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{{Short description|1996 British film by Mark Herman}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Brassed Off
| image          = BrassedOff G1 C234.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Mark Herman]]
| producer       = [[Steve Abbott (film producer)|Steve Abbott]]
| writer         = Mark Herman
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Pete Postlethwaite]]
* [[Tara Fitzgerald]]
* [[Ewan McGregor]]
* [[Jim Carter (actor)|Jim Carter]]
* Mary Healey
* [[Melanie Hill]]
* [[Philip Jackson (actor)|Philip Jackson]]
* [[Sue Johnston]]
* [[Peter Martin (actor)|Peter Martin]]
* [[Stephen Moore (actor)|Stephen Moore]]
* [[Stephen Tompkinson]]}}
| music          = [[Trevor Jones (composer)|Trevor Jones]]
| cinematography = Andy Collins
| editing        = Michael Ellis
| studio         = {{plainlist|
* Prominent Features
* [[Film4 Productions|Channel Four Films]]
* [[Miramax Films]]
}}
| distributor    = [[Film4 Productions|FilmFour Distributors]]
| released       = {{film date |df=yes|1996|11|1|United Kingdom}}
| runtime        = 107 minutes
| country        = United Kingdom
| language       = English
| budget         = £2.8 million<ref name = "icon">{{Citation | first = Alexander | last = Walker | title = Icons in the Fire: The Rise and Fall of Practically Everyone in the British Film Industry 1984–2000 | publisher = Orion | year = 2005 | page = 280}}.</ref>
| gross          = £3 million<ref name = "icon" />
}}
'''''Brassed Off''''' is a 1996 British [[comedy-drama film]] written and directed by [[Mark Herman]] and starring [[Pete Postlethwaite]], [[Tara Fitzgerald]] and [[Ewan McGregor]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9900e2de123bf930a15756c0a961958260|title=Brassed Off (1996) Sentimental Coal Dust With a Brass Band|first=Stephen|last=Holden|date=23 May 1997}}</ref>

The film is about the troubles faced by a [[Coal mining|colliery]] [[British brass band|brass band]], following the closure of their [[Coal mining|pit]]. The soundtrack for the film was provided by the [[Grimethorpe Colliery Band]], and the plot is based on [[Grimethorpe]]'s own struggles against pit closures. It has been generally very positively received for its role in promoting brass bands and their music. Parts of the film make reference to the huge increase in suicides that resulted from the end of the coal industry in Britain, and the struggle to retain hope in the circumstances.

In the United States, the film was promoted simply as a [[romantic comedy]] involving McGregor and Fitzgerald's characters.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}}