Goal! The Dream Begins (2006)



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Synopsis:
How far would you go to live your dreams? When Santiago Munez is given the chance of a lifetime, he must leave his family, his life in Los Angeles and everything that he knows to travel halfway around the globe to England and into a completely foreign world--the exciting, fast-paced and glamorous world of international soccer. As an underprivileged Mexican-American immigrant growing up in the poor section of Los Angeles, Santiago seemed destined to follow his father's path in life: laboring at menial jobs to earn just enough money to support his family. Naturally gifted, his amazing talent on the soccer field was wasted in recreation league games while he could only dream of playing on the world stage of professional soccer. But when a British scout discovers his talent and gets him a tryout with one of England's premier soccer clubs, Newcastle United, Santiago must choose between his father's fate and his own destiny. Now alone in a world where soccer is a religion and players are gods, this underdog must prove that he's got the talent and determination to make it amongst the best in the world.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
5/12/2006
Director Credit
Danny Cannon Director
Cast Credit
Kuno Becker Santiago Munez
Stephen Dillane Glen Foy
Anna Friel Roz Harmison
Marcel Iures Erik Dornhelm
Alessandro Nivola Gavin Harris
Leonardo Guerra 10- Year- Old- Santiago
Tony Plana Hernan Munez
Miriam Colon Mercedes
Jorge Cervera Cesar
Herman Chavas Referee
Alfredo Rodriguez Julio
Donald Li Chinese Restaurant Manager
Kate Tomlinson Val
Jake Johnson Tom
Zachary Johnson Rory
Sean Pertwee Barry Rankin
Johnathan Hernandez Armando
Cassandra Bell Christina
Rhydian Jones Sales Person
Christopher Connel Reporter 1
Peter Michael McGowan Reporter 2
Andy Hawthorne Immigration Official 1
Michael Gunn Immigration Official 2
Ashlea Sanderson Girl
Alex Parkin-Goodchild Kid 1
Callum Aynsley Kid 2
Christopher Fairbank Foghorn
Craig Heaney Phil
Jack McBride Walter
Robert Dixon Bobby Redfern
Kieran O'Brien Hughie Magowan
Gary Lewis Mal Braithwaite
Ashley Walters Carl Francis
Kevin Knapman Jamie Drew
Lee Ross Bluto
Stephen Graham Des
Alan Shearer Himself
Emma Field-Rayner Lorraine
Martin Tyler Himself
Brian Lonsdale Fan
Glynis Brooks Cleaner 1
Maxine Evans Cleaner 2
Blondell Taylor Sister
Daniel Maier Patient
Frances Barber Carol
Madeline Moffat Woman in Tower Block
Louis Lennie Teenager
Baden Burns Teenager
Nicholas Lumley Taxi Dispatcher
Mike Elliot Gordon
Louise Franklin Drunk Girl
Leslie Randall Mr. Ives
Bryan Johnson Geordie Fan
Greg Ellis Fan 2
Sven-Goran Eriksson Himself
David Beckham Himself
Raul Gonzalez Blanco Himself
Zinedine Zidane Himself
Shivani Ghai Ground Attendant
Andy Kidd Bouncer
Production Credits Credit
Jo Burn Co-Producer
Matt Barrelle Producer
Peter Hargitay Executive Producer
Stuart Ford Co-Executive Producer
Allen Hopkins Associate Producer
Steve Hargitay Associate Producer
Mike Jefferies Producer
Danny Stepper Co-Producer
Chris Ouwinga Co-Producer
Mark Huffam Producer
Darryn Welch Co-Producer
Production Companies Credit
Milkshake Films Production Company
Toshiba Digital Frontiers Production Company
Distribution Companies Credit
Buena Vista International Theatrical Distributor International Theatrical Distributor
Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment Domestic Video Distributor
Toshiba Digital Frontiers Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Little Magic Films Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Epsilon Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Roadshow Film Distributors Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations  
Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom  
Los Angeles, California, USA  
Mexico  
Writer Credit
Mike Jefferies Story By
Ian La Frenais Screenplay
Adrian Butchart Story By
Dick Clement Screenplay
Mike Jefferies Screenplay
Adrian Butchart Screenplay
