Samson Films, 76 Irishtown Rd, 4, IRELAND Tel: +353 1 667 0533 Fax: +353 1 667 0537 www.oncethemovie.com Short Synopsis , Writer/Director (2006) “...a simple, classic story of two artists falling in love.” The Guy works part-time helping his father, who music, they find a common bond that brings Production Notes runs a small, vacuum cleaner repair business, them effortlessly together. ONCE - About the Production but dreams of having his songs recorded and landing a record deal. His girlfriend has recently As the Guy and the Girl get to know each other ONCE is the inspirational tale of two left him and gone to London, and he is still over the course of an intense few days, their coming to grips with that loss and is emotionally relationship blossoms as they share their music, kindred spirits who find each other on vulnerable. put together a band to rehearse songs and the bustling streets of Dublin. One record some demos, all of which results in them is a street musician who lacks the One day while busking on Dublin’s Grafton Street, bringing some much-needed impetus to their confidence to perform his own songs. he meets the Girl, an East European immigrant artistic and personal lives. who has moved to Dublin to start a new life for The other is a young mother trying to herself and currently works as a house cleaner Written and directed by John Carney, Once find her way in a strange new town. in an upper-class residence. She is struggling is produced by Martina Niland and executive As their lives intertwine, they discover financially, and cannot afford the piano she produced by David Collins with music by Glen yearns for, and is also in the process of making Hansard and Marketa Irglova. The director of each other’s talents and push one crucial decisions about her personal life. photography is Tim Fleming, and the production another to realize what each had only designer is Tamara Conboy. Costume design is dreamt about before. ONCE is their In a Dublin that has grown increasingly affluent by Tiziana Corvisieri with casting by Maureen inspiring story. and materialistic during Ireland’s unprecedented Hughes. Once financed by The Irish Film Board economic boom, they are both outsiders, and RTE. Written and directed by John Carney struggling with their art and their hearts. Through (ON THE EDGE, BACHELORS WALK), ONCE is a nod to the classic musicals of the past, while it is also grounded in the bohemian world of struggling young Dubliners that he knew from his days as a young musician. a lot of songs. That was the original starting-point,” he explains. In the early 1990’s, before devoting himself to a film career, Carney As he developed the concept that was a musician playing bass guitar would become ONCE, he sought with Dublin band . He “something that would express itself understands and appreciates the in ten pages of dialogue or script. A power of a song, and how it can two-and-a-half-three-minute piece carry more weight than swathes of music, I always feel, can be as of dialogue. In fact, conversations powerful as a day’s conversation with, about this project started in 2005 at a for example, a young lady. You can Frames’ concert. “As a filmmaker with talk and talk and talk…” a background in music, I wanted to try and make something that relied less However, Carney did not want ONCE on your conventional 90 page script, to be a classic song-and-dance something that was a little bit more musical where scenes ended with the organic, and something that included key characters breaking into verse.

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As he recalls, the fleshing-out of the “I had an Irish actor in mind for the characters became a part of his early leading role of the film, who can sing morning routine. “It originated with as well, but it didn’t work out for him. just me sitting outside, having my And it just gradually occurred to me breakfast, coffee and cigarette every as I was putting [Glen] on tape, asking morning, playing songs and thinking him about his songs, giving him for months and months, how could script pages. He’d go off and write I make a little film that has all these something according to them, or I’d songs in it,” he explains. “I came up write some scenes according to the with the idea of a story of a busker song he gave me. It occurred to me mainly because I wanted to keep the this guy’s the guy to do this role, really. characters in a musical world. I didn’t Because he’ll sell these songs better want them just singing, I wanted them than any actor would as they’re his to be musicians and singers. So it songs.” was more natural that they would like working with non actors because ‘Ah yeah, they tell you that you might sometimes say to each other, ‘Look, Hansard also had some previous they’ll give you their all.” be in a film and then they just don’t I’ve just written you a song and I want acting experience, having played cast you, they take someone else.’ So you to hear it.’ It would be natural for the part of Outspan in Alan Parker’s For Marketa Irglova, then only 17, the I didn’t put too much hope in it, but them to sing. So I came up with the film of the Roddy Doyle novel, THE concept of acting was alien, although the idea was very exciting. Part of the idea of a busker and a pianist, who COMMITMENTS. But while Carney she had been aware of the project and reason I was so excited was because then ended up being an immigrant.” acknowledges that aspect of Glen was enthused by it. “I heard about the Glen’s music would be in it, and I love The music in the film would not work Hansard’s past, he insists that The idea of the film from Glen, because he Glen’s music. So I did the audition, I if it wasn’t incorporated in to who they Frames’ front man had even more to was asked to write music for it,” she played some piano music for John, I were. bring to the role. recalls. “I saw some of John’s films read a bit of script, and that was it.” before and I thought that was very The story is set in Carney’s native “Glen has a little bit of acting cool. The idea of the film sounded At that stage, Carney felt very Dublin, with Frames’ singer Glen experience but, more importantly, he’s nice, and then one night I got a phone comfortable with the people around Hansard as a songwriting guitarist, just a very naturally charismatic guy: call from Glen, asking if I’d like to act in and involved with the film. As well as and Marketa Irglova – a musician he’s very laidback, he doesn’t try too the film. I thought he was joking! But having Glen and Marketa on board, from the Czech Republic who has hard,” he insists. “And the great thing he was serious, saying that John was the crew were people whom he’d collaborated with Hansard - as an about Glen is that he’s not an actor, considering casting me in the film, that befriended while also having utmost immigrant pianist. Despite Carney’s so he doesn’t actually care, in a way. he wanted me to audition for it. faith in their abilities. background as a former member Sometimes, working with professional of The Frames, he hadn’t initially actors, you realize you’re just helping “I thought it was really crazy as, “They were all people that I knew considered either Hansard or Irglova them put their show-reel together. obviously, I haven’t done any acting. and trusted,” he explains. “They got for the key roles, even though he A professional actor can rarely get Because I’m so young, I’m kind of the whole idea of this not being your had Hansard contributing songs from behind a production in the way a non- up for anything,” she laughs. “I didn’t conventional film. So once my mates the beginning. actor will, which is understandable. I really take it so seriously. I thought: were making this film with me, then

4 5 www.oncethemovie.com l [email protected] l Martina Niland T: +353 86 288 5874 l David Collins T: +353 86 831 6592 www.oncethemovie.com l [email protected] l Martina Niland T: +353 86 288 5874 l David Collins T: +353 86 831 6592 Production Notes ONCE - About the Production I was like: ‘Brilliant!’ This is back to he wants to make. And this appealed The backdrop largely consists of each other. It certainly taught me to how we were when we were 16, with to him, and I think working with me Dublin city streets, shops and the get actors to hang out with each other a camcorder and friends and some again - because we had done a film less-than-salubrious interiors of the before going into a certain style of film songs. And I think people who’ve seen a few years ago, and also he was main characters’ homes; neither has making. That was the good thing about the film have responded very warmly one of the executive producers on their own place, with the Guy having BACHELORS WALK; by Series Three to that, because they’ve seen that BACHELORS WALK - meant we had moved back in with his father following the guys were three mates. They just nobody’s trying to sell them anything a good relationship, and I wanted to his mother’s death, while the girl lives do it - there was none of the ‘finding it’ here. That’s the vibe.” work with producers that I didn’t have with her non-English-speaking mother, that you had to do in the first series.” to explain everything to.” and her young child. Gradually, their Quite often, getting a film produced two worlds cross over, through their Irglova impressed with her can prove to be a daunting