The extremely talented Santiago Muñez is spotted by a Newcastle United scout and given a chance at professional football.The extremely talented Santiago Muñez is spotted by a Newcastle United scout and given a chance at professional football.The extremely talented Santiago Muñez is spotted by a Newcastle United scout and given a chance at professional football.
- Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe role of main character Santiago was originally going to be played by Diego Luna but he left to work on other projects. Kuno Becker actually called Diego before he took the role to hear Diego's reasons for not taking the role.
- GoofsIn the story Newcastle have 3 matches left and since they're trying to qualify for a place in a European competition, logically it is the end of the season. Yet, we see that Newcastle sign Gavin Harris around the same time (so that they could win the remaining matches) which is impossible because a club can only sign a player in the summer or winter break. They can sign a player during the season but he would not be eligible to play for the new club.
- Quotes
Santiago Munez: The only one who can tell me I'm not good enough is you. And even then I may not agree with you.
- Alternate versionsUS version was cut for commercial reasons to a PG rating (the original version had a PG-13 rating).
- SoundtracksPlayground Superstar
Written by Shaun Ryder, Gary Wheelan, Kavin Sandu, Dave Parkinson
Performed by the Happy Mondays
Featured review
In the mix of all sports movies, when a movie is made for soccer, the expectations of the audience, is a thousand fold. This is because most of the Soccer Movie goers are soccer (football) fans. Football fans are not so forgiving when it comes to the football scenes. This movie captures the scenes fantastically. It shows real football. The filmmaker knows football. The stars know football. The cameramen know football.
This is independent film-making at its best. It has the main plot which is the struggle of an athlete to achieve his dream. It has side plots which involve his relationships with his father, his new found girlfriend and his grandmother. His interactions with his brother and his teammates are great. But probably the most important event of his life has to do with the lucky break he gets when a former player turned scout sees him play. From there, the dream begins for the star of the movie and the audience as well.
This movie is highly recommended.
This is independent film-making at its best. It has the main plot which is the struggle of an athlete to achieve his dream. It has side plots which involve his relationships with his father, his new found girlfriend and his grandmother. His interactions with his brother and his teammates are great. But probably the most important event of his life has to do with the lucky break he gets when a former player turned scout sees him play. From there, the dream begins for the star of the movie and the audience as well.
This movie is highly recommended.
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- Aug 15, 2009
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Giấc Mơ Sân Cỏ
- Filming locations
- St James' Park, Strawberry Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England, UK(Newcastle's home ground)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,283,255
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,921,838
- May 14, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $27,610,873
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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