One Chance (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = One Chance

| image = One Chance 2013.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = David Frankel

| producer = Simon Cowell
Michael Menchel
Krys Thykier
Brad Weston

| writer = Justin Zackham

| starring = James Corden
Alexandra Roach
Mackenzie Crook
Colm Meaney
Julie Walters

| music = Theodore Shapiro

| cinematography = Florian Ballhaus

| editing = Wendy Greene Bricmont

| studio = The Weinstein Company
Syco Entertainment

| distributor = Entertainment Film Distributors

| released = {{Film date|2013|09|09|TIFF|2013|10|25|df=yes}}

| runtime = 103 minutes{{cite web|title=One Chance (12A)|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/one-chance-film|work=Entertainment Film Distributors|publisher=British Board of Film Classification|date=8 October 2013|access-date=8 October 2013|archive-date=29 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929150413/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/one-chance-film|url-status=dead}}

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget = $12 million{{cite web | url=http://www.filmla.com/uploads/2013%20Feature%20Production%20Report%20w%20Release%20030614_1394125127.pdf | title=2013 Feature Film Production Report | work=Film L.A. | date=6 March 2014 | access-date=8 October 2014 | archive-date=12 July 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712153552/https://www.filmla.com/uploads/2013%20Feature%20Production%20Report%20w%20Release%20030614_1394125127.pdf | url-status=dead }}

| gross = $10.9 million{{cite web | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=onechance.htm | title=One Chance (2014) | work=Box Office Mojo | publisher=Internet Movie Database | access-date=14 October 2014 | archive-date=16 October 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016033315/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=onechance.htm | url-status=live }}

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One Chance is a 2013 British biographical film about opera singer and Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts,{{cite web |url=http://metro.co.uk/2013/07/12/james-corden-is-britains-got-talent-winner-paul-potts-in-first-image-from-one-chance-3880793/ |title=James Corden is Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts in first image from One Chance |access-date=9 August 2013 |work=Metro |date=12 July 2013 |archive-date=11 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811090505/http://metro.co.uk/2013/07/12/james-corden-is-britains-got-talent-winner-paul-potts-in-first-image-from-one-chance-3880793/ |url-status=live }} directed by David Frankel and written by Justin Zackham. It was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/festival/2013/onechance |title=One Chance|access-date=9 August 2013 |work=TIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809200852/http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/festival/2013/onechance |archive-date=9 August 2013 }}

Cast

James Corden as Paul Potts
Alexandra Roach as Julz, Paul's wife
Mackenzie Crook as Braddon, Paul's coworker at The Carphone Warehouse
Valeria Bilello as Alessandra
Colm Meaney as Roland, Paul's father
Julie Walters as Yvonne, Paul's mother
Trystan Gravelle as Matthew, Paul's lifelong bully
Sion Tudor Owen as Choirmaster, Paul's mentor
Jemima Rooper as Hydrangea, Braddon's girlfriend
Alex Macqueen as Dr. Thorpe, Paul's emergency physician

The film also features archival footage of Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Piers Morgan, and Ant & Dec from Britain's Got Talent.

Production

Director David Frankel reduced his directing fee of US$6 million to US$1.2 million in exchange for a larger share of the film's gross.{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/hollywood-salaries-2016-who-got-933037/item/hollywood-salaries-revealed-who-got-933050 |title=Hollywood Salaries 2016: Who Got Raises (and Who Didn't), From Movie Stars to Showrunners |author=THR Staff |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=29 September 2016 |access-date=1 October 2016 |archive-date=2 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002010242/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/hollywood-salaries-2016-who-got-933037/item/hollywood-salaries-revealed-who-got-933050 |url-status=live }} One Chance was shot in Italy and the United Kingdom.{{cite web |url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/filming-wraps-on-david-frankels-one-chance/5049631.article |title=Filming wraps on David Frankel's One Chance |access-date=2 September 2013 |work=Screen Daily |archive-date=28 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128215655/http://www.screendaily.com/news/filming-wraps-on-david-frankels-one-chance/5049631.article |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/s107/britains-got-talent/news/a442534/paul-potts-biopic-one-chance-filming-wraps.html |title=Paul Potts biopic One Chance filming wraps |access-date=2 September 2013 |work=Digital Spy |date=3 December 2012 |archive-date=15 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015091642/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/s107/britains-got-talent/news/a442534/paul-potts-biopic-one-chance-filming-wraps.html |url-status=live }}

Release

The film was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2013 and released in cinemas on 25 October 2013.