exercise. Martina agrees adding that “It was a shared love of music. performances throughout the shoot But in the case of ONCE, John real back-to-basics form of filmmaking and, as Hansard puts it, “she didn’t Carney’s experience was quite the and certainly the kind that has always With and Marketa Irglova have any problems, slipped straight opposite. For one thing, he was on attracted me the most and got me sharing most of the screen time, their into it and really got it.” familiar territory. “I’ve known Samson excited about ONCE from the early characters form an artistic bond and, as Films for years,” he explains. “So when days of chatting to John about his a result, they fall in love. And although ONCE was shot very quickly over the I had the idea of the film, I was thinking ambitions for the project. We avoided neither are actors, both Hansard and course of a couple of weeks. “It was of various ways of producing it, and bureaucracy and red tape as much Irglova carried off their roles with an super-fast,” recalls Glen Hansard, when I decided that I wasn’t going to as possible and everyone got to impressive naturalness and warmth. who insists that he’d never swap his go with a big actor in the lead role - concentrate 100 percent on what’s on “They have a good relationship, so life as a musician for a career in front or any actor - I went to Samson and the screen. I think that shows when that really helped,” says Carney. “I love of cameras. “I’d experienced a little said I have this idea for a film, and it’s one watches this film.” the benefit of having the actors know bit of this from THE COMMITMENTS, kind of scripted and these songs are as in getting up early and working written, do you guys want to get on throughout the day, but I don’t board with it? And they did.” remember being as exhausted at the end of every day,” he recalls. “We had a great relationship — myself, the producer Martina Niland “We were up at six every morning, we and executive producer David Collins. were working all day, and it drains the We just had a very relaxed relationship life out of you. Being in a band is so producing this film, because it was much easier. You get up at midday, made for a small amount of money you head to the airport, you get on and everybody pulled in and joined a plane, you get to another country, together for this short period of time you sound check around five or six, to make it work. Samson is a good doors are at eight, you’ve got your company for that, because David gig at nine. It’s very chilled-out. It’s Collins is at a place in his life where he all evening work. With this, we were does not need to prove himself as a just knackered, going back home and producer; he just wants to make what literally being a shell of yourself. You

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8 9 www.oncethemovie.com l [email protected] l Martina Niland T: +353 86 288 5874 l David Collins T: +353 86 831 6592 www.oncethemovie.com l [email protected] l Martina Niland T: +353 86 288 5874 l David Collins T: +353 86 831 6592 Director’s Notes - How Once came into existence.... About the Conversations about this asked Glen Hansard (lead-singer of The Frames) to project started about a year write a number of songs – which evolved in tandem ago at a Frames’ concert in with the emerging story. Over the next few months, Dublin. As a filmmaker with Glen and I swapped ideas – a story line here, a song a background in music, there. Feeding off each other’s work, we eventually Filmmakers I had always wanted to produced ten original songs and a 60-page script. John Carney three series of the hit RTÉ feature by Perry Ogden PAVEE make a film that, while not (Writer/Director) television series BACHELORS LACKEEN, which received the a traditional ‘musical’ (in the My intention was to make an original film, almost John was born in Dublin in WALK, the most successful Best Irish Film Galway Film 1940’s sense of the term), like a visual album, but with a realistic, modern 1972, and began his film career independently produced drama Fleadh 2005, IFTA Best Irish Film would still use a number of love-story at its heart. We’re in a world where a writing, producing and directing in the history of Irish television. & Best Break Thru Talent and songs to tell a very modern, very simple love story. three-minute song is worth ten pages of dialogue; two award-winning short films, BACHELORS WALK was called the Satyajit Ray Award London where the characters communicate more through SHINING STAR and HOTEL, and “the Irish TV success story of 2005. She has also completed I considered (then quickly abandoned) a number the art of song than by talking or getting involved the year” in 2002 