Bend It Like Beckham: The Musical Bend It Like Beckham: The Musical Bend It Like Beckham the Musical is a musical with music by Howard Goodall, lyrics by Charles Hart, and a book by Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges. Based on the 2002 film of the same name, the musical made its West End and world premiere at the Phoenix Theatre in May 2015. The musical is based on the 2002 film "Bend It Like Beckham". In late 2003, it was first revealed that the film's writer and director Gurinder Chadha planned to turn the film into a stage musical with the hope that it
American Girl (film) American Girl (film) American Girl is a 2002 American film directed by Jordan Brady and starring Jena Malone, Michelle Forbes, Brad Renfro, Alicia Witt, and Erik von Detten. The film premiered on October 16, 2002 at the Austin Film Festival. It was later released to DVD on January 11, 2005 under the title "Confessions of an American Girl". Rena is a suicidal teenage girl whose father is serving a long prison sentence. The boy she likes only uses her for sex and other teenage girls tease her relentlessly. Rena and her family travel to the father's prison for the annual