Accounting Credit
Dianne Twiddy Finance Manager - Financial Controller
Fry Martin Assistant Accountant
Teresa L Humphreys Accountant - Payroll Accountant (Los Angeles)
Simone De Carmargo Post-Production Accountant - US Post Production Accountant (Los Angeles)
Steve Earner Production Accountant
Sue Bokobza Production Accountant (Los Angeles)
Diarmuid Coghlan Assistant Accountant - Accounts Assistant
Samuel Bokobza Assistant Accountant (Los Angeles)
Art Department Credit
Stuart Rose Art Director
Caryn Marcus Set Dresser - Set Dressing Buyer (Los Angeles)
Thierry Labbe Lead Person - Leadman (Los Angeles)
Michelle Hosier Art Assistant - Art Department Assistant
Jane Cooke Set Decorator
Gary Gleeson Painter - HOD Painter
Gavin Fitch Assistant Art Director
Laurence Dorman Production Designer
Robert Kensinger Set Decorator (Los Angeles)
Peter Edge Painter - Stand-by Painter
David Doran Art Director - Standby Art Director
Matthew Kern Atzenhoffer Set Dresser (Los Angeles)
James Carhart Art Assistant (Los Angeles)
Peter Kang Set Dresser (Los Angeles)
Mark S Kuzy Set Dresser (Los Angeles)
Hugh Pritchard Set Dresser (Los Angeles)
Carl Denooyer Set Dresser (Los Angeles)
John Eric Ryan Jr Set Dresser (Los Angeles)
Burton Sanders Set Dresser (Los Angeles)
Erik G Soderstrom Set Dresser (Los Angeles)
J Brook Shafer Set Dresser - On Set Dresser (Los Angeles)
Casting Credit
Sande Alessi Extras Casting (Los Angeles)
Kate Ringsell Casting Assistant
Lucinda Syson Casting
Jennifer Alessi Extras Casting (Los Angeles)
Elaine Grainger Casting
Belinda Gardea Casting (Los Angeles)
Craft Services Credit
Michael Kehoe Craft Service (Los Angeles)
Tim McGee Craft Service - Craft Service Assistant (Los Angeles)
Film Camera Credit
Martin Ward Video Playback - Video Playback Operator
George Richmond Camera Operator
Chunky Richmond Camera - Camera Focus Puller
Alistair Hamer High Definition Systems Engineer - Film Mastering Engineer
Tom Taylor Camera Trainee
Andy Burrow Film Lab - Scanning & Recording Manager
Michael Alvarez Loader - Camera Loader (Los Angeles)
Brian Greenway Camera Utility - Camera Truck Driver
Glyn Williams Assistant Camera
Chris Bain Focus Puller - C Camera Focus Puller
Liam Daniel Photography - Stills Photographer
Michael Barrett Director of Photography
John Ensby Film and Electronic Laboratory - Laboratory Contact (Los Angeles)
Adam Glasman Colorist
Bruce Birmelin Photography - Still Photographer (Los Angeles)
Ben Wilson Camera - Camera Focus Puller
Brian Krijgsman Colorist - Assistant Colorist & Digital Assembly
Sean Savage Camera Operator
David Smaltz Video Playback (Los Angeles)
Dan Perry Film Lab - Scanning, Recording & Digital Clean-Up
Will Humphris Camera - Camera Loader
Annabel Wright Film Lab - Scanning, Recording & Digital Clean-Up
Chas Bain Camera Operator
Matthew Morrisey Video Playback - 24 Frame Playback (Los Angeles)
Ed Jones Camera - Loader
Jonathan Dredge Film Lab - Scanning, Recording & Digital Clean-Up
John Marzano Camera Operator
Malcolm Huse Camera - Camera Grip
Paola Varvaro Film Lab - Scanning, Recording & Digital Clean-Up
Dan Turrett Camera Operator (Los Angeles)
Gary Hymns Camera - Camera Grip
Dale Myrand Camera Operator (Los Angeles)
Joe Godfrey Film Lab - Scanning, Recording & Digital Clean-Up
Paul Doogan Film Lab - Scanning, Recording & Digital Clean-Up
Tyger Belton Camera - B Camera 1st AC (Los Angeles)
Jason Burnett Film Lab - Scanning, Recording & Digital Clean-Up
Daron Keet Camera - C Camera 1st AC (Los Angeles)
Chris Cuevas Camera - A Camera 2nd AC (Los Angeles)
Tom Bunnell Film Lab - Scanning, Recording & Digital Clean-UP
Albert Frigone Camera - B Camera 2nd AC (Los Angeles)
Gareth Jones Film Lab - Scanning, Recording & Digital Clean-UP
Benedict Gillingham-Sutton Film Lab - Scanning, Recording & Digital Clean-Up
Amy Abrams Camera - C Camera 2nd AC (Los Angeles)
Peter Forson Film Lab - Scanning, Recording & Digital Clean-Up
Adam Hawkes Film Lab - Scanning, Recording & Digital Clean-Up
Kevin Lowery Film Lab - Film Mastering Engineer
