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Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
2006 1h 37m PG-13
Documentary
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Sport
7.3
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The rise and fall of the N.Y. Cosmos. The soccer team that brought Pele to America; against the backdrop of N.Y. City in the 70's.
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Directed By
Paul Crowder
,
John Dower
Written By
John Dower
,
Mark Monroe
Studio
Passion Pictures
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Cast of Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
Pelé
Himself (archive footage)
Franz Beckenbauer
Himself
Raphael de la Sierra
Himself
Phil Woosnam
Himself
Jay Emmett
Himself
Werner Roth
Himself
Peppe Pinton
Himself
Giorgio Chinaglia
Himself
Shep Messing
Himself
Clive Toye
Himself
Nesuhi Ertegün
Himself (archive footage)
Ahmet Ertegün
Himself
Matt Dillon
Narrator (Voice)
Carlos Alberto
Himself
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos Reviews
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
An energetic and often enjoyable documentary, particularly for soccer fans.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
The movie is only so-so, borrowing a little from the VH-1 school of popumentary but lacking the snazzy production values.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
Once in a Lifetime would have benefited greatly from historical and outside perspective, but the story on screen is such a kick that even monotone narrator Matt Dillon gets caught up in the excitement.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Crust
Lively, free-wheeling amusement.
Denver Rocky Mountain News
Robert Denerstein
Once in a Lifetime, which relies on interviews and archival footage, may not be a great documentary, but it certainly gets its points across.
San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
Once in a Lifetime does a wonderful job of showing that this collection of foreigners playing a foreign sport forged one of the great American sports stories.
Miami Herald
Peter Debruge
... treats its audience like a bunch of attention deficit disorder cases.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Cater
... accomplishes the minor miracle of making you mourn a sports team you likely never knew existed in the first place.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
No Hollywood scriptwriter would dare make up a tale as outrageously unlikely -- but, as it happens, true -- as the one so entertainingly told in the documentary Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos.
Newsday
Stephen Williams
Told in a breezy, fast-cut style, and backed by a boisterous soundtrack that ranges from Puccini to James Brown, Lifetime focuses on the players -- on the field and off -- that made the Cosmos such a super, if short-lived, team.
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Once in a Lifetime performs a belated autopsy on the Cosmos and the North American Soccer League and basically concludes that they died of impatience.
Newark Star-Ledger
Lisa Rose
The documentary offers enough color and depth to hold your interest and leave you keen to see the World Cup finals.
Chicago Tribune
Kevin M. Williams
You don't need to be a soccer fan to, like Cosmos fans, fall for this captivating tale, told in Rashomon-like style.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
Giddy, gossipy and endearingly unslick, Once in a Lifetime chronicles the rise and fall of the most famous soccer team in the United States with slapdash glee.
AV Club
Scott Tobias
If nothing else, the energetic documentary Once In A Lifetime proves that an audience once existed for soccer in this country, and could be cultivated again.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
...a stylish scramble of evocative footage, groovy music, and crazy-candid reminiscences from key players still proud to score.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Packed with observations and recrimations, many of the latter aimed at or by Chinaglia, which makes for some gossipy entertainment.
Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
Far more entertaining than it has a right to be.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Anyone who wants to relive this flamboyant but fleeting chapter in America's uneven soccer history should not miss this.
Village Voice
Bill Gallo
This intermittently fascinating documentary chronicles the rise and fall of the Cosmos--which is also the rise and fall of U.S. soccer.
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