Once

The Resource Once
Label
Once
Statement of responsibility
Fox Searchlight Pictures and Summit Entertainment and Samson Films present ; in association with Bórd Scannán Na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board & RTÉ ; written & directed by John Carney ; produced by Martina Niland
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
A nameless busker, singing his heart out on the streets of Dublin meets a nameless young woman who speaks English with an accent, a street vendor. His girlfriend has left him, so he works in his father's vacuum repair shop and writes songs for her. She cleans houses, and plays the demo piano in a shop at lunchtime. The singer comes to hear her, and is so impressed that he immediately asks if she wants to collaborate -- right then -- on one of his tunes. They slowly piece the song together, and magic begins. This is a love story about a creative partnership, and the deeper longing for communication that underlies any worthwhile artistic effort
Awards note
Winner of the Audience Award, World Cinema, Dramatic-John Carney Sundance Film Festival, 2007; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song-Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, Academy Awards 2008.
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Tim Fleming ; editor, Paul Mullen ; sound mixer, Robert Flanagan ; production designer, Tamara Conboy
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Rated R for language
Language note
In English or dubbed Spanish with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish; closed-captioned
LC call number
PN1995.9.M86
LC item number
O534 2007
PerformerNote
Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová
Runtime
86
Technique
live action
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