Legal Credit
Schuyler M. Moore Legal Services
Brianna Becker Legal Services
Sara Curran Legal Services
Lucy O'Driscoll Legal Services
Music Credit
Jacques Joseph Baliardo Song
Gipsy Kings Song Performer
Jason Alexander Music Supervisor
Graeme Revell Music
Geoff Foster Score Mixing - Music Mixing
Geoff Foster Score Recording - Music Recording
Becky Bentham Music Coordinator - Score Coordinator
Chris Barratt Music Engineer - Assistant Engineer
Michael Price Music Editor
Nick Ingman Music Conductor
Nick Ingman Orchestrations - Music Orchestrations
Isobel Griffiths Music Contractor - Orchestra Contractor
Antonio Vivaldi Composer
Gavyn Wright Music Performer - Orchestra Leader
Nick Woolage Score Recording - Music Recording
Steve Orchard Music Engineer - Assistant Engineer
Ashley Revell Music Editor
David Russo Music - Music Programmer
Maurice Victor Baliardo Song
Rudy Chung Music Coordinator
Ballistic Brothers Song Performer
Cliff Masterton Orchestrations - Music Orchestrations
Zero 7 Song Performer
Tonino Antoine Baliardo Song
James Stone Music Engineer - Assistant Engineer
Peter Clarke Music Editor
Kevin Townend Orchestrations - Music Orchestrations
Ron Shillingford Music - Music Preparation
Ian Wood Music Engineer - Assistant Engineer
Rick Wentworth Orchestrations - Music Orchestrations
Andre Jean Reyes Song
Doug Logan Music - Music Preparation
Oasis Song Performer
UNKLE Song Performer
Francis Marie Reyes Song
John Bell Orchestrations - Music Orchestrations
John Baker Music - Music Preparation
Kasabian Song Performer
Nicolas Reyes Song
Debra Baum Music - Music Consultant
South Song Performer
Evelyn Wong Music - Music Licensing
Darren Rock Song
Ursula Classen Song
Kier Lehman Music - Music Licensing
Supercharger Song Performer
Grand National Song Performer
Mark Woolford Song
Dan Binns Song
Backyard Dog Song Performer
Sam Hardaker Song
Reyes Del Bajo Mundo Song Performer
Princess Superstar Song Performer
Noel Gallagher Song
James Lavelle Song
Dirty Vegas Song Performer
Richard File Song
The Perceptionists Song Performer
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Song Performer
Sergio Pizzorno Song
Christopher Karloff Song
Willie Murphy & The Bees Song Performer
Paul Oakenfold Song Performer
Joel Cadbury Song
Brett Shaw Song
Happy Mondays Song Performer
And You Will Know Us By The Tr Song Performer
Jamie McDonald Song
David Ranyard Song
Joel Cadbury Song Performer
Darren Pickles Song
Rupert Lyddon Song
Lawrence Rudd Song
Aniff Akinola Song
Lloyd Hanley Song
Jorge Hernandez Song
Douglas Aguirre Song
Edwin Cruz Song
Christopher Sibilla Song
Concetta Kirschner Song
Milo Berger Song
Paul Harris Song
Ben Harris Song
Steve Smith Song
CamuTao Song
Jared Bridgeman Song
Jeffrey Haynes Song
Aaron Fletcher Song
Paul James Butler Song
Shaun Ryder Song
Gary Wheelan Song
Kav Sandu Song
Dave Parkinson Song
Conrad Keely Song
Jason Reece Song
Kevin Allen Song
Production Management Credit
Stephanie Dolker Production Coordinator
Douglas Dresser Production Supervisor (Los Angeles)
Jo Burn Unit Production Manager
Chris Newman Assistant Director
Matt Jenkins Post-Production Coordinator
Emma Pill Location Manager
Nick Oliver Location Scout
Victoria Morgan Assistant Production Coordinator
Angela Noakes Wharton Script Supervisor
Kathy Sykes Post-Production Supervisor
Finlay Pile Assistant Location Manager
Richard Goodwin Assistant Director
Ali James Assistant Location Manager
Karen Fryer Script Supervisor
Dara Weintraub Unit Production Manager - UPM (Los Angeles)
Lisa Greenspan Production Coordinator (Los Angeles)
Angus More Gordon Location Manager - Co-Location Manager
Douglas Dresser Location Manager (Los Angeles)
Carlos Aragon Assistant Location Manager (Los Angeles)
Tom Glaisyer Assistant Director
Sarah Scarritt Production Coordinator (Los Angeles)
Nick Shuttleworth Assistant Director
Doug McClintock Assistant Location Manager (Los Angeles)
Carrie Arnold Production Coordinator (Los Angeles)
Jeff Stanford Assistant Location Manager (Los Angeles)
