Sing Street
Sing Street is a 2016 musical coming-of-age comedy drama film written and directed by John Carney from a story by Carney and Simon Carmody. Starring Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Aidan Gillen, Jack Reynor and Kelly Thornton, the story revolves around a boy starting a band to impress a girl in 1980s Ireland. It is an international co-production among producers from Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 24 January 2016. It was released in Ireland on 17 March 2016, in the United States on 15 April and in the United Kingdom on 20 May. The film received positive reviews from critics, grossed $13 million worldwide on a $4 million budget, and was nominated for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the 74th Golden Globe Awards.
Do you see that guitar? I used to be able to play that guitar... well. I used to ride hot girls. I could run 200 meters faster than anybody in my school. You're the youngest. You get to follow the path that I macheted through the jungle that is our mad family. I was alone with them for six years. You think they're crazy now? Think about what they were like when they were in their late 20s. Two Catholics in a rented flat with a screaming baby, who just got married because they wanted to have sex. They didn't even love each other. I was in the middle of that, alone. And then you came along. Thank God! And you followed... the path that I cut for us. Untouched. You just moved in my jet stream. And people laugh at me, Conor. The stoner, the college dropout. And they praise you, which is fine! But once... I was a fucking jet engine!
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Okay, well, it's just kind of like '50s dancing, and... Like what? It's... like dancing from the '50s, you know, clicking fingers and... Can we try some now, actually? Just... Yeah. Yeah. That's it. Yeah. Yeah, maybe do a few twirls and stuff. Just do what's natural. Make it as natural as possible. Let's get some playback.
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# And I'm back in the dream # # Think I'm back on the ceiling # # Goin' up # # She lights me up # # She breaks me up # # She lifts me # # Up # # Goin' up # # She lights me up... # - Raphina? - No, sorry. - Hey, wait. - What? Raphina. - Who? - Raphina. Oh, no, I'm Raphina's younger sister. Sorry.
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