The Momentum of Things

The Momentum of Things was a British drama focusing on the troubled life of a coal miner in Northern England during the time of Margaret Thatcher.

History
The film aired at the same time as the new release of the Cosmic Wars saga, Cosmic Wars: The Gathering Shadow. In large part because of this, it was largely unattended, with Otto Mann acting as the sole person in the audience (which even then was only because he waited at the wrong ticket line for two weeks as he intended to see Cosmic Wars). Ironically, he had a better time watching it than the people had watching The Gathering Shadow, being moved to tears to the film and having an epiphany regarding what coal miners had to go through, while also yelling that Margaret Thatcher had "blood on her hands."

Plot
The little of the film shown has Jim Broadbent's character taking his kid over to the coal mine and sorrowfully telling him that if they don't find any coal soon, he'll be forced to hand him over to the dynamite gang, with the young son, terrified, begging him not to hand him over to the dynamite.

Behind the Laughter

 * The film was based on the 1996 British-American film Brassed Off, including a similar soundtrack. Otto's blaming of Margaret Thatcher for the hardships was itself a reference to Brassed Off ' s left-wing viewpoints.

Appearances

 * "Co-Dependent's Day"