Lyda Blank Assistant Director - Key Second Assistant Director (Los Angeles)
Matt Wersinger Assistant Location Manager (Los Angeles)
Robert Skidmore ('Skid') Assistant Director (Los Angeles)
Publicity Credit
Linda Brown-Salome Unit Publicist (Los Angeles)
Linda Gamble Publicity - On-Set Publicist
Sound Credit
Adam Daniel Assistant Sound Editor
Christopher Ackland Foley Editor
Francis Lindsay Sound Effects Editor
Mark Heslop Supervising Sound Editor
Steve Hancock Sound - Sound Assistant
John Midgley Sound Mixer - Production Sound Mixer
Robin O'Donoghue Rerecording Mixer
June Prinz Boom Operator
Esther Smith Rerecording Assistant - Assistant
Tom Sayers Sound Designer
Jack Stew Foley Artist
Susan French ADR Editor
Richard Street Rerecording Mixer
Abel Schiro Sound - Utility Sound (Los Angeles)
Dianne Greaves Foley Artist
Kevin Hyde Boom Operator (Los Angeles)
Jim Stuebe Sound Mixer (Los Angeles)
Trudy Offer ADR Editor
Paul Wrightson ADR Editor
Visual Effects Credit
Paul Corbould Special Effects Supervisor
Heidi Freeman Visual Effects Editor - VFX Editor
Tina Charad Graphic Artist
John Peck Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Alan Woods Visual Effects - TD
Ross Burgess Animator
Alex Hessler Rendering Artist - Head of Render Support
Anthony Smith Digital Effects - Digital Visual Effects Supervisor
Mark Nelmes Visual Effects Supervisor
Christophe Meslin Software Engineer - Head of Systems Support
Tim Keene Visual Effects Producer
Kevin Spruce Animation Supervisor
Roz Lowrie Visual Effects Editor - Head of VFX Editorial
Charles Howell Visual Effects Producer - Visual Effects Line Producer
Joe Pancake Special Effects Supervisor (Los Angeles)
Kim Loan Do Software Engineer - System Support Engineer
Rob Richardson Rendering Artist - Render Support
Sule Bryan-Hurst Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Marco Checa Garcia Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Cal Sawyer Software Engineer - Head of Data Operations
Maria Stroka Visual Effects Producer - Producer
Richard Poet Visual Effects Editor - VFX AVID Editor
Niki Bern Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Gavin Round Visual Effects Editor - VFX Film & DI Editorial
Dianne Gordon Software Engineer - Data Operator
Claire McGrane Visual Effects Producer - Senior Producer
Jan Hogevold Visual Effects Producer - Executive Producer
Charlie Habanananda Software Engineer - Data Operator
Kerry Downing Visual Effects Editor - VFX Editorial Assistant
Aled Prosser Digital Effects Artist - Digital Paint Artist
Tara Walker Digital Effects Artist - Digital Paint Artists
Maria Michalopoulou Software Engineer - Data Operator
Tim Young Digital Effects Artist - Digital Paint Artist
Stuart Nippard Software Engineer - Data Operator
Howard Protheroe Digital Effects Artist - Digital Paint Artist
Martin Taylor Digital Effects Artist - Digital Paint Artist
Rebecca Manning Digital Effects Artist - Digital Paint Artist
Tom Baskaya Digital Effects Artist - Digital Paint Artist
Paolo Mitton Digital Effects Artist - Tracker
Joe Leveson Digital Effects Artist - Tracker
Wardrobe Hair Makeup Credit
Brendan Handscombe Wardrobe - Wardrobe Master
Carolyn Hunter Costume Supervisor
Lindsay Pugh Costume Designer
Sian Richards Hair - Hair Designer
Sian Richards Makeup Designer
Charlotte Child Wardrobe Assistant
Felicity Wright Makeup Artist
Vienna McMahon Makeup - Hair/Makeup Trainee
Mitch Baylock Costumes - Costume Assistant (Los Angeles)
Annette Dunford Lewis Costumer (Los Angeles)
Nancy Collini Costume Supervisor (Los Angeles)
June Brickman Makeup - Department Head Make-Up (Los Angeles)
Tara McDonald Makeup Artist
Tara McDonald Hair
Georgiana Sayer Wardrobe Assistant
Brandy Lusvardi Costumer (Los Angeles)
Justine Warhurst Wardrobe Assistant
Jane English Makeup (Los Angeles)
Alison Stein Costumer (Los Angeles)
Su Westwood Makeup Artist
Su Westwood Hair
Charlotte A Parker Hair - Department Head Hair (Los Angeles)
Dena Fayne Hair (Los Angeles)

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