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Audio Format: DD 5.1, DD 2.0 Video Format: Widescreen 1.85:1 Languages: English Subtitles: English, Chinese (T) Region Code: ALL Year Made: 2005 Running Time: 91
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"Real, the Movie" is an ambitious hybrid that's part feature, part docudocu and part love letter to perhaps the greatest soccer club in the world. But the fact that ultimately it's a superb global marketing exercise to consolidate the Real brand worldwide has damaged it in other departments: As a feature, it lacks personality; as a docu, it's superficial; and as a love letter, it's passionless. None of these flaws will be of the slightest interest for David Beckham fans worldwide, who will duly fork over their cash for a project that's been tailored for universal appeal.
 Whether the pic can penetrate the non-soccer market is another matter. The first full-length film to be produced by a soccer club, "Real" has been sharply assembled and edited, comprising five shorts, interspersed with plenty of on-field and behind-the-scenes footage. The first short, which is presented as short scenes through pic, takes a mild-mannered Madrid schoolteacher, Tomas (Javier Albala), who can't understand why Real Madrid arouses such strong passions and decides to find out.
In Japan, where the second short plays out, Koji (Keiichirou Sasaki) is made insanely jealous by g.f. Sayaka's (Ari Ohta) worship of Beckham, and decides to take radical action in response.
The third, and weakest of the yarns, has a woman soccer player in New York, Megan (Jessica Bohl), breaking a leg and being inspired by the heroics of Real player Ronaldo to begin her recovery.
The last two pieces are the strongest, because they actually have something to say. The former tells the story of Maxi (Guillermo Herrera) and grandfather Paul (Manuel Escolano), unearthing a fascinating footnote to Real history involving the 1960s kidnapping of star Alfredo di Stefano. Finale, also based on truth, is set among the scenic splendors of Senegal, where Ansou (Maguette Coly) walks for two days every week to get to a TV where he can watch the team in action.
Split-screen techniques are liberally used to suggest the interconnectedness of everything and reinforce the notion of Real Madrid as a global brand. Action footage is thrilling for soccer fans, and no expense has been spared to convey the excitement, with dozens of camera angles bringing alive the thrill of the goals, the accuracy of the passes, the pain of the fouls.
The behind-the-scenes footage, largely shot on tour, is fans-only fare, and allows little of the characters of the players to come through. Beckham doesn't speak, but other stars -- Ronaldo, Raul, Zidane -- do. But the star of the show is probably Real's passionate, eloquent Brazilian trainer Vanderlei Luxemburgo.
The final, overlong sequence, featuring a rousing, old-style score from Rafa Arnau that makes "Chariots of Fire" sound stripped-back, consists of a showdown with their old rivals Barcelona.
Special Features:
- Limited Edition Plus Real Puzzle
- Limted To 2,000pcs
- Interview of Parthers
- International TV Commercial
- Spain TV Commercial
- Real Madrid Music Video Clip (Jose Merce)
- Hong Kong Trailer
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