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Film Review Source: Ain't it Cool News www.aintitcool.com                       Written by: Pinksquirrel

Buenas noticias, hemos encontrado un critica de la pelicula GOAL! El credito va a Ain't it Cool News donde el "review" fue tomado. Pinksquirrel escribio esta critica y la mando a Ain't Cool News, ya que atendio a un "test screening" de GOAL. La critica esta muy buena, ya que agrega mas anciedad al estreno mundial de la pelicla GOAL! El critico le dio una super buena critica a la pelicula GOAL! No tenemos la menor duda de que sera un hit en cartelera! 

REVIEW:

Hey Harry, Moriarty,

I'm based in the UK & have been a long time visitor to the site, and this is my first time sending you guys anything. Tonight I got to attend a very early test screening for the film "GOAL" directed by Danny (Judge Dredd, CSI) Cannon & starring Kuno Becker. Anyway I didn't remember seeing any reviews being posted for this film, and I remembered that Moriarty posted some information about this film a while back - so thought i'd drop you a quick review.

The version of the film that I saw was not all complete, and we were advised that some of the effects weren't finished & this was apparent with some of the crowd scenes etc.

So now to the film. We're introduced to the main character Santiago at a very early age, maybe aged 7 & even then it's made clear that football is special in this kids life. The next scene shows Santiago's family escaping across the border of Mexico in the middle of the night, to which the movie cuts through to the present day in LA. Here we find an older Santiago working as a maintenance man/gardener along with his father. Aswell as this job, Santiago also works as a bust boy - but still manages to play in a local footy (soccer) team. It is during these local league games that we first catch a glimpse of his footy skills & I can assure you that they don't displease the audience. I was amazed and very impressed at what I saw & it made me wish that I had the kind of skill that our main character posessed - not since Manchester United's Christiano Ronaldo had I seen this kind of skill, but anyway moving on - during one of Santiago's matches, he catches the attention of Glen Foy (Stephen Dillane) an ex football scout. The two have a chat, and eventually Glen tries to have an agent attend his next game. This falls through and Glen does his best to help Santiago further - so much that he uses his old connections and arranges for Santiago to try out for Newcastle United. Much to his father's disaproval & following some much needed help from his Grandmother, Santiago travels to the UK and hooks up with Glen in Newcastle.

From here on, the road is bumpy for our soon to be football star - he at first fails to impress the coach at his first football trial, he manages to get a 2nd shot and has a months trial with the squad, then fails to mention that he's asthmatic which comes back to haunt him in a match with the reserve team, he's dropped from the squad and is about to leave for the airport in a cab - to which his cab goes on a detour to pick up another fellow player - who then helps Santiago out by getting him a 3rd chance. From here things get a little easier for our hero, as he performs well on the pitch and impresses his team mates and coach & eventually makes the first team.

The film is pretty solid in my opinion, though a little predictable at times - but hey it's not really a popcorn flick, more of a film about football and dare I say it "Following one's dreams......". The acting was pretty good and I especially liked the main actor Kuno Becker as Santiago. He had your typical footballer good looks and he had a certain charm about him that made you want to see him succeed. The rest of the cast did a pretty decent job, though Alessandro Niola's dodgy cockny accent made me cringe at times & to this day I still see him as Pollux Troy !!

I should add that the famous footballers that were mentioned in Moriarty's previous post only made a brief appearance "cameos"; Beckham met Santiago at a party and even then it was only for around 2 min, Raul & Zidane also made a brief appearance at the same party and were on screen for a few min also. I know that these famous names may attract people to see this film, but take my word, this film is worth seeing for it's values regardless of the famous footballers that may be attached to it - this film was a like a grown up "When Saturday Comes" - for those who have seen this film, you'll know what to expect from this film. For me one of the best things about this film was the way in which it captured the great enthusiasm & love of the game from the perspective of its fans - in this case the Newcastle United fans. The scenes showing the reactions of the fans in the local pubs was priceless & had the audience in stitches, worth seeing it for the Geordie accents. I really hope that Cannon doesn't change much to this film as all in all it's a great football film & one that could do well as a trilogy - which was previously suggested. This was something that wasn't mentioned to us by the research group who hosted this screening, but it was lightly hinted at from the questionnaires that we filled out at the end of the screening.

