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Blow Your Own Trumpet

1958 · 56 min

A gentle, old-fashioned underdog tale that feels like a warm pat on the back.

Directed by
Cecil Musk
Genres
Family
Starring
Michael Crawford, Peter Butterworth, Gillian Harrison
Overview
A young lad wants to play cornet and despite the efforts of a rival, wins a competition and a place in the local band by sheer grit and perseverance.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Cecil Musk
Genres
Family
Starring
Michael Crawford, Peter Butterworth, Gillian Harrison
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • coming-of-age
  • music
  • friendship
  • family
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Genres
family
Directed by
Cecil Musk
Written by
Mary Cathcart Borer
Starring
Michael Crawford, Peter Butterworth, Gillian Harrison, Martyn Shields
Cinematography
Josef Ambor
Runtime
56 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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