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Once

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Once	label	Once
Once	page	Once
Once	comment	Once is a low-budget Irish movie about two musicians (Glen Hansard of The Frames and collaborator Markéta Irglová) who meet by chance and develop a relationship while writing and recording songs together. The film was made for €130,000 ($160,000 USD) and received significant critical acclaim for both its understated romance and for its music (no surprise, since Hansard and Irglová are professional musicians, not actors). The song "Falling Slowly" won the Academy Award for Best Song.It almost missed its Oscar because parts of the soundtrack, including the winning song, were released on other albums by the same artists prior to the film being released. It was decided to give them their nomination (and inevitable award) anyway since though it technically broke the rules, the film had been in the can over two years by the time it was released, and Oscar glory had been completely outside their expectations. But let it be understood on no uncertain terms, this was far and away the favorite song of the year.At 19, Irglová is the youngest person ever to win the Best Song Oscar.Before, during and after the release of the movie Hansard and Irglova have performed as The Swell Season and have released two albums under that name, 2006's The Swell Season (containing many of the songs in Once recorded during the long time it took to get the film made) and 2009's Strict Joy (featuring songs about the end of Hansard and Irglova's real romantic relationship). Both were extremely critically acclaimed upon release.The film was adapted into a stage musical in early 2012, and holds the distinction of being the first musical ever to have a Broadway run scheduled before it had even opened Off-Broadway. The show opened on March 18 to fantastic reviews, with most critics praising it for keeping to the spirit of the film while making the proper changes to make it work on-stage. It won eight Tony Awards out of eleven nominations, including Best Actor In A Leading Role (Steve Kazee), Best Book, and Best Musical. A US Touring production was announced and the show opened in Dublin, and later, the West End in 2013.
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Once / int_127fc252	type	Creator Cameo
Once / int_127fc252	comment	Creator Cameo: Writer/Director John Carney can be seen briefly in the apartment house when Guy and Girl walk upstairs to her apartment.
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Once / int_16e41bfb	type	Diegetic Musical
Once / int_16e41bfb	comment	Diegetic Musical: The plot centers around two musicians performing songs for each other and eventually recording an album together.
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Once / int_1ba17583	type	The Ghost
Once / int_1ba17583	comment	The Ghost: The Girl's husband never appears, though he is the topic of some discussion.
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Once / int_23473ae7	type	Adaptation Expansion
Once / int_23473ae7	comment	Adaptation Expansion: There are some new characters added and others have their roles expanded. For instance, the banker from the film who approves the loan due to his own love of music plays cello for the group's band.
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Once / int_28a5213a	type	Small Name, Big Ego
Once / int_28a5213a	comment	The enraptured reactions of audience characters to the Guy's music can also be a little hard to take seriously. It's not like the stuff won an Oscar or anything. Oh wait.
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Once / int_294ed981	type	Bilingual Bonus
Once / int_294ed981	comment	Bilingual Bonus: That understated romance between Guy and Girl is never really resolved unless you know Czech. If you do, then you can understand what Guy couldn't when Girl answered "No, I love you."
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Once / int_317629db	type	Embarrassing Nickname
Once / int_317629db	comment	Embarrassing Nickname: At the open mic night, the Guy is mortified to play under the name "Hoover Guy" (presumably it was Girl's idea).
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Once / int_360bbf6c	type	Teasing from Behind the Language Barrier
Once / int_360bbf6c	comment	Teasing from Behind the Language Barrier: When the Guy asks the Girl whether she still loves her husband, she replies in Czech: "I love you", but coyly refuses to translate it.
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Once / int_38da8916	type	Uncommon Time
Once / int_38da8916	comment	Uncommon Time: "Gold" is primarily in 6/8 and 4/4, but throws in some other half-measures for the heck of it. It also has a habit of taking the 4/4 bars as 3+3+2/8, making it sound like 6/8 - 6/8 - 2/4. Next to that, "When Your Mind's Made Up" being in 5/4 looks positively straightforward.
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Once / int_3a9eb947	type	SpiritualSequel
Once / int_3a9eb947	comment	Spiritual Sequel: in The Commitments, Glen Hansard plays Outspan and finishes the film busking on the streets of Dublin. Cut forward twenty years and Glen Hansard stars in film which opens with his character... busking on the streets of Dublin. Bonus points due the fact that his character in Once isn't named.
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Once / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
Once / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Because the Guy Did Not Get the Girl.
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Once / int_46290b93	type	Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Once / int_46290b93	comment	Manic Pixie Dream Girl: The Girl, probably because it would be tough to make the painfully shy characterization from the film work well on stage.
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Once / int_5313c266	type	Bookends
Once / int_5313c266	comment	Book Ends: "Falling Slowly" is the first complete number of the show, and also the last. (It is preceded by "Leave," but the Guy falls apart mid-performance and isn't able to continue.)
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Once / int_66805a18	type	Race for Your Love
Once / int_66805a18	comment	Race for Your Love: Guy searches for Girl before he leaves for his flight to say his goodbyes, but ultimately cannot find her. Instead, he sends her a piano, which is what she has always wanted.
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Once / int_6c7136b7	type	Tactful Translation
Once / int_6c7136b7	comment	Tactful Translation: Babushka tells a long, fanciful story about a man who dreamed and feared and shat in his bed. Her daughter merely translates this as, "Good luck."
