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One Chance (9-Sep-2013)

Director: David Frankel

Writer: Justin Zackham

Keywords: Drama, Biography

Biographical drama tells the tale of Paul Potts, would-be opera singer and put-upon laborer who became the winner of Britain's Got Talent.

ABSTRACT
Paul Potts, hapless shopkeeper's assistant with pie-in-the-sky dreams of finding fame and renown as an opera singer, became an unlikely celebrity and source of inspiration for Britons after landing a spot on and winning Britain's Got Talent. One Chance is the true story of Paul's unlikely rise to overnight fame dramatized for the silver screen, following Paul as he climbs the ladder from zero to hero with an affable personality and winning voice.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
James Corden
Talk Show Host
22-Aug-1978   Host, The Late Late Show
Mackenzie Crook
Actor
29-Sep-1971   Gareth Keenan on The Office
Colm Meaney
Actor
30-May-1953   Transporter Chief O'Brien in Star Trek: TNG
Julie Walters
Actor
22-Feb-1950   Educating Rita

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