Goal! (2005)
Actors:
Lawrence Bender (producer),
Frances Barber (actress),
Miriam Colon (actress),
Gary Lewis (actor),
Sean Pertwee (actor),
Tracy Dali (actress),
Greg Ellis (actor),
Stephen Dillane (actor),
Stephen Graham (actor),
Lasco Atkins (actor),
Tony Plana (actor),
Christopher Fairbank (actor),
David Beckham (actor),
Ian La Frenais (writer),
Dick Clement (writer),
Plot: Santiago's father, Hernan Munez, smuggled his penniless Mexican family over the US border to seek a better, albeit modest future in L.A. Eldest son Santiago dreams of more, like native Angelinos, then joining Hernan's gardening firm. His change arrives when a British ex-pro spots him as an exceptional soccer natural and promises he can arrange a real British talent scout to check him out. Although that falls trough and dad forbids it, Santiago accepts grandma's savings to try out with English premier league club Newcastle. Despite his asthma, he gets in and befriends the freshly transferred, desperately undisciplined bad boy star scorer, party animal Gavin Harris, who becomes his bothersome house-mate, a recipe for trouble and yet each's salvation.
Keywords: 1990s, airplane, airplane-toilet, airport, asthma, athlete, athletic-scout, athletic-training, baby, bar
Genres:
Drama,
Romance,
Sport,
Taglines: Every Dream Has A Beginning
Quotes:
Santiago Munez: [a bunch of the guys are going into a bar] Do I need an ID or anything?::Jamie Drew: ID... Identification?::Santiago Munez: Yeh... I mean, how old do you have to be to get a drink here?::Jamie Drew: ...er eleven.
Barry Rankin: [Talking to someone on the phone] What's cool and hangs up? [And then hangs up]
Santiago Munez: I don't know where home is.::Roz Harmison: Yeah ya do. It's green an' it's got a goal post at each end.
Newcastle fan #1: Hows it going?::Newcastle fan #2: We've made all the early running.::Newcastle fan #1: How long's it been on?::Newcastle fan #2: A minute!
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.
Glen Foy: Welcome to the toon.::Santiago Munez: What's the toon?::Glen Foy: It's where the Geordies live.::Santiago Munez: What's a Geordie?::Glen Foy: Someone who lives in the toon.
Erik Dornhelm: Here we pass the ball, you understand that? We're a unit, not a one-man show. The name on the front of the shirt is more important than the one on the back.
Erik Dornhelm: So, when I say go, I want you to run as fast as you can to the goal, ok?::Santiago Munez: Yeah!::Erik Dornhelm: Go! Come back. Again, go! What did you learn?::Santiago Munez: That, that you can score from half way.::Erik Dornhelm: No, that the ball can travel faster than you!