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Once / int_83b44e80	type	Straight Gay
Once / int_83b44e80	comment	Straight Gay: The banker off-handedly reveals that he's "more of a penis person" in response to Billy's enthusiastic retelling of his note first ever sexual experience (with Réza) the night before. Billy doesn't get it, at first.
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Once / int_85557b38	type	Reality Is Unrealistic
Once / int_85557b38	comment	Reality Is Unrealistic: Of the mistaking-fiction-for-reality variety. Because the 2 stars are 1) not professional actors, 2) are music performers/composers (like their characters), 3) composed all the songs (again, like the characters), and 4) are playing characters with No Name Given, many people thought this was some kind of documentary about what actually happened to Hansard and Irglova.note There eventually would be a documentary about Hansard and Irglová and their post-Once lives, 2011's The Swell Season. The enraptured reactions of audience characters to the Guy's music can also be a little hard to take seriously. It's not like the stuff won an Oscar or anything. Oh wait.
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Once / int_85ca9dab	type	Second Love
Once / int_85ca9dab	comment	Second Love: When the Guy and the Girl meet, he's still in anguish over his longtime girlfriend who cheated on and dumped him; she's conflicted over having left her husband. Subverted at the end. They give each other the strength to seek closure or a new beginning with their first loves.
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Once / int_8b442f50	type	Did Not Get the Girl
Once / int_8b442f50	comment	Did Not Get the Girl: Contrary to what is expected of quirky romances, Girl remains faithful to her estranged husband (who returns by the end of the film), and Guy leaves on a jet plane to win back his ex-girlfriend.
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Once / int_99244825	type	Screen-to-Stage Adaptation
Once / int_99244825	comment	Screen-to-Stage Adaptation: Winning a bunch of awards, providing the setting to one of Neil Patrick Harris's Tony Award openers, and bringing the original Girl, Cristin Milioti, to the eyes of the How I Met Your Mother casting directors.
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Once / int_a6ed3cd6	type	Scatting
Once / int_a6ed3cd6	comment	Scatting: The first time Guy leads the Girl through "Falling Slowly," he does so by just going "Ba, ba, ba ba..." It becomes quite funny when his voice cracks at the high note. But when he actually sings, the entire song falls into place.
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Once / int_a82ff02f	type	Meet Cute
Once / int_a82ff02f	comment	Meet Cute
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Once / int_ab5677c1	type	Boy Meets Girl
Once / int_ab5677c1	comment	Boy Meets Girl
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Once / int_bac26c8f	type	Serenade Your Lover
Once / int_bac26c8f	comment	Serenade Your Lover: Subverted. When they're alone with a piano, the Girl sings a love song to the Guy... but it's a heartbroken ode to the husband she left, and she can't even bring herself to finish it.
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Once / int_beb932ca	type	Big Applesauce
Once / int_beb932ca	comment	Big Applesauce: The Guy's ex-girlfriend lives in New York, instead of London, as she did in the film. Guy considers flying there to try and win her back. Played for Drama, as this means Guy and Girl's decision to part is more irrevocable.
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Once / int_ca87e3ec	type	No Name Given
Once / int_ca87e3ec	comment	No Name Given: Neither of the two main characters is ever referred to by name, and they're credited as "Guy" and "Girl." Guy's dad, Guy's girlfriend, Girl's husband and Girl's mother are also unnamed. The silent video footage of the girlfriend is actually of writer/director John Carney's real life girlfriend, most of it (the parts that don't feature Hansard) was originally just amateur footage Carney shot of her before he even thought of making Once. At one point she says something to the camera and lip-reading reveals she's saying, "Stop it, Johnny." Carney and Hansard point this out in the DVD audio commentary and joke that you now know the Guy's first name.
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Once / int_d4e9de59	type	Dreadful Musician
Once / int_d4e9de59	comment	Dreadful Musician: The banker. His guitar playing is serviceable, but...
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Once / int_e11b003d	type	Translation Convention
Once / int_e11b003d	comment	Translation Convention: When Czech characters talk privately, they speak English while Czech subtitles are projected above the stage. This later becomes a Chekhov's Gun during the Bilingual Bonus scene mentioned above, where when she says I love you to Guy in Czech, it is subtitled in English.
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Once / int_e4d079c1	type	Greek Chorus
Once / int_e4d079c1	comment	Greek Chorus: actors who aren't currently playing specific characters take on this role in the meantime.
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Once / int_ebb57e1a	type	Duet Bonding
Once / int_ebb57e1a	comment	Duet Bonding: Drives the entire plot. The lead couple discovers they have incredible musical chemistry when they perform together, which awakens some other feelings.
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Once / int_f64a9cf7	type	Earn Your Happy Ending
Once / int_f64a9cf7	comment	Earn Your Happy Ending: Though mileage may vary on how bitter, or how sweet, the ending is, by the time the film is over both Guy and Girl have found strength to move on from past heartbreak and give love a second chance, and Guy's music career is off to a pretty good start.
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Once / int_f9f2c33	type	Running Gag
Once / int_f9f2c33	comment	Running Gag: "I'm always serious. I'm Czech."
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Once / int_ffad4e9f	type	Shown Their Work
Once / int_ffad4e9f	comment	Shown Their Work: The film showcases Glen Hansard's knowledge of the minutiae of busking, such as cover versions earning far more than original songs.
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