BECKS THE MOVIE; England skipper has starring role in film about Real Madrid.Byline: By Caroline Hedley DAVID Beckham  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. is to star in a movie unveiled yesterday at the
Cannes Film FestivalThe docudrama is based on Real Madrid and features
footage of Becks and his team-mates intercut with a fictional storyline.
Zinedine Zidane “Zidane” redirects here. For other uses, see Zidane (disambiguation). Zinedine Yazid Zidane (IPA: [ˌzineˈdin jaziːd ziˈdan]; born 23 June 1972), popularly nicknamed Zizou , Ronaldo, Raul and the other stars of the team will feature in Real: The Movie. But the makers have chosen to focus on Beckham, hoping his global appeal will make the movie a hit in the US, Far East and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Real have spent two years working secretly on the project, which has Beckham's pounds 25million transfer from Manchester United as one of its main themes. The fictional storylines focus on five Real fans in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Venezuela, Japan, Madrid and a village in Senegal. The Japanese storyline features a schoolgirl so devoted to Beckham she cuts her hair like him and becomes obsessed with meeting him at an exhibition match. Most of the footballing scenes were filmed during Real's Asian tour last year The movie was launched at Cannes yesterday with a massive poster of Beckham, who recently celebrated his 30th birthday. He is also the main focus of a trailer to promote the film. A spokesman for the makers said:'The film captures a team with one of the most spectacular line-ups in the world. 'Real Madrid is one of the biggest brands in the world, not just in the arena of sports. 'We expect the film will be a big draw, especially in football countries in Latin America, Europe, Asia and, increasingly, the US.' The movie will be Beckham's second film role. He is to appear in Goal! about a kid from LA who signs for Newcastle United. But his role in that is only a three-line cameo appearance |
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