Once Page #5

Synopsis: A look back at one of the more curious fads in American professional sports, the sudden rise and precipitous fall of the North American Soccer League, spanning its existence 1968-1984, as seen through the experience of its most famous club, the New York Cosmos. The NASL made very little impact in the US, where soccer had virtually no following, until in 1975 the New York Cosmos succeeded in signing the most famous player in the world, Pele. Attendence for Cosmos games exploded, outdrawing even the New York Giants and New York Jets of the NFL, to where exhibition games in Seattle were drawing huge crowds, and when Pele announced his retirement in 1977 his final game drew the biggest crowd to ever see a soccer game in the US. His retirement from the game began a slow but steady decline for the NASL as money issues for the league and the spending practices of the Cosmos became a running controversy.
Director(s): Paul Crowder (co-director), John Dower (co-director)
Production: Miramax
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
67
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%
PG-13
Year:
2006
97 min
Website
2,130 Views


Come on, I'm serious.

Can I bring my mother?

Well, we should go back

to work.

- Yeah.

- Okay.

(music playing on speakers)

(sighing)

What day is it today?

(laughter)

Monday.

I think it's time we did

the, uh, the car test.

What's the car

test, Eamon?

We've been listening

back on these, uh,

big studio speakers.

So it's time we had a go

on some shitty speakers.

So...

All right, let's go.

Let's go for a spin

and have a listen in me car.

Great, man.

- Yeah.

- Go have a ride, yeah?

Let's go.

We'll clear this up later.

Timmy!

Timmy!

Come on.

Beauty.

Beauty.

All right.

(music playing)

(singing)

(music continues)

(continues)

(fades)

There they are.

(sighing)

Listen, man, f***ing...

- Well done.

- It sounds f***ing brilliant.

- Thanks a lot for your help.

- Lots of luck with those.

- Nice one.

- I just pressed the buttons.

It was great.

Nice, man, thank you.

- Cool.

- You two go and get some sleep.

Right, nice one.

- And thanks very, very much.

- See you.

So this is it.

- Yeah.

- We did it.

It sounds great.

It does, doesn't it?

Could I have one?

- Yeah, yeah, totally.

- Thank you.

I've got to

go this way.

Really.

Where you going?

Home.

You don't want

to come back?

I'll make you breakfast.

- We could listen to the CD, no?

- No.

I have to go see Ivonka

and organize things.

So do you.

Yeah.

You're leaving.

To London.

What do you have

to organize?

What's, what's that about?

I, I spoke to my

husband last night.

He's coming over.

Ah, brilliant.

Fair play-That's great.

- I'm really happy for you.

- It's good. Yeah.

We'll try to

make it work.

It's for the best.

Yeah.

Come back and hang out,

have a cup of tea.

It's the last day.

We'll hang out.

Whatever, breakfast, whatever.

Listen to the tunes.

Or you can come over later,

whatever.

For what?

What do you mean, what?

Just hang, just come

and hang out.

But we done our work.

Why would I go over?

We'd just hanky panky

If I come now.

What?

Hanky panky?

It won't be for hanky panky.

I know it would.

And that would be nice.

Would it?

- Hanky... Would it?

- Very interesting.

Be worthless though.

Come back later.

Mmm.

Okay, I'll come.

Yeah?

I'll come later, yeah.

Brilliant.

You sure?

Brilliant.

All right, then...

Cool. See you after.

Well done.

You, too.

(music playing on tape)

(ends)

Well, what do you think?

You like it?

It's just a demo,

you know...

It's f***ing brilliant.

Really?

Fantastic stuff.

That'll be a hit, no question.

When are you off?

What?

Well, I've a few hundred quid

for you

for a deposit on a place.

Going to come over

and see you

when you're settled in.

When do you think

you'll be able to go?

I'm going tomorrow, Dad.

Good man.

About time.

(chuckles)

Will you be all right?

What do you mean?

I was all right for years

before you came along, wasn't I?

I don't have to go now.

I can put this thing off

- for a few months.

- Go.

And the best

of luck, son.

Thanks, Dad.

Make your ma proud.

Now play it again.

(laughing):

Okay.

CATHERINE:

That's good.

Yeah. I recorded a few songs.

Oh, yeah? What are they like?

They're good.

I'm happy with them.

Great.

I've missed you.

Yeah, me, too.

Do you want me

to meet you at the airport?

No. I'll come find you.

(children shouting)

I'm glad you've decided to come.

Listen, I'm going

to get cut off here, all right?

Money's running out.

Hurry up.

(change clinking, beeping)

(crowd chatter)

(doorbell buzzing)

How are you?

Hello, handsome.

- Ahoy.

- Ahoy.

Um, is-is herself in?

No, no.

Oh. Great.

(speaking in baby talk)

(baby fussing)

You don't know

where she is, do you?

Uh, she's-she's working.

She coming back, uh, evening.

Oh, okay.

Uh, will you tell her

I'm-I'm going away?

(baby crying)

Uh, will you tell

her I'll call her?

Uh... Sorry.

- No telephone here.

- You don't have a telephone?

No telephone here, no.

Damn.

Um, I'll write her, yeah?

Uh, you write her

a letter? Yeah?

Yeah, I'll write her

a letter, yeah, yeah.

- (crying)

- You go?

- No.

- Yeah?

- Yeah. Okay.

- Okay.

- Bye.

- See you, Ivonka.

- Bye.

- Oh.

- Ciao.

- I'm sorry...

(baby sobbing)

(crowd chatter)

WOMAN:

Flowers?

Want to buy

the flowers?

(indistinct, overlapping

crowd chatter)

(distant laughter and chatter)

(strumming rock tune)

- Hey.

- How's it going?

- Um, could I have a word with you

about something back here?

Yeah, sure.

(man singing)

(music continues)

(continues)

(continues)

(vocalizing)

(ends)

GUY:

One, two, three.

(ballad)

LeapinLar

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