In the aftermath of their album Brave, the band Marillion

Marillion

Marillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, England in 1979. Their recorded studio output comprises sixteen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve...

 wanted to make a video out of the concept they had created. EMI

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

 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

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...

's The Wall

Pink Floyd The Wall (film)

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in concept. The videos for the album's three singles were taken from the film. The overall playing time is 50 minutes. The 2004 re-issue on DVD additionally includes a 30-minutes-long "making-of" documentary.

Plot

The movie tells the story in pictures accompanied by the entire Brave record minus "Paper Lies" and 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

Severn Bridge

The Severn Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the River Severn between South Gloucestershire, just north of Bristol, England, and Monmouthshire in South Wales, via Beachley, a peninsula between the River Severn and River Wye estuary. It is the original Severn road crossing between England and...

, 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."

Tracks

1. "Bridge"
2. "Living with the Big Lie"
3. "Runaway"
4. "Goodbye to All That"
   1. "The Opium Den"
   2. "The Slide"
   3. "Standing in the Swing"
5. "Hard as Love"
6. "The Hollow Man"
7. "Alone Again in the Lap of Luxury"
8. "Brave"
9. "The Great Escape (Spiral Remake)"
10. "The Great Escape (Orchestral)"

DVD bonus track

1. "The Making of Brave" (Documentary)