!

I know! I thought i recognised her! Woh, thats weird! lol. Which gay guy exactly??!
Ive just read ure sig, Im doing alevel sociology! Ive got an exam on Thurs...

QUOTE (Katet @ Jan 16 2005, 03:33 PM)

QUOTE (clarinetlover @ Jan 16 2005, 03:29 PM) she plays piano and viola and lives in harrogate lol!!!! I know! I thought i recognised her! Woh, thats weird! lol. Which gay guy exactly??!

yeah,curly hair etc!!! lol!

the guy who came to get me for my audition. he plays trombone i think! remindedme of someone from corrie!

where else has keira applied, did u tell her bout me?!

lol. I didnt tell her about you, although i recognised her, i didnt know where from! I cant remember if she said where else she had applied to, but she said Bangor was her first choice. It was mine too, until i went to Hull...

its not ur first choice oh nooooooooooo!!

was hull really good then?

I really liked it. Its easier to get to from where i live, there seems to be more going on, and the music dept is really nice and fairly small. Its newer and isnt in an old primary school! i dont know how to put it...

lol, jsut betterin every way then! ahwell, i'll still have Keira with me!!LOL

ive got a sociology exam at end of jan, just taken 2resits yawn!

You 2 gonna gang up and beat me into going to Bangor?!! hehe. What did you resit? Ive got a religion paper on Thurs, not looking forward to it!

yes we will gang up on u to force you to come to bangor!!

ah im not doingreligion im doing deviance, our teach has been off for ages coz she's had a nervous breakdown(not due to me!!)

i resat the AS stuff, coz i did rubbish!

is Keira on that newstudent.org thing?

at the risk of being within sight of the topic... lol...

Yeah I really like this movie. And Ewan McGregor being in it is admittedly a bonus but I would like it anyway. Clever, moving, funny, touching; fab, what more could you want?

QUOTE (hornplayer @ Nov 25 2004, 03:12 PM)

does anyone know any other famous ex-horn players who are famous for something other than playing horn? (meaning someone who used to play horn really well who isnt famous for being a hornplayer.) if that makes ANY else. mwah hornplayer xx

No, but i do know that Tony Blair used to be lead guitarrist in a band when he was at school.

QUOTE (hornplayer @ Nov 25 2004, 03:12 PM)

does anyone know any other famous ex-horn players who are famous for something other than playing horn? (meaning someone who used to play horn really well who isnt famous for being a hornplayer.)

Horn players better known for other capabilities:

Brahms (composer, pianist, smoker and coffee drinker, probably not all that brilliant on horn);

Hindemith (composer, viola soloist, teacher, player of all orchestral instruments, could play his own horn sonata);

Norman del Mar, Maurice Handford (conductors).