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Once

  • 20072007
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  • 1h 26m
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Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová in Once (2007)
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A modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week in Dublin, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story.A modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week in Dublin, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story.A modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week in Dublin, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story.
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
116K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,416
906
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    • Director
      • John Carney
    • Writer
      • John Carney
    • Stars
      • Glen Hansard
      • Markéta Irglová
      • Hugh Walsh
    Top credits
    • Director
      • John Carney
    • Writer
      • John Carney
    • Stars
      • Glen Hansard
      • Markéta Irglová
      • Hugh Walsh
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 387User reviews
    • 239Critic reviews
    • 88Metascore
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 24 wins & 32 nominations total

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    Once
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    Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová in Once (2007)
    John Carney in Once (2007)
    Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová in Once (2007)
    Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová in Once (2007)
    Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová in Once (2007)
    Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová in Once (2007)
    Glen Hansard, Hugh Walsh, Markéta Irglová, Gerard Hendrick, and Alaistair Foley in Once (2007)
    Glen Hansard in Once (2007)
    John Carney, Glen Hansard, and Markéta Irglová in Once (2007)
    John Carney, Glen Hansard, and Markéta Irglová in Once (2007)
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    Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová in Once (2007)

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    Glen Hansard
    Glen Hansard
    • Guy
    Markéta Irglová
    Markéta Irglová
    • Girl
    • (as Marketa Irglova)
    Hugh Walsh
    • Timmy Drummer
    Gerard Hendrick
    • Lead Guitarist
    • (as Gerry Hendrick)
    Alaistair Foley
    • Bassist
    Geoff Minogue
    • Eamon
    Bill Hodnett
    • Guy's Dad
    Danuse Ktrestova
    • Girl's Mother
    Darren Healy
    • Heroin Addict
    Mal Whyte
    • Bill
    Marcella Plunkett
    Marcella Plunkett
    • Ex Girlfriend
    Niall Cleary
    • Bob
    Wiltold Owski
    • Man watching TV
    Krzysztos Tlotka
    • Man watching TV
    Tomek Glowacki
    • Man watching TV
    Attila Kouvacs
    • Man watching TV
    Sean Miller
    • Bank Manager
    • (as Sean Millar)
    Pat McGrath
    • Drunk
    • Director
      • John Carney
    • Writer
      • John Carney
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Bob Dylan was such a big fan of the film that he arranged to have the two leads, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, open for him on part of his world tour. Hansard and Irglová also covered Dylan's song "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" for the film I'm Not There (2007).
    • Goofs
      During the montage towards the end of the film, when the Girl is playing her new piano, the Girl's mother is cooking and stirring something on the stove-top. However, if you look closely, there is nothing in the pan. The mother is stirring the air with a spatula to appear as if she's cooking something.
    • Quotes

      Guy: [Referring to her estranged husband] What's the Czech for "Do you love him?"

      Girl: Milujes ho.

      Guy: So, milujes ho?

      Girl: No, miluji tebe

      [no, i love you]

      Girl: .

    • Alternate versions
      Film prints have a few things at the beginning and end missing from the Fox DVD. After the Fox Searchlight logo and before the text-only company credits, the prints have a short silent logo for Summit Entertainment and then one for the Irish film board. At the end of the movie, once the credits crawl finishes, prints also have a short Fox Searchlight text-only card (containing the text "in association with" with no followup), a short card with a gigantic MPAA logo and number, and the blue R-rating screen.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Shrek the Third/Once/Even Money/The Wendell Baker Story/Provkoed (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      And the Healing Has Begun
      Written by Van Morrison

      Performed by Glen Hansard

      Published by Universal Music Publishing

    User reviews387

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    Top review
    9/10
    Music Music Music Music
    This is a wonderful, fun and touching movie. At a screening at Sundance 2007 the director described it as a musical, and it really is. The primary actors are musicians and their songs tie the movie together and tie you to them. Although the primary cast aren't actors as a first profession, they are very natural together and the film flows very well because of it. Everyone involved in this film has a great passion for music, and it is very infectious. It is one of the few films I have seen in 7 years at Sundance that received a standing ovation.

    From the Sundance film guide: "A Dublin busker, who ekes out a living playing guitar and repairing vacuum cleaners for his dad's shop, meets a young Czech immigrant who sells roses on the same street. She likes his song, and what's more…she has a broken vacuum cleaner! They soon find themselves playing music together in a nearby music store (since she can't afford a piano, the owner lets her play his floor models). Over the course of a week, they form a musical rapport and, newly inspired, decide to record an album.

    Once may loosely be classified as a musical, but it has a refreshing vérité inflection. Conceived by director John Carney as a "video album," it sports a scrappy, unembellished naturalism. Carney took a risk in choosing professional musicians over professional actors, but Glen Hansard (of the well-known Irish band the Frames) and Marketa Irglova (a Czech singer/songwriter) are not only remarkably charming together but they're equally adept with the more melancholy shades (Hansard's lonely soul, stuck on an old flame; Irglova struggling to support a mother and daughter). Burdened and brokenhearted, their musical bond is the heart of the film and of their love.

    Great music aside, what makes this film special is how little effort it seems to exert. If it's possible to be blindsided by simplicity--a light touch, Once does it." — John Nein
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 15, 2007 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Ireland
    • Official site
      • Fox Searchlight (United States)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Czech
    • Also known as
      • Одного разу
    • Filming locations
      • Mountjoy Square East, Dublin, Ireland
    • Production companies
      • Bórd Scannán na hÉireann
      • Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)
      • Samson Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $150,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $9,439,923
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $61,901
      • May 20, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $20,936,722
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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