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A dazzling array of screen and sporting stars - including David Beckham - will descend on the North for the premiere of football flick Goal!, the Sunday Sun can reveal.

Organisers are confident that the England hero - who puts in a cameo appearance in the film - will be among the celebrity guests at the red-carpet event, which kicks off in mid-September.

The Sunday Sun has learned that film-makers want the Sage Gateshead music centre to host the glitzy night, although programmers there say it has yet to be firmed up.

A source told us: "Speculation is rife that Beckham will turn up, and all the other key players and local celebrities will be there too."

Beckham is known to have a great affection for the North East as he always receives a warm welcome from football fans during England games played here.

Since opening last December, the Sage Gateshead has welcomed in scores of top musical names, but the Goal! premiere promises to be the most glamorous celebrity night the region has ever seen.

The entire cast will be there on the night, including leading man Kuno Becker, Anna Friel, Sean Pertwee, Kieran O'Brien and Alessandro Nivola.

They'll be joined by director Danny Cannon, the man who is also behind the blockbusters Judge Dredd and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.

Newcastle United are expected to be out in force too, led by Alan Shearer and Kieron Dyer, who also have roles in the story.

Goal! is the first in a trilogy following the fortunes of young hispanic footballer Santiago Munez, who comes to England from Los Angeles to join the Magpies.

Later movies will show him moving on to Spain's Real Madrid and taking part in the match of his dreams at the World Cup.

Speculation is rife that the film crew will be returning to Newcastle to shoot part of Goal 2, as scenes will have to reflect how he swaps the Mags for Madrid . . . but no plans have yet been put in place.

In the meantime, fans eager to get a sneak peek at the film can view an exciting trailer, set to the suitably picked score of Kasabian's Club Foot, on the official website set up by the film's distributor Buena Vista International.

The one-minute teaser shows the young Santiago flying 6000 miles to come to Newcastle and is filled with dazzling shots of the Quayside, Tynemouth and a dizzying aerial view of St James's Park . . . see it for yourself at www.goalthemovie.com.

A spokesman for regional funding group Northern Film & Media said: "We gave Goal! a lot of location advice and support and helped them find crew and facilities.

"We're delighted to hear that the film is to get a North East premiere and we're sure it will be a great night. It's great to see the North East showcased in cinemas across the world yet again."

There is a major Hollywood blockbuster, with football as its theme, in the making. Actually not one, but three blockbusters.

It’s titled Goal!, an epic trilogy that tells the story of a ragged kid from a poor corner of the world making it to the top of the heap in the world’s biggest game, a Rocky tale without the gloves but with a round ball at a pair of nimble feet.

Episode one is already in the can and is due to premiere in London in August. Its Australian release will come in September and it will finally hit the US screens early next year.

The brainchild of Mark Jefferies and Matt Barrelle, two football-bent English businessmen, who hit upon the idea of filling a void in a cinema world that has so far left the global football market inexplicably untapped, the film has a budget of over $US100 million and is backed by the Disney-owned distribution giant Buena Vista. It is no small potatoes production.

The story is of a barefoot hispanic kid from Los Angeles’ poor east side who gets spotted and signed by an EPL club and by the end of Episode One he is the hero of an unlikely championship triumph in the world’s highest profile league (with all the human twists and turns, the exploitation, the greed, the chicanery, the women, the romance and the rest of what such an adventure entails).

Naturally, in Episode Two of this leather-scented answer to Lord of the Rings, the kid is carried to his next height, a contract with Real Madrid where he strikes mateships with Raul, Beckham and Zidane (all of whom make appearances in the film). There, need I say it, he triumphs again as a conqueror, leading the Galacticos back into the elusive stratosphere of European kingship. Florentino Perez will be impressed by the thought.

But Episode Three is the coup de gras. There the boy discovers his roots and, as an Argentine by parentage, he embarks on a mission to conquer football’s ultimate peak, the World Cup, in the name of his black and sky-blue genes.

It is here that the human story of the Goal! trilogy rightly hits its peak.

