The Guardian (UK) on upcoming soccer movies

[sch2383]

http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,4120,1427964,00.html

talks of how there is a bunch of Hollywood films coming out soon that have soccer essential to the plot. An interesting read.

Goal! (2005) Dir: Danny Cannon. Starring: Santiago Munez. Plot: US Latino makes the big time - at Newcastle

The Goal (2005) Dir: Art Sims. Starring: Mario Lopez. Plot: Brazilian makes the big time - in the US

Kicking & Screaming (2005) Dir: Jesse Dylan. Starring: Will Ferrell. Plot: Father coaches son's team - with hilarious results

The Yank (2005) Dir: Lexi Alexander. Starring: Elijah Wood. Plot: Former hobbit is caught up in the hooligan underworld

Game of Their Lives (2005) Dir: David Anspaugh. Starring: Wes Bentley. Plot: USA beat England at the 1950 World Cup

Linha de Passe (TBC) Dir: Walter Salles. Starring: TBC. Plot: Four Brazilian brothers try to make it - only one does

[Breakwood]

The Yank looks interesting. I wonder how Elijah Wood will fit in as a hooligan?

[Frieslander]

The film is actually called "Hooligans." "The Yank" was a working title used to trick West Ham into letting them film at Upton Park.

watch a trailer here: http://2005.sxsw.com/film/screenings/?a=show&q=2278#top

[sch2383]

The Yank looks interesting. I wonder how Elijah Wood will fit in as a hooligan?
There was a thing about this movie in 442 a few months back, Wood admitted to becoming a West Ham fan becaues of the movie.

[billyireland]

The Goal (2005) Dir: Art Sims. Starring: Mario Lopez. Plot: Brazilian makes the big time - in the USOh my God - it's AC Slater!! Sorry, but I grew up on Saved by the Bell.

[Achtung]

Oh my God - it's AC Slater!! Sorry, but I grew up on Saved by the Bell.

You're not the only one. ;)

[art]

The film is actually called "Hooligans." "The Yank" was a working title used to trick West Ham into letting them film at Upton Park.

watch a trailer here: http://2005.sxsw.com/film/screenings/?a=show&q=2278#top

Wow, lots of...anrgy people there. Whew.

[pething101]

There was a thing about this movie in 442 a few months back, Wood admitted to becoming a West Ham fan becaues of the movie.

http://img-nex.theonering.net/images/scrapbook/orig/15326_orig.jpg

Damn, our board is dumb.

[Achtung]

Goal! (2005) Dir: Danny Cannon. Starring: Santiago Munez. Plot: US Latino makes the big time - at Newcastle

What's the deal with the cast changes in this movie? I saw that Diego Luna and Stellan Skarsgard were supposed to star, but now they're both out.

[art]

What's the deal with the cast changes in this movie? I saw that Diego Luna and Stellan Skarsgard were supposed to star, but now they're both out.

Theyre on their second director too, it's a sure sign something about the movie sucks like few things suck in this life.

They did shoot some scenes at Loftus Road though so ill probably be a sucker and go see it.

[Dave Marino-Nachison]

According to this article, Santiago Munez is actually the name of the player in the movie, not the actor playing him:

http://www.timeout.com/film/news/465.html

Will Munez play for the U.S., or Mexico, is the question. And did MLS even scout him? Seems like a perfect player for Chivas USA. Man does this kind of stuff piss me off and no I do not have any kind of a grip on reality.

[El Toro]

The film is actually called "Hooligans." "The Yank" was a working title used to trick West Ham into letting them film at Upton Park.

watch a trailer here: http://2005.sxsw.com/film/screenings/?a=show&q=2278#top

It's now been retitled Green Street for UK distribution. It will remain Hooligans everywhere else.

I've got my tix to see it at the Atlanta Film and Video Festival this Friday. I'm excited. I think it will be an interesting film, and from what I understand, it understands but certainly does not endorse hooliganism.

[Excape Goat]

According to this article, Santiago Munez is actually the name of the player in the movie, not the actor playing him:

http://www.timeout.com/film/news/465.html

Will Munez play for the U.S., or Mexico, is the question. And did MLS even scout him? Seems like a perfect player for Chivas USA. Man does this kind of stuff piss me off and no I do not have any kind of a grip on reality.




But when Brit Glen Foy, an amiable former football player and sometime scout spots Santiago at a local match, he recognises a deft, fast and brave footballer—the kind of talent that the English Premiere League Club, Newcastle United, 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. Muddy fields, cold winds and crunching blows from teammates—not to mention personal woes, injuries, and the temptations of life as an international footballer—are just a few of the obstacles Santiago must overcome to reach his ultimate 'Goal'.

Thery forgot that he could not get work permit in UK. So he has to win the love of this English woman in order to get a British passport.

[Aguilas Del America]

Thery forgot that he could not get work permit in UK. So he has to win the love of this English woman in order to get a British passport.


Repped!