Reception

{{RT data|as of|y|m}} it holds an approval rating of {{RT data|score}} on Rotten Tomatoes, based on {{RT data|count}} reviews, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}; the consensus states: "Predictable and sentimental, yet thoroughly agreeable, One Chance is an unapologetic crowd-pleaser that achieves its admittedly modest goals."{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/one_chance|title=One Chance|website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango|access-date={{RT data|access date|df=dmy}}|archive-date=3 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203040657/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/one_chance|url-status=live}}{{RT data|edit}} On Metacritic, the film has a score of 49 out of 100 based on reviews from 12 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/one-chance | title=One Chance | work=Metacritic | publisher=CBS Interactive | access-date=8 October 2014 | archive-date=5 October 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141005041452/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/one-chance | url-status=live }}

Soundtrack

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The soundtrack was released in the United Kingdom on 21 October 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Chance-Paul-Potts/dp/B00E0AB1B8/|title=One Chance [Soundtrack]|publisher=Amazon.com (UK) Amazon.com, Inc|access-date=25 November 2013|archive-date=5 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205070803/http://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Chance-Paul-Potts/dp/B00E0AB1B8|url-status=live}} It was released in the United States the next day via digital download with two extra tracks by The London Session Orchestra,{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Chance-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B00FQS4Y2Q/|title=One Chance (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)|publisher=Amazon.com (US) Amazon.com, Inc|access-date=25 November 2013|archive-date=7 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207213508/http://www.amazon.com/Chance-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B00FQS4Y2Q|url-status=live}} a CD was released on 7 January 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/One-Chance-True-Story-Potts/dp/B00GO8DIRO/|title=One Chance: The True Story Of Paul Potts (OST)|publisher=Amazon.com (US) Amazon.com, Inc|access-date=25 November 2013|archive-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203183641/http://www.amazon.com/One-Chance-True-Story-Potts/dp/B00GO8DIRO|url-status=live}} It was scored by Theodore Shapiro.{{cite web |url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2013/05/11/theodore-shapiro-to-score-david-frankels-one-chance/ |title=Theodore Shapiro to Score David Frankel's One Chance |access-date=2 September 2013 |work=Film Music Reporter |archive-date=11 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011102253/http://filmmusicreporter.com/2013/05/11/theodore-shapiro-to-score-david-frankels-one-chance/ |url-status=live }} "Sweeter Than Fiction" by Taylor Swift was included on the soundtrack and was released as the lead single on 21 October 2013 by Big Machine Records.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/sweeter-than-fiction-from/728846609|title=Sweeter than Fiction (From One Chance) - Single by Taylor Swift|work=iTunes Store|date=January 2013|publisher=Apple Inc|access-date=25 November 2013|archive-date=22 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022020315/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sweeter-than-fiction-from/id728846609|url-status=live}} The single received a nomination for Best Original Song at the 71st Golden Globe Awards.{{cite web|title=Golden Globes nominations 2014: The complete list of nominees|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-golden-globes-nominees-winners-complete-list,0,6845028.story#axzz2nH5yJiu3|work=Los Angeles Times|date=12 December 2013|access-date=12 December 2013|archive-date=16 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140216235939/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-golden-globes-nominees-winners-complete-list,0,6845028.story#axzz2nH5yJiu3|url-status=live}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Performer(s)

| total_length = 54:04

| title1 = Nessun dorma

| extra1 = Paul Potts

| length1 = 2:52

| title2 = Nella Fantasia

| extra2 = Potts

| length2 = 4:24

| title3 = Vesti la giubba

| note3 = from Pagliacci

| extra3 = Potts

| length3 = 3:26

| title4 = E lucevan le stelle

| extra4 = Potts

| length4 = 3:10

| title5 = Ich liebe Dich

| extra5 = Potts

| length5 = 2:41

| title6 = Time to Say Goodbye

| note6 = Con te partirò) (2012 Version

| extra6 = Il Divo

| length6 = 4:21

| title7 = I. Allegro con brio

| note7 = Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183

| extra7 = Columbia Symphony Orchestra and Bruno Walter

| length7 = 4:42

| title8 = Celeste Aida

| note8 = from Aida

| extra8 = Potts

| length8 = 5:08

| title9 = Farewell to Earth

| note9 = "O terra addio" from Aida

| extra9 = Potts and Kylie Watt

| length9 = 1:44

| title10 = Introitus Kyrie

| note10 = Mozart: Requiem, K. 626) (Remastered

| extra10 = Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis and Angela Maria Blasi

| length10 = 2:38

| title11 = Arrivederci Roma

| note11 = in B

| extra11 = Vittorio Grigolo

| length11 = 3:42

| title12 = 'O sole mio

| extra12 = Mario Lanza

| length12 = 2:28

| title13 = Che gelida manina

| note13 = from La bohème

| extra13 = Potts

| length13 = 5:38

| title14 = O soave fanciulla

| note14 = from La bohème

| extra14 = Potts and Watt

| length14 = 3:15

| title15 = Sweeter than Fiction

| extra15 = Taylor Swift

| length15 = 3:55

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{{track listing

| headline = US bonus track{{cite web|url=http://www.walmart.com/ip/33845975|title=One Chance: The True Story Of Paul Potts Soundtrack|publisher=Walmart|access-date=13 March 2014|archive-date=14 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314055836/http://www.walmart.com/ip/33845975|url-status=live}}

| total_length = 55:44

| extra_column = Performer(s)

| title16 = Moment of Truth

| extra16 = The London Session Orchestra

| length16 = 1:40

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{{track listing

| headline = US Amazon.com exclusive bonus track

| total_length = 58:13

| extra_column = Performer(s)

| title17 = Venice

| extra17 = The London Session Orchestra