by the Evening a Bachelors Walk one-hour of approaches that I considered over-ambitious. I in traditional plot-points and dramatic situations. directing videos for Irish Band Herald. special, which was broadcast wanted to find a simple setting and storyline that Of course, this is not to say that there isn’t a The Frames, with whom he also on RTÉ Christmas 2006. ONCE could use songs in a way that a modern audience three-act structure in the story; it’s just a little more played bass guitar from 1991 John currently resides in Dublin had its international premier at would accept. I finally settled on the idea ofa oblique than in your average film – and the songs to 1993. and London. The Sundance Film Festival in busker on the streets of Dublin; someone who, themselves are the key to uncovering it. January 2007, where it won the having nothing, has nothing to lose. I developed His first feature film, NOVEMBER Sundance Film Festival World a simple love story, essentially a two-hander, then John Carney (Writer/Director) AFTERNOON, a low-budget Martina Niland black-and-white production, was (Producer) Cinema Audience Award. voted Best Feature of 1997 by Martina Niland began working , and ran on the with Samson Films in the late She is an honours graduate U.S. festival circuit. ’90s and has produced all of of Communications (Film & the company’s short films, Broadcasting) at the Dublin John wrote, directed and scored including: SHORT (1999), Institute of Technology. his next project, the hour-long written and directed by Imogen About the TV film JUST IN TIME, starring Murphy; RTÉ/IFB Short Cuts Frances Barber and Gerard productions DOGSBODY (2000), DAVID COLLINS Cast Members McSorley. The Irish Times voted written and directed by Karl David Collins, Managing Director it Best TV Film of 1998. Golden, BEACHED, also written of Samson Films, one of & directed by Karl Golden and Ireland’s leading independent Glen Hansard (The Busker) , in collaboration with Czech ALL GOD’S CHILDREN (2002), film and television drama Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1970, Glen Hansard is singer and multi-instrumentalist Marketa Irglova. He subsequently co-wrote and written and directed by Tom production companies, co- the lead singer, guitarist and a founding member of directed ON THE EDGE, starring Cosgrove. In 2001 she produced founded Strongbow Film & Irish rock group The Frames. He quit school at the Markéta Irglová (The Girl) and Stephen the documentary HIGH FIVE for Television Productions with John age of 13 to begin busking on Dublin streets and Born in Monravia in 1988, and a resident of Prague Rea, for Universal Studios. gradually established himself as one of Irish music’s in the Czech Republic, Marketa Irglova is a multi- John won the Silver Hitchcock RTÉ as part of their True Lives Kelleher in 1985. The company’s most popular and greatest talents. He first came to instrumentalist and songwriter. Award for the film at the 2001 series. productions include EAT THE public attention as guitar player Outspan Foster in Dinard Film Festival. The film PEACH, the Channel 4 television the Alan Parker film THE COMMITMENTS. Although only 19, she has proved to be quite a talent, received positive notices for its Over the past seven years series WHEN REASON SLEEPS having already recorded an album of music with “fine understated performances Niland has been developing and the Revcom/ABC production Prior to THE COMMITMENTS, he secured a record Glen Hansard while also co-starring alongside him ... alternating between heart- a slate of feature film projects ACT OF BETRAYAL. deal with Island Records and subsequently formed in ONCE. warming and heartbreaking in with Samson. In 1999 she was The Frames in 1990. The band has been recording equal measure …” and “Carney’s Associate Producer on the quirky, Collins also co-founded Radius and touring ever since, and included filmmaker John She began playing music at the age of seven, when slick visual style and ear for quirky offbeat comedy THE MOST Television, one of Ireland’s largest Carney as bass player in its earliest incarnation. The her parents got her a piano and piano lessons. soundtrack choices.” The film FERTILE MAN IN IRELAND, independent TV companies, band released their sixth studio album The Cost When she was nine, her father bought her a guitar was distributed internationally directed by Dudi Appleton. In producing over 60 hours a year in September 2006 to widespread acclaim. The and she immediately began playing and learning by UIP. 2002 she produced the critically of new programming for Irish and Frames are currently touring around Europe and will songs by ear. She met Glen Hansard when he was