Once
(DVD) 

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.).

Director of photography, Tim Fleming ; editor, Paul Mullen ; sound mixer, Robert Flanagan ; production designer, Tamara Conboy.

Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová.

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.

MPAA rating: Rated R for language.

DVD ; Region 1 ; NTSC ; widescreen (aspect ratio: 1.85:1) ; Dolby Digital surround ; dual layer.

In English or dubbed Spanish with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish; closed-captioned.

Academy Awards, 2008: Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song (Hansard and Irglová) ; Sundance Film Festival, 2007: Audience Award - World Cinema - Dramatic (Carney).