Santiago Muñez
| Goal! The Dream Begins | |
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| Directed by | Danny Cannon |
| Produced by |
Mike Jefferies Matt Barrelle Mark Huffam |
| Screenplay by |
Dick Clement Ian La Frenais Mike Jefferies Adrian Butchart |
| Story by |
Mike Jefferies Adrian Butchart |
| Starring |
Kuno Becker Alessandro Nivola Marcel Iureş Stephen Dillane |
| Music by | Graeme Revell |
| Cinematography | Michael Barrett |
| Edited by | Chris Dickens |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
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118 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $33 million |
| Box office | $27.6 million |
Goal! (also known as Goal! The Dream Begins in the United States) is a 2005 sports drama film directed by Danny Cannon and starring Kuno Becker as Santiago Muñez, a young man with a rough background who is offered the chance to trial with one of England's top association football clubs. The film was produced by Mike Jefferies, Matt Barrelle, and Mark Huffam and distributed by Buena Vista Pictures. It was made with full co-operation from FIFA, which is one of the reasons why actual teams and players are used throughout the film.
Despite a mediocre response from critics and the failure to recoup its production budget at the box office, the film launched the Goal! trilogy that continued Muñez's story through the sequels Goal II: Living the Dream (2007) and Goal! III: Taking on the World (2009).
Santiago Muñez is a skilled footballer. The son of a gardener who lives in a barrio section of Los Angeles, Santiago works as a busboy in a Chinese restaurant and helps with his father's gardening business. His ultimate dream is to play football professionally. Due to his poverty and the fact that he plays solely for a club made up of Hispanics from a local car wash, he feels his chances are slim. Santiago is noticed by Glen Foy, a former Newcastle United player who works as a car mechanic but still has ties to his old team. Glen arranges to get Santiago a trial (US tryout) with Newcastle United, who recently signed talented new player Gavin Harris. Needing to get to England, Santiago begins to save his money in an old shoe, but his father finds the stash and takes it to buy a truck to allow them to work for themselves, believing that Santiago's dreams are hopeless. His dream is not lost though, as his grandmother sells off her jewellery to buy him a ticket to England.
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