Goal!
2005
When Santiago Munez (Kuno Becker) crossed the Mexican border into America at the age of 10, he had two things in his possession: his soccer ball and a tattered picture of the World Cup. Convincing his father that he could be an international football star wasn't easy. But when amiable Brit Glen Foy (Stephen Dillane) spots .. Read more
| Starring | Kuno Becker, Anna Friel, Alessandro Nivola, Marcel Lures |
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| Director | Danny Cannon |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Drama, Sport |
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Goal!
When Santiago Munez (Kuno Becker) crossed the Mexican border into America at the age of 10, he had two things in his possession: his soccer ball and a tattered picture of the World Cup. Convincing his father that he could be an international football star wasn't easy. But when amiable Brit Glen Foy (Stephen Dillane) spots Santiago at a local match, he recognizes a deft, fast and brave footballer�the kind of talent that the English Premiere League is hungry for. Now thrust into a foreign land where football is a religion and Newcastle's St. James Park its cathedral, this young Latin American must prove that he's got the grit and the game to win a contract with one of the most beloved football clubs in the world.
| Starring | Kuno Becker, Anna Friel, Alessandro Nivola, Marcel Lures, Stephen Dillane, Kieran O'Brien, Sean Pertwee, Cassandra Bell, Greg Ellis |
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| Director | Danny Cannon |
| Studio | WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 58 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Drama, Sport |
| Language | DVD: English, English Audio Description |
| Dubbed | French, Italian, Spanish |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish |
| Released | DVD: 06 Mar 2006 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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Given the undistinguished history of the genre, back to cringe-makers like Yesterdays Hero and Escape To... read more on Time Out
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Possibly the best football film ever
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29 out of 33 people found this review helpful
Scorchio!!
There are three main reasons I liked this film. 1. Excessive amounts of Oasis Music. 2. Sweet cameo's from the world of football. 3. Igor Biscan scores for Liverpool from a corner. This film is pleasant. Fact.
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Fun for the non-football fan too.
I don't really like football, but I still found this film an entertaining couple of hours. It could probably have been executed in less than that time, but it's a great bit of throwaway feel good nonesense.
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- 01 Jan 2000
Making football appeal to international audiences – especially in the US – is no easy task, but after the international success of Bend It Like Beckham and with the aid of official backing from FIFA - which means numerous cameos from a glitterati of football mega stars (Beckham included) - things look promising for Goal! So promising in fact this is the first of a proposed trilogy It is the ultimate boys’ football fantasy film - a modern day Roy of the Rovers tale - that... Read more
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