- Awesome Music: Several, as it's about a brass band.
- Harsher in Hindsight Coal has since become economically viable since the early 1990s "Dash for Gas"
- Moment of Awesome:
- Danny's speech at the Albert Hall
- Also, the band's incredible performance
of the ""William Tell" Overture", especially Harry standing in for Danny and Taking A Level In Conducting as he does so.
- Retroactive Recognition: This film was an early vehicle for a talented up-and-comer named Ewan McGregor.
- Fans of Downton Abbey may recognise Jim Carter, who played Carson the butler, as Harry, the euphonium player.
- Kenneth Colley, most famous for assuming command of an Imperial task force just prior to the Battle of Hoth, also appears in a bit part as an unnamed union negotiator.
- One of the background songs is a slowed version of a tune played by the main character when he's first seen in [1]
- Tear Jerker: The whole band turn up to play for Danny at the hospital.
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