Take the Ball, Pass the Ball

"The Making of the Greatest Team in the World"

2018 1h 47m EN

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7.9

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★7.9TMDB · 98

Documentary

Synopsis

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Take the Ball, Pass the Ball is the definitive story of the greatest football team ever assembled. For four explosive years, Pep Guardiola's Barça produced the greatest football in history, seducing fans around the world. In this exclusive, first-hand account of events between 2008 and 2012, the players themselves reveal the tension of the bitter Guardiola-Mourinho rivalry, the emotion of Abidal's fight back from cancer to lift the European Cup and how Messi, the best footballer the world's ever seen, was almost rejected by Barça as a 13-year-old.

“The Making of the Greatest Team in the World”

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Cast

Pep Guardiola
Self
Lionel Messi
Self
Xavi
Self
Andrés Iniesta
Self
Gerard Piqué
Self
Sergio Busquets
Self
Carles Puyol
Self
Thierry Henry
Self

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Duncan McMath
Writers: Graham Hunter
Languages: Sanskrit, English, Spanish
Countries: Spain

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Sanskrit, English, Spanish.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Victor M. Gros shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Pep Guardiola and Lionel Messi and Xavi carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The Making of the Greatest Team in the World".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt9135854 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Duncan McMath directs. Victor M. Gros cuts. Produced in Spain. Dialogue in Sanskrit, English, Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $0.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Released 8 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Sanskrit, English, Spanish.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Editor Victor M. Gros shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Pep Guardiola and Lionel Messi and Xavi carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The Making of the Greatest Team in the World".
8IMDB entry: tt9135854 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 98 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.