Goal!

An undocumented Mexican immigrant in Los Angeles, Santiago Muñez, overcomes obstacles and faces challenges as he pursues his dreams of becoming a professional football player, ultimately finding success and the approval of his father. Goal! is a 2005 English-language Drama Romance film featuring Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Marcel Iure, Stephen Dillane, Leonardo Guerra, Tony Plana and Vladimír Smicer. Touchstone Pictures in association with Milkshake Films. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Mike Jefferies, Matt Barrelle and Mark Huffam. Goal! is written by Mike Jefferies, Adrian Butchart, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais and it is directed by Danny Cannon. Buena Vista International acquired the distribution rights for the film. Goal! was released on 6th October 2005 and takes a screen time of 118 minutes. Goal! was made on a budget of $33 million and at the box office it grossed only $27 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Mike Jefferies, Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais and Adrian Butchart. Cinematography was done by Michael Barrett and editing by Chris Dickens. The music was composed by Graeme Revell.