Taglines: Every dream has a beginning.
“I’ve spent muddy days watching young lads beat the hell out of each other. But once in a while, there’s one that comes along and lifts your heart.” — Glen Foy in “Goal!”
Like every kid, Santiago Munez has a big dream. But unlike every kid, he’s given the rare opportunity to make that dream come true-if he’s willing to put his fears aside, travel thousands of miles from home, and hold his own with some of the best in the world. The intense pressure and personal sacrifice prove costly for Santiago on his quest-but will they be enough to keep this gifted, determined young athlete and fledgling hero from his ultimate “Goal”?
When Santiago crossed the border into America at the age of 10, he had two things in his possession: his football and a tattered picture of the World Cup. Working menial jobs while growing up in Los Angeles, Santiago’s (Kuno Becker) passion was playing football.
But when Brit Glen Foy (Stephen Dillane), an amiable former football player and sometime scout spots Santiago at a local L.A. match, he recognizes a deft, fast and brave footballer-the kind of talent that the glamorous English Premier 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 American must prove that he’s got the grit and the game to win a contract with one of the most prestigious football clubs in the world.
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Goal: The Dream Begins (2005)
Directed by: Danny Cannon
Starring: Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Anna Friel, Stephen Dillane, Rutger Hauer, Nick Cannon, Elizabeth Peña, Miriam Colon, Leonor Varela, Frances Barber, Kieran O’Brien
Cameos: David Beckham, Zinedine Zidane, Raul, Alan Shearer
Screenplay by: Dick Clement
Production Design by: Laurence Dorman
Cinematography by: Michael Barrett
Film Editing by: Chris Dickens
Costume Design by: Lindsay Pugh
Set Decoration by: Jane Cooke
Art Direction by: Stuart Rose
Music by: Graeme Revell
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sexual content, language and brief drug reference.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures
Release Date: September 30, 2005
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