Jeffries and Barrelle have concocted a lead character who, travelling swiftly from rags to riches, is battered and bruised by the monster that is football at its elite club level: greed, ambition, vanity, ego, opportunism, and exploitation.

In the last episode of the trilogy the boy rediscovers the reasons for his football being and the things that made him so in the first place: the pleasure of playing and of winning, not for the money, but for the honour of it.

Called up by Argentina, a country and not a finance-driven club, he is inspired to play again for a cause other than money and fame. National teams, after all, do not sign players according to their marketability and price and the players rarely have a choice in the flag under which they will play.

National team football, as the film implies, is perhaps the only source of honour left in the game. It is only there that player loyalty is chosen for them rather than by them, where they cannot switch and switch back from team to team according to contract offers, and where loyalty and adherence to the emblem is governed by the call-up and the cause, not self-interest and salary.
It is this message that governs the climax of the Goal! trilogy. The central character, through the three films, is taken on a long and tempestuous journey of temptation and fallibility, only to reach an end to the cycle that takes him back to the spirit of what made him a footballer in the first place.

The film stars Kuno Becker, a handsome young superstar of Mexican cinema. It is directed by Danny Cannon, an Englishman responsible for TV’s immensely successful CSI detective series. A congenital football fan, Cannon was recruited for his instinctive understanding of the subject.

Having seen the trailers, I can only attest that it will be quality, explosive cinema.

There has never been, before this, a try by the big studios of Hollywood to take on the considerable challenge of exploiting a market that is global but essentially foreign to the lucrative bazaar of American theatre-goers.

Honours must already go to Jeffries and Barrelle for trying.

In the meantime we football fans hold our breaths that the trilogy will be a success. There is no doubt that the game, for its international status, deserves it.

The marketing strategy of the project is geared towards a conquest of the world first before it is launched on the insular, unsuspecting, though massive, American market. The strategy is smart pre-supposing that, once the world is conquered, America will be tempted to fall into line. And it might.

If it does, a bold, expensive and ambitious cinema venture might just become a significant vehicle in truly globalising football.

For more on the Goal! trilogy, there is a website: www.goalthemovie.com.

The Walt Disney Co. has picked up Danny Cannon's soccer movie "Goal!" for release in North America reports Variety. The project, currently in post production, is the first part of a $100 million trilogy about the turbulent rise of a young hispanic soccer star, played by Kuno Becker.

The world premiere is set for mid-September in the UK. The US release date has not yet been fixed, but is expected to follow early in 2006. By that time, Cannon is scheduled to have finished shooting the second movie, which is due to start principal photography this October in Spain.

In the first installment, the hero travels from his home in Los Angeles to play for English team Newcastle United. In the second, he gets transferred to the giant Spanish club Real Madrid, perhaps the most famous and successful team in the world.

In the last film, slated to shoot next summer, he will play for his national team (the identity of which is yet to be revealed) in the 2006 World Cup finals, which take place in Germany.

Filma la trilogía Goal!' con Beckham

El actor mexicano Kuno Becker será quien finalmente protagonice la trilogía fílmica 'Goal!', donde participará el futbolista David Beckham.

Después de haberse rechazado nombres como Diego Luna o Gael García Bernal para protagonizar la trilogía fílmica Goal!, finalmente será el actor Kuno Becker, quien debuto en el séptimo arte en la película mexicana La Hija del Caníbal a lado de Cecilia Roth, quien protagonice la trilogía que realiza el inglés Danny Cannon (Todavía Se lo que Hicieron el Verano Pasado).

Kuno Becker tendrá la oportunidad de compartir créditos con verdaderas estrellas del balompié internacional como David Beckham y Zinedine Zidane en la cinta que narra la historia de un joven hispano de Los Angeles cuyo sueño en la vida es el de ser una estrella del fútbol. Su sueño logra cristalizarlo al formar parte del Newcastle United.

En la segunda parte Santiago Munez (Kuno Becker) evoluciona en la liga europea pasando a formar parte del Real Madrid en España, mientras que en la última parte, que coincidirá con la celebración de la Copa del Mundo en Alemania el próximo 2006, el protagonista de Goal! defenderá los colores de la selección de su país de origen.

