United Passions (2014) on Netflix
England's federation rejects a place in a world governing body, so Robert Guérin forms FIFA and becomes its president. Jules Rimet, a later president, wants a tournament that makes it known.
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Plot summary
In 1905 the English federation declines to help set up an international body to run the game, and Robert Guérin forms FIFA, making himself its first president. For years afterward the organization is all but unknown. Jules Rimet, by then its president, publicly mocks Uruguay's victory at the 1924 Olympic football tournament, hoping the audacity will make FIFA visible, but the media prints nothing. He concludes that only a genuinely international tournament will bring the attention he wants, and sets out to organize a World Cup. The funds are not there, and he is on the point of giving up when a letter arrives from Enrique Buero, whose South American ties will pay for the first tournament; Buero hopes it makes Uruguay and its neighbors better known.
Cast
- Benedict Freitagas Vize
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about United Passions (2014)
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- United Passions opened on 5 June 2015 in 10 US cinemas and took just $918 across its three-day opening weekend, the worst opening of all time for a film released in 10 to 15 theaters in US box-office history.
- The FilmBar theater in Downtown Phoenix reported a total gross of $9 for United Passions, meaning only one person bought a ticket, and distributor Screen Media Films pulled the film from cinemas after that opening weekend.
- Tim Roth, who has never seen the film, apologized for not questioning the director or the script, and admitted he took the part for the money, saying it helped him out of a "financial hole".
- Jason Barry, who plays an investigative reporter in the film, said some of his dialogue was cut because Blatter did not like the tone of the way he was asking his questions.
- United Passions ended up as the lowest-grossing film of all time in North America, taking less than the previous record holder, I Kissed a Vampire, which made $1,380 in 2012.
- United Passions received the Barry L. Bumstead Award at the 36th Golden Raspberry Awards, a special category for critical and financial failures that were not given an eligible release.