acclaimed debut feature THE overseas broadcasters. reach the USA in early 2007. visiting Prague, and they began playing together and After completing post-production, HONEYMOONERS, directed eventually collaborated musically, which resulted in John turned his hand to TV by Karl Golden, and in 2005 He is Chairman of Film Makers In April 2006, Hansard released his first solo album, the release of an album, The Swell Season. writing, co-writing and directing the multi-award-winning debut Ireland, the representative 10 11 www.oncethemovie.com l [email protected] l Martina Niland T: +353 86 288 5874 l David Collins T: +353 86 831 6592 www.oncethemovie.com l [email protected] l Martina Niland T: +353 86 288 5874 l David Collins T: +353 86 831 6592 About the Filmmakers Tim Fleming such as Film Base and addition to her film and television I COULD READ THE SKY, (Director of Photography) Moonstone. casting work. She cast THE AGNES BROWNE, THE MOST Involved in films for over 12 BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE, FERTILE MAN IN IRELAND, years, Tim Fleming’s recent Tiziana Corvisieri winner of four Tony® awards in ACCELERATOR, CHRONO- work includes SMALL ENGINE (Costume Designer) 2000, and THE LIEUTENANT PERAMBULATOR, and CRUSH REPAIR (2006), TURNING Italian-born costume designer OF INISHMORE, which recently PROOF. GREEN (2005) and the Tiziana Corvisieri is based in played in London’s West End. award-winning documentary Ireland, where she has been in She formerly was Head of PAUL MULLEN CINEGAEL PARADISO (2004), the film industry since 1994. She Casting at the National Theatre (Editor) TV dramas WHATEVER LOVE has worked with a number of Irish of Ireland (Abbey Theatre) from Paul recently edited, for MEANS (2005) AND MALICE directors including Thaddeus 1991 - 1994. Accomplice Television, AFORETHOUGHT (2005), and O’Sullivan and Richie Smyth. THE BACHELORS WALK association for Irish producers accessed significant funding from award-winners PAVEE LACKEEN The director John Carney has Her Casting Director credits CHRISTMAS SPECIAL. Other and directors, and he is also private Irish investors. (2005), MY SUMMER OF LOVE used her on most of his projects include: BACHELORS WALK television work includes on the board of directors of In addition to its own production (2004), THE LAST TIME (2002) to date, including the acclaimed, CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, HIDE & sports, wildlife and comedy Ireland’s EU MEDIA Desk and portfolio Samson has worked and NOSTRADAMUS AND ME prize-winning television series SEEK, STUDS, JELLYBABY, SIX documentaries. He is currently the recently established Irish in production partnership with (2004). He has also worked on BACHELORS WALK. In addition SHOOTER, PROOF, LOVE IS editing Druid Theatre’s Screen Commission. He is also a wide variety of independents many documentaries, both for to her film work, she continues THE DRUG, STEW, RIGHT NOW interpretations of J.M Synge’s a member of the European Film through Europe, including Road Irish and British broadcasters. to work with music acts, LADIES AND GENTS, BURNING THE SHADOW OF THE GLEN Academy and a board member Movies (Germany), Parallax (UK), styling them for stage and tour, THE BED, BODYBLOW, and THE WELL OF THE SAINTS of the Film Institute of Ireland. Zephyr Films (UK), Victoria Film ROBERT FLANAGAN and producing her own edgy WATERMELON, THE ROMAN for Wildfire Films. (Scandinavia), Fandango (Italy) (Sound Mixer) handbag line. SPRING OF MRS. STONE, LSD Samson has been awarded and The Shooting Gallery (New Robert Flanagan's sound ‘73!, SPIN THE BOTTLE, ANY Incentive Funding by the York). work includes Irish features Maureen Hughes TIME NOW, THE ABDUCTION European Script Fund and has a THE GARAGE, ONCE, SPEED (Casting) CLUB, THE MAPMAKER, wide range of film and television Samson also provides budgeting, DATING and DEAD BODIES Maureen Hughes also serves as ON HOME GROUND, DISCO projects in active development. location and logistical support and notable shorts such as SIX Casting Director for the Druid PIGS, SALTWATER, BORSTAL Recently Collins has established on a regular basis to incoming SHOOTER and FIFTY PERCENT Theatre Company in Galway in BOY, THE CLOSER YOU GET, a joint venture television drama feature films and television GREY. Recent television work company with Ed Guiney of series, and can access funding includes, for RTÉ, Flesh & Blood, Temple Films to specialize in where appropriate from the Irish three series of Bachelors Walk long-running drama series for Film Board, RTÉ as well as from and Pat Shortt's Killinaskully. the international market. This Section 481 incentive pools. company has been provided Tamara Conboy Company