TY - ADVS AU - Carney,John AU - Niland,Martina AU - Hansard,Glen AU - Irglová,Markéta AU - Fleming,Tim AU - Mullen,Paul AU - Flanagan,Robert AU - Conboy,Tamara ED - Fox Searchlight Pictures, ED - Summit Entertainment, ED - Samson Films, ED - Bord Scannán na hÉireann, ED - Raidió Teilifís Éireann, ED - Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., TI - Once SN - 9786311631409 PY - 2007/// CY - Los Angeles, CA PB - Fox Searchlight Pictures, Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. KW - Singers KW - Ireland KW - Dublin KW - Drama KW - Pianists KW - Czechoslovakia KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Demo recordings KW - Dublin (Ireland) KW - Feature films KW - lcgft KW - Musical films KW - Films for the hearing impaired N1 - Originally produced as an Irish motion picture in 2007; Special features: Commentary with writer/director John Carney and actors/musicians Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová; Musical commentary with writer/director John Carney and actor/musicians Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová; Making a modern day musical [featurette] (13 min.); More guy, more girl [featurette] (10 min.); webisode "Broken hearted Hoover fixer sucker guy" [animated featurette] (1 min.); free music download "Falling slowly" from the motion picture [requires a DVD-ROM drive and Window 98 or higher]; Trailers (6 min.); Robbed -- 'Say It to Me Now'/Main titles -- 'All the Way Down' -- Hoover -- 'Falling Slowly' -- 'Broken-hearted' -- What? -- My home -- Romantic streak -- 'If You Want Me' -- 'Lies' -- Hard bargain -- 'Gold' -- Uncertain future -- 'Trying to Pull Myself Away' -- 'When Your Mind's Made Up' -- 'Fallen From the Sky' -- 'Hill' -- Car test -- Proposition -- "Brilliant!" -- Part of me -- Eyes that know me -- 'Once'/End titles; For private home viewing only; Director of photography, Tim Fleming ; editor, Paul Mullen ; sound mixer, Robert Flanagan ; production designer, Tamara Conboy; Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová; MPAA rating: Rated R for language N2 - A nameless busker, singing his heart out on the streets of Dublin meets a nameless young woman who speaks English with an accent, a street vendor. His girlfriend has left him, so he works in his father's vacuum repair shop and writes songs for her. She cleans houses, and plays the demo piano in a shop at lunchtime. The singer comes to hear her, and is so impressed that he immediately asks if she wants to collaborate -- right then -- on one of his tunes. They slowly piece the song together, and magic begins. This is a love story about a creative partnership, and the deeper longing for communication that underlies any worthwhile artistic effort ER -