Brave (film)

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Brave
Directed by Richard Stanley
Produced by Richard McGill
Written by Steve Hogarth
Richard Stanley
Starring Josie Ayers
Russell Copley
Raymond Sawyer
Anthony Story
Jemma Davies
Music by Marillion
Cinematography Adam Rodgers
Editing by Lisa Harney
Release date(s) 1994
Running time 50 min.
Language English
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In the aftermath of their album Brave, the band Marillion wanted to make a video out of the concept they had created. EMI reluctantly agreed to this despite the relatively poor album sales. Director Richard Stanley was intrigued by the concept and agreed to direct this feature which, in a way, can be compared to Pink Floyd's The Wall in concept.

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The movie tells the story in pictures accompanied by the entire Brave record minus the last song "Made Again". On the recording, it never really made clear that the girl the story is about commits suicide in the end. In the film, she does. Therefore, "Made Again", which concludes the story on the record as a happy ending of sorts, is not included.

On the back of the cover of the videocassette, the following can be read:

Brave.. The Movie is a fifty minute concept film directed by cult movie director Richard Stanley. It is Stanley's stark vision of a young life in the 90's inspired by Marillion's album of the same name, which centres around a teenage girl who is found wandering in a state of amnesia on the Severn Bridge, and her consequent search for her past. Although this story bears similarities to actual recorded incidents in the history of the Severn Bridge we wish to stress that this is a work of fiction.

In addition to the film, the video also includes a thirty-minute documentary on the making of Brave. On the bottom of the cover, the following lines can be read:

"Watch it loud with the lights off."

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