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Thursday, May 18
Once In A Lifetime
Soccer To Me!
Trailer
US Release Date - July 7th, thru Miramax/ESPN
Much like the Jonestown doc, ever since I was a kid and ogled for hours at the Washington Dips pennant hangin in my bro's room, I've been waitin for someone to examine the rise and fall of the North American Soccer League (NASL). If my luck keeps up, I'm sure someone will soon release a doc on the fall and fall of Nickelodeon's Hey Dude. Although the focus in Once is all about a handful of rich media types luring Pelé and other world futbol luminaries to bring their shaz and pizzaz to the dismal and unknown NY Cosmos squad, it's really about the rebirth, or truly the birth of soccer in America. Before P-daddy and co exploded on our scene, soccer was about as low on the American sports' totem pole as say, archery and things involving shuttlecocks. But even though the league ultimately collapsed for numerous reasons, hexplored in the film, the sport was able to dig its feet in our ground and has continued to reach for the stars. How many of you reading this weren't involved in youth soccer? You can praise/blame Pelé for that! I don't cause it's MSI all the way baby!! This doc totally KICKS a$$ and will SCORE with any audience, even if they isn't a fan of soccer, futbol, or the human race. And would you eggspect anything less from the director of the seminal '90s Britpop doc Live Forever and the producer of my balls time flavorite doc One Day In September (big sirprize there, eh?). What if I told you the Flamingo Kid was narrating it? Or if I told you that it captures the manic '77 NYC summer more effectively than Spike Lee's poo on a sitck Summer of Sam? Man, '77 was quite a year, wanznit? Star Wars, the death of Elvis, and the birth of yers drooly. I think we should restart the calendar from that point, so we'd currently be living in 28 ATMIC (After Thigh Master's Immaculate Contraception)
Recommended for those who like: ABC's Wide World of Sports [vid], Randall's Island, and that les bestest Warner Bros logo from the 70s
Possible Porno Name: Once In Your Wife's Bum
Unsatisfied with this? Netflix one of my other all thyme flav docs, and one that 90% effin fresh, yo, The Kid Stays In The Picture [trailer]
Apt MPupil3: 'Once In A Lifetime' by The Talking Heads [d] or 'Ole Ole Ole' [d]
IMDb Sweeney: Including this, there are 8 movies with the title Once In A Lifetime AND the Atlantic Records producer that Booger portrayed in Ray also served as the VP and Prez of the Cosmos!
How'd That Work Out For Ya?: the rebirth of the Cosmos as an MLS club
TFF Thighspotting: Judah Friedlander (aka Toby), who boviously the world's #1 Cosmos fan
John Grisham's Jizzum (aka Verdict): mos DEF BREAST IN SHOW!!!
spank the lord
Tribeca reviews
are Nora Dunnski
now back to yer regularly
scheduled masturbation
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