Development Funding Collins credits include: PURE (Production Designer) by the Media II Programme. MULE, BLIND FLIGHT, Conboy is a prominent young WATERMELON, BACHELORS Irish designer with over 12 years Samson has developed strong WALK - SERIES 2, THE MOST experience in the world of film and links with many of the major film FERTILE MAN IN IRELAND, THE television in Ireland and the U.S. and television funding agencies ABDUCTION CLUB, COUNTRY, She has worked in the capacity in Ireland, the UK and Europe. RAT, DOGSBODY, LOVE AND of graphic designer and Art In the last five years, Samson RAGE, JUST IN TIME, I WENT Director on a variety of projects, has produced and co-produced DOWN, THE AMBASSADOR, A including SPACE TRUCKERS, film and television projects with FURTHER GESTURE, LOVING, THE MEDALLION, IN AMERICA, funding from, among others, GUILTRIP, THE DISAPPEARANCE BLOOM, KING ARTHUR and Universal Pictures, British Sky OF FINBAR, EAT THE PEACH, ISOLATION. Broadcasting, Channel Four, the THE WOMAN WHO MARRIED Irish Film Board, the Northern CLARK GABLE, PIGS, A She has always encouraged Irish Film Commission, BBC BASKET FULL OF WALLPAPER film education and indeed has Television, BBC Worldwide, British and SHORT ORDER. herself been involved in various Screen, Eurimages, RTÉ, and has workshops with organizations

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Written & Directed by John Carney Production Designer Tamara Conboy Produced by Martina Niland Costume Designer Tiziana Corvisieri Executive Producer David Collins Casting Director Maureen Hughes Director Of Photography Tim Fleming Editor Paul Mullen Sound Recordist Robert Flanagan

Guy Glen Hansard Boom Operator Paul Naughton WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO Dolby (logo) Girl Marketa Irglova Crane Operator Paul Tsan Written by Glen Hansard / Marketa Irglova Timmy Drummer Hugh Walsh Script Supervisor Peggy Brazil Performed by Glen Hansard / Marketa Irglova LipSync Post (logo) Lead Guitarist Gerry Hendrick Wardrobe Supervisor Una Towell Published c/o Toby Darling Ciara Gogarty, Maggie Mitchell, Claire Leadbitter, Cliona Screen Scene (logo) Bassist Alastair Foley Chief Make-up Barbara Conway Carney, Karina Finegan Alves, Damien Rice, Marina Eamon Geoff Minogue Chief Hair Conor McAlistar Leave Guy’s Dad Bill Hodnett Written by Glen Hansard Guinness, Matthew Kelly, Tom Hall, Kieran Carney, Jim Samson (logo) Girl’s Mother Danuse Ktrestova Stills Photographer David Cleary Performed by Glen Hansard Carney, Martin Carney, Frances Knott, Adrian Frazier, Heroin Addict Darren Healy Transport Captain Fiacre Gaffney Publishing c/o Toby Darling Eva Polzerova, Katerina Sterbova, Janackova © 2007 Samson Films Ltd. and Summit Bill Mal Whyte Minibus Driver Mark Alvey Ex Girlfriend Marcella Plunkett Legal Advisor Mark Byrne The Fair City Waltz Konzervator V Ostrave, Gymnazium Valasske Mezirici, Entertainment N.V. 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Francis Usanga Make Up Patricia Flood Communal Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council Prince Tylot Khumaho Public Domain Joe Adebe POST PRODUCTION CREDITS Gillian Culhane, Aer Lingus Gold Ciara Carroll, Dublin Airport Shop Assistants Bernard Gibsenen Post Production Facility Screen Scene Written by Fergus O’Farrell Heathrow Airport Paul Clarke Post Production Supervisor Jim Duggan Performed by Fergus O’Farrell, Lady on Bus Maire Walsh Music Supervisor David Donohue Glen Hansard, James O’Leary, Simon’s Place Host at party Dave Cleary Supervising Sound Editor Niall Brady Colm McCaughey, Ken Donoghue at Waltons Music Sound Editor Kevin Murphy. Publishing Fergus O’Farrell Jeff Thornton (Thornton Pianos) Guy in piano shop keith Byrne Michelle Fingleton Dubbing Mixer Ken Galvin Trying To Pull Myself Away Production Co-ordinator Yvonne Burke Re-Recorded At Screen Scene Written by Glen Hansard Produced with the Assistance of Di Colourist Gary Curran Performed by Glen Hansard Bord Scannán na hÉireann Production Executive Samson Films Di Finishing Assistant Simon Thornton Published c/o Toby Darling Holly Ní Chiardha Di Finishing Warren Dowling The Irish Film Board (logo) Development Executive Samson Films When Your Minds Made Up Neal Rowland Written by Glen Hansard Executive Producer for Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ And The Healing Has Begun Performed by Glen Hansard/Marketa Irglova Production Administrator Samson Films Written by Van Morrison Published c/o Toby Darling Irish Film Board: Noemi Ferrer Lindsay Cambell Performed by Glen Hansard Production Accountant Con Cremins Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd. 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