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ABBA - THE MOVIE
| Filmed | 3-12 March 1977 in Australia (street footage, press conferences and live concerts) and June 1977 in Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||
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| Location | According to ABBA Magazine No.1 (p.10) it was filmed "partly in London, partly in Sweden and partly in Australia." Apparently one of the Royal Albert Hall in London concerts was filmed so that's probably what that quote refers to. | ||||||
| Premiered | World Premiere - 15 December 1977, Hoyts Regent Theatre, Sydney, Australia (attended by Stig Anderson) Netherlands - 17 December 1977 Sweden - 26 December 1977, China Theatre, Stockholm (attended by ABBA) UK - 16 February 1978, Warner West End, Leicester Square, London (attended by ABBA) | ||||||
| Broadcast | TV: Sweden - TV2, 27 December 1980; TV3, 3 June 1992; TV4; 25 December 2006 Australia - SBS, Saturday 16th May 2009 Finland, 1 January 1993, MTV3 (commercial TV channel) Finland, 1 May 2010 - YLE Teema, Finland from 21.56 - 23.30 as part of the channels Teemalauantai (Theme Saturday) series Germany - 3 January 2009 at 8.15pm and 4 January 2009 at 3.4pm | ||||||
| Released | DVD release: Japan - 5 October 2005 (2-DVD set, catalogue number UIBO1076) UK - 26 September 2005 - now also available on Blu-Ray Germany - 23 September 2005 Canada - 4 October 2005 USA - March 28 2006 Australia - 2 October 2005 (2-DVD set) and 9 October for single version - buy it here Click here for more information on the DVD release of "ABBA - The Movie" "ABBA - The Movie" has also been released on video in the UK and Sweden and also on laserdisc | ||||||
| Notes | ABBA had taken a film crew on their Australian tour where all the concerts were recorded along with backstage activity and travel in between the four concert venues. They had intended the movie to be a documentary film - something they could look back on in years to come and remember the madness that was their life at that time. Film Director Lasse Hallström was approached in November 1976 to prepare a synopsis and he travelled with them on their tour of Europe in January and February 1977 taking in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, West Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Scotland and England) to watch the shows for himself. His synopsis of 5½ pages in length was approved and plans were made immediately for him and his crew to travel to Australia. Read what Lasse Hallström had to say about "ABBA - The Movie" here. Click here to read the film's synopsis from the Warner Brothers press release Not everything you see in "ABBA - The Movie" was reality and there are dozens of editing, continuity, visual and other discrepancies throughout the film. Lasse Hallström used every trick he could. There are many instances where parts of some scenes were filmed in completely different places and times. It's not until you meet Australians who are familiar with these places that the discrepancies are pointed out. Click here if you want to know where they are! Apart from ABBA, two