NY Cosmos Book

Wile Coyote · Apr 15, 2006

I heard that a NY cosmos book was due to come out around this time.. A book that will have many pictures and talk about the team the on and off the field stuff stats and history of the club matches and NASL...

I am Fond of these kinds of soccer books and think it will go nicley in my collection between the Ofiicial Book Of Boca Juniors 100 years and Club Nacionals 100 year book...

I went to B&N but those dudes had no idea what i was talkng about..

if any one knows what i'm talking about and have info please post

thanks

Fulham Fan · Apr 15, 2006

It's called Once in a Lifetime: The Incredible Story of the New York Cosmos, by Gavin Newsham.

Fulham Fan · Apr 16, 2006

Article by Newsham:

http://football.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,9753,1503396,00.html

YNWAYNWA · Apr 17, 2006

movie sounds great as well

. . . For the American soccer fan, then, Once in a Lifetime: The Incredible Story of the New York Cosmos is like a bolt of lightning on a sunny day: an explosion of sudden, blinding power that comes utterly out of nowhere, so unexpected that it leaves you breathless. It’s a wide-eyed, delirious celebration of American soccer, the likes of which we’ve never seen. And it’s indescribably wonderful, the kind of film that brings a smile to your face the moment it begins and doesn’t let go. Directors Paul Crowder and John Dower clearly love soccer, and they revel in the insanity that was the New York Cosmos, the team that dominated the North American Soccer League (NASL) during its glory days of the late 1970’s. Their passion and energy is in every frame of the film, and in combination with sharp editing (Crowder is an editor by trade), an irresistible soundtrack, and a clever, 70’s inspired sensibility that touches everything from the movie’s fonts to its music, they serve to make the film and its story irresistible.

Built on interviews with key management personnel and former players, the movie details the creation of the NASL, and the process through which it grew from a league that drew only a handful of fans to most games and had to beg for press coverage, to one that could sell out Giants Stadium (75,000 people -- at a soccer game! In the US!) and was known world-wide. At the root of that explosion were Steve Ross, president of Warner Entertainment, and his New York Cosmos. Ross had passion for sports and, he discovered, soccer, and unlimited funds through Warner. It was those funds, unsurprisingly, that bought the league the key that would unlock the door to American hearts: Pele. In 1975, when the highest-paid athlete in the US was getting a few hundred-thousand dollars a year, Warner paid the greatest soccer player of all time between $2 and $5 million (even today, no one knows for sure) to come to the US and be a members of the Cosmos for two years. And, suddenly, everyone knew about the Cosmos and the NASL -- the door was open and the league walked through it. One day the Cosmos were unknowns, the next they were being worshiped at Studio 54. It was a miraculous, thrilling, hysterical time, and Once in a Lifetime masterfully captures it with a tone of giddy wonder.

Just as incredible as the events that made the Cosmos the darlings of New York and the nation were the personalities involved. From the God-like Pele (the only principal not interviewed in the film -- the sound of a cash register is heard when his refusal to participate is revealed on-screen) to Italian firebrand Giorgio Chinaglia, the greatest scorer in the history of the NASL and by all accounts a complete bastard; from Henry Kissinger who, unbelievably, was instrumental in bringing Pele to the US, to Mick Jagger who stalked the Cosmos locker room, almost everyone involved with the team sometimes seemed larger-than-life. . .
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http://www.cinematical.com/2006/04/14/tribeca-review-once-in-a-lifetime/

Dr. Wankler · Apr 18, 2006

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/18...103-3659390-4008660?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Amazon.com information. I started a thread about this last october... thanks for reminding us... hopefully it will come out on schedule (may 11th, for those too lazy to click ).

YNWAYNWA · Jun 11, 2006

awesome trailer and check out the crowds!

http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/onceinalifetime/

Miramax and ESPN acquire US rights to New York Cosmos documentary

June 8, 2006

Disney units Miramax Films and ESPN Original Entertainment (EOE) have acquired US theatrical and TV rights to the documentary Once in a Lifetime: the Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos.

The documentary chronicles the rise and fall of the New York Cosmos of the defunct North American Soccer League (NASL), with appearances by former Cosmos stars including Pele, Franz Beckenbauer, and Giorgio Chinaglia.

Once in a Lifetime will be distributed by Miramax Films to selected theatres in New York City on July 7 before the movie opens across the US in the following weeks.

ESPN2 is scheduled to air Once in a Lifetime on Wednesday September 20 at 9-11pm Eastern Time, according to ESPN spokesperson Keri Potts.
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Wile Coyote · Jun 11, 2006

Hot teaser trailer i'm sold i'll go see it after superman returns