‘Brassed Off’ Story Of Yorkshire Miners

There’s a whole school of film about Britain’s labor problems, from the 1985 immigration study “My Beautiful Laundrette” to the as-yet unreleased unemployment comedy “The Full Monty.” “Brassed Off” belongs to the same genre, being the story of Yorkshire miners who may be professionally “redundant” but who boast a championship-quality brass band. Question is: Can one outlast the other? , DataTimes ILLUSTRATION: Photo