La trilogía está realizada en asociación con la FIFA y será producida y distribuida por la casa productora del actor australiano Mel Gibson.

Las gradas de Saint James’ Park, el coqueto feudo del Newcastle, aún rugían tras la agónica victoria sobre el Liverpool cuando un intruso, vestido con la elástica de los ‘magpies’, aprovechó la triunfal coyuntura para llevarse los últimos siemprevivas camino de los vestuarios. “¿Quién es ese tipo?”, preguntaban recelosos los ‘supporters’ de la escuadra blanquinegra.

La respuesta a su pregunta es Santiago, un talentoso delantero de origen hispano que ficha por el conjunto del norte de Inglaterra en la película ‘Goal’, una producción norteamericana cuyo rodaje se ultima estos días en las Islas y que llegará a las pantallas españolas en octubre.

El mexicano Kuno Becker es el actor encargado de dar vida al personaje central de este film, con el que se inicia una trilogía que tendrá al deporte rey como gran protagonista. “Soy hincha de los Pumas. De pequeño me gustaba Hugo Sánchez, pero mi ídolo es Ronaldo. También me gustan mucho Ronaldinho y Raúl”, explicaba la nueva estrella de los ‘toons’, quien durante las dos semanas que lleva trabajando en suelo sajón ha disfrutado de los consejos de Alan Shearer, el capitán del Newcastle.

El nuevo rol de Becker, cuyo apellido le viene por su abuelo paterno, alemán de nacimiento, le ha costado algún que otro disgusto. “A las dos semanas de trabajo me lesioné los tobillos. El masajista del club me dijo que no me dedique a esto, aunque cuando termine la película me encantaría fichar por el Newcastle”, comenta con una sonrisa burlona el actor mexicano, que anteriormente trabajó con Antonio Banderas en ‘Imagining Argentina’ y también participó en ‘La hija del Caníbal’.

La extrema pulcritud con la que los clubes ingleses miman el césped de sus santuarios ha sido el mayor inconveniente con el que se ha topado el equipo dirigido por Danny Cannon, a la sazón productor y guionista de la popular serie de televisión ‘CSI’, en sus tres versiones.

“Cada vez que entramos al estadio a rodar los empleados del club nos entregan a todos una hoja explicativa de las normas a seguir dentro del campo, pues no les gusta nada que pisemos el césped y, si lo hacemos, tiene que ser sólo un momento”.

Movie-makers are heading back to the North to resume shooting for the football blockbuster Goal!

The film's bosses have netted a whole new cast, crew and script for the movie, now featuring British actors Sean Pertwee and Anna Friel.

It was in 2003 that we revealed Goal! was to be filmed on Tyneside with Newcastle United taking centre stage.

The film is the first in a trilogy following the fortunes of a young hispanic footballer as he comes to England from the US to join the Magpies before moving on to Spain's Real Madrid.

Soon after the cameras began rolling last year, however, director Michael Winterbottom left due to what were said to be creative differences.

Undeterred, producer Mike Jefferies went back to the drawing board and has spent the last six months assembling a new cast and crew.

He also commissioned a new screenplay, penned by North writing team Dick Clement and Ian Le Frenais, famous for hit TV series including Porridge, The Likely Lads and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.

Original lead Diego Luna was layed off the project, and has been replaced by rising Mexican star Kuno Becker. Filming got under way again at Pinewood Studios in London yesterday, with Danny Cannon now directing.

London-born Cannon's previous credits include TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and films such as Judge Dredd and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.

Mike Jefferies, founder of production giant Milkshake Films, returns to Newcastle this month for three weeks of filming.

He said: "I can't tell you how exciting it is. There were some pretty dark moments last May, June and July when we put everything on hold and were looking for a new director, but we maintained the support of Newcastle United and our partners like FIFA, and we all had a vision from day one.

"Having a hiccough, no matter how amplified that was, wasn't going to deter us.

"Ian Le Frenais and Dick Clement have taken my original script and rewritten it and have done an amazing job.

"What we have now is something very special indeed and Buena Vista International have bought the distributing rights. They only buy two films a year so they know Goal! is going to be something else too.

The rest of the cast includes the cream of British acting as well as several internationally acclaimed stars, including Stephen Dillane, Allessandro Niivola, Anna Friel, Marcel Iures, Sean Pertwee, Cassandra Bell, and Kieran O'Brien. Also slated to appear are Newcastle United chairman Freddy Shepherd and captain Alan Shearer. As we revealed in November, three of the biggest soccer stars in the world - David Beckham, Zinedine Zidane and Raul - will also make cameo appearances as themselves.Jefferies continued:

"Newcastle United have been fantastically accommodating, as have the wonderful Geordie people.

"They all understand that the worldwide release of Goal! will help put the club on the map like never before."

"I'd especially like to thank Freddy Shepherd, Graeme Souness and Alan Shearer who have earned my undying thanks forever. He added: "I can't wait to be sitting with them in the front row at the World Premiere of GOAL! later in the year."

Thanks to Magpies

Goal! producer Mike Jefferies says he has Magpies bosses Freddy Shepherd and Graeme Souness to thank for helping get the movie up and running again.

"Without Graeme we could not make this movie," he said. "I can't emphasis how touched I've been by Graeme, Freddy, Alan Shearer and the entire team.

"We took Kuno to Newcastle early in the season and the club devised a training programme for him, put him in the gym and had him training with the first team. I must stress we didn't work with the club approaching match days.

"I must stress that we didn't work with the club in the days approaching match days - we're all big fans of Newcastle United and follow every game, so do not want to interrupt their training programmes in any way.

"Graeme really took Kuno under his wing. He said all he needs to do is play for hours and hours or have one-on-one kickabouts. Kuno had a kickabout with Graeme and has a deep sense of affection for him now.

"Everyone at the club has gone above and beyond for us. Goal! and Newcastle United is a marriage made in heaven."

Tres de los principales jugadores del Real Madrid, David Beckham, Raúl y Zinedine Zidane, se subieron el pasado lunes al plató de 'Goal!' (¡Gol!) para descubrir un territorio inexplorado para ellos. Los tres futbolistas aceptaron sendos papeles en Goal!, la primera película de una trilogía basada en la vida de un joven jugador de origen latino que recala en la 'Premier League' inglesa; después pasa a disputar la Liga de Campeones de la UEFA con el Real Madrid; y, finalmente, en la tercera entrega, juega con su Argentina natal en la Copa Mundial de la FIFA.

Las tres figuras del fútbol estuvieron filmando varias escenas bajo la dirección de Danny Cannon, uno de los grandes autores de Hollywood, cuya serie "C.S.I." fue designada recientemente "serie de TV con más éxito de todos los tiempos".

Tras llegar en avión ese mismo día, los jugadores vieron cómo se les unía en el plató el seleccionador de Inglaterra, Sven-Goran Eriksson, quien también había aceptado un pequeño papel en esta producción de 35 millones de dólares. El sueco, pese a sufrir un principio de gripe, no quiso perderse esta oportunidad, y declaró: "Es un proyecto realmente emocionante, y realmente he disfrutado formando parte de él. El fútbol ofrece una oportunidad a muchos jóvenes jugadores con talento de todo el mundo, y Goal! cuenta una historia auténtica con emoción y estilo".

La primera parte de la trilogía cuenta la historia del joven futbolista de origen latino Santiago Munez (a quien da vida el ídolo mexicano en ciernes Kuno Becker), que consigue la oportunidad de irrumpir en la Premier League, en el Newcastle United. Basada en un clásico guión de "hombre que alcanza fortuna al empezar desde abajo", obra del afamado dúo hollywoodiense formado por Ian Le Frenais y Dick Clement, la cinta no es para nada una "película futbolística", aun cuando muestra gran cantidad de escenas con emocionantes jugadas sacadas de partidos de la liga inglesa

"Goal! cuenta una historia de amor, y es un drama de acción vibrante al mismo tiempo", señaló el productor Mike Jefferies, en cuya obra original se basa el guión de la trilogía. "Nuestro objetivo era crear un filme conmovedor que atrajera primordialmente al público joven de todo el planeta, y que tuviera al fútbol, el deporte preferido en todo el mundo, como telón de fondo. Con más de 1,250 millones de personas involucradas activamente en el fútbol por el mundo, hace tiempo que debía haberse hecho una película como Goal!", agregó.

"David es muy natural", afirmó el productor Matt Barrelle tras el rodaje. "Tiene un atractivo contagioso y una poderosa presencia en escena. Nos han impresionado igualmente las actuaciones de Zidane y Raúl, que se comportaron como unos profesionales veteranos ante la cámara. El diálogo de Raúl con Santiago (Kuno Becker) fue al tiempo entretenido y muy divertido. Los tres futbolistas encajan perfectamente en la puesta en escena". 

El lunes fue también el último día de siete semanas de rodaje en el Reino Unido. Goal! se ha trasladado ahora a Los Ángeles, donde se filmarán las tres semanas restantes. "Estamos dentro del horario, del presupuesto y de los niveles de entusiasmo previstos", afirmó el coproductor Danny Stepper. "¡El interés que está suscitando mundialmente la película es sencillamente pasmoso!"

Buena Vista International (BVI) ha adquirido los derechos de su distribución mundial, lo que garantiza una óptima penetración en el mercado. Para Estados Unidos se han alcanzado acuerdos de distribución aparte. El estreno en Europa de la primera parte de la trilogía está previsto para agosto/septiembre de 2005. Le seguirá Goal! 2, en mayo de 2006, quedando Goal! 3 para el verano de 2007.

Londres, Ing. (Agencias).-Los galácticos del Real Madrid, Raúl, David Beckham y Zinedine Zidane han saltado de la cancha a la pantalla grande donde ya preparan su primer filme, “Goal”.

Los jugadores del equipo español se presentaron en Londres para conocer el lugar donde se rodará la película que abordará las andanzas de un joven en sus inicios en el balompié.

El aficionado, un adolescente humilde de Los Ángeles, sueña con fichar algún día por uno de los grandes clubes de futbol del mundo.

Según ha trascendido en los medios, la cinta que dirige Danny Cannon y que produce Milkshake Films con el respaldo de Mel Gibson Icon Productions, y protagonizada por el mexicano Kuno Becker.

“Goal” es una trilogía del futbol que costará 100 millones de dólares. La primera parte termina con la inclusión de Santiago al Newcastle, la segunda narra su aventura por el Real Madrid y la tercera pone a Santiago en el Mundial de Alemania 2006.

Screen Daily reports that Kuno Becker (Imagining Argentina) has replaced Diego Luna as the lead actor in soccer drama Goal!, which started shooting in London on January 29. After Diego was layed off the production.

Buena Vista International have picked up International rights to the film, while Latino targeted film label Arenas Entertainment has U.S. rights.

Mexican actor Becker stars in the rags to riches story of a young Latino player who journies from the ghetto of East LA to the glamour of the English Premier league to try and win a contract with Newcastle United.

Danny Cannon is directing the $30 million project, which will also be filmed at Pinewood Studios and on location in Newcastle and Los Angeles. The rest of the cast includes Stephen Dillane, Allessandro Nivola, Anna Friel, Marcel Lures, Sean Pertwee, Cassandra Bell, and Kieran O'Brien.

A historical epic, entitled “Nomad”, made by the “Kazakhfilm” studio, was premiered on Wednesday in the capital of Astana.

The premier was attended by president Nursultan Nazarbayev and American actors, starring in the movie – Mark Dacascos, Jason Scott Li and rising star of American cinema Kuno Becker, who played the leading role. “Nomad” is the history of the confrontation between Kazakhs and Jungars. The film tells a story about the life of great Abylai Khan, who united the Kazakh people in the face of the danger. It took 35 million US dollars and three years to shoot the movie, the most expensive in the history of Kazakhstani cinema. Kazakhstani specialists were joined at the shooting area with professionals – costumers, who selected stage props and dressed Harry Potter, pyrotechnists, who worked on Pearl Harbor and cameraman Ulrich Schtiger, who shot Independence Day and Godzilla.

Rustam Ibragimbekov, scriptwriter and producer: - The president wishes that this movie walks far across the screens of the world, telling of Kazakh history to foreign viewers. But first of all, the film should be appreciated here, in Kazakhstan.

Right after the premier the president gave his evaluation of the movie. The head of state noted that the joint work of Kazakhstani and American specialists is a useful experience, which certainly will be useful in the future, during the shooting of other pictures of such scale.

Mark Dacascos, actor: - I, for the first time watched the movie after editing. I liked it much. I played a Jungar – the enemy of Kazakhs – and want to say sorry. Indeed, beyond the movie, I fell in love with your people and culture.

Miramax film studio, which recently signed a contract, intends to invest 20 million US dollars in overseas promotion of the film. The work is under way in the USA over the creation of an English version of the “Nomad”. Foreign cinemagoers will be able to appreciate the Kazakhstani movie this autumn.

Emma Thompson, ganadora de dos premios Oscar, consideró al actor mexicano Kuno Becker como una de las promesas más grandes no sólo del cine mexicano, sino del mundo.

En entrevista la actriz inglesa dijo que Kuno era un "niño divino" a quien le deparaba un futuro "extraordinario".

"Kuno es el niño más divino que he conocido. Fue maravilloso trabajar con él, sobre todo porque es fantástico y tiene un camino extraordinario por recorrer", expresó Thompson en exclusiva.

Christopher Hampton, el director que le dio la oportunidad a Kuno para que trabajara en Hollywood, se mostró feliz porque en "Imagining Argentina" estuvo rodeado de mexicanos: Kuno Becker, quien intervino en "La Hija del Caníbal" y la telenovela "Soñadoras" y el director de fotografía Guillermo Navarro, de "El Espinazo del Diablo".

"A Kuno lo conocí hasta el momento del casting, realizó un trabajo extraordinario para sacar adelante al personaje. Es un gran actor y es verdaderamente talentoso", precisó Hampton.

We should heritage our culture to future generations, Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev believes. On August 27 he declared this during his visit to the Nomad film back lot near Almaty. The President reminded that in his Address to the People of Kazakhstan he stressed the country started paying attention to national and multinational culture revival based on economic growth owing to reforms realized.

The President called the Nomad film one of the bright examples the state paid attention to culture. The picture was started taken in one of the sets. The President appreciated the fact that famous screenwriter and director Rustam Ibragimbekov worked at the film. The best world masters, actors and specialists from 15 countries were attracted. Over half of the budget funds allocated have been already used. The project is also financed by sponsors.

Nursultan Nazarbayev hopes that the next autumn we can see the film. He thinks the picture will show the Kazakh history, tell the world about Kazakhstan, “how our ancestors fought and won to give us these treasures”. “We should reconstruct all cultural monuments”, the President said.

Scriptwriter, famous scenarist (White Sun of the Desert, Wearied with Sun, Siberian Barber, East West and others), Honored Artist of Russia and Azerbaijan, writer Rustam Ibragimbekob noted the esteem towards history in Kazakhstan.

The film is estimated at $24 million (3.5 billion KZT). The camerawork to be started on September 1, 2003.

Executive producer is Milos Forman. He was awarded Oscar prize twice. Directors are Ivan Passer and Talgat Temenov.

Cameramen are Aubakir Suleyev and Ulrich Steiger (Godzilla, Patriot, Independence Day, Black Knight).

Art Director is Kreka Kliakovich (Rasputin, Courage).

Costume Designers are Michael O’Konnor (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets) and Marit Allen (Scarlett).

Special Effect Coordinator is Ive DeBono (Pearl Harbor, Patriot, Sea Bear, Spy).

Property Coordinator is Mickey Wolfson (Gladiator, Saving Private Ryan).

Decorative Artist is Franco Fumagalli (English Patient, Godfather, King David).

Famous American film actor Jason Scott Lee will play Oraz.

Mark Dacascos, young Hollywood stars Kuno Becker and Jay Hernandez were also invited to the film.

Main women’s role was given to young Kazakh actress Ayanat Esmagambetova. Well-known Kazakhstani actors Doskhan Zholzhaksynov, Tungushbai Zhamankulov, Zhanas iskakov, Kuman Tastanbekov and Ashir Chokubayev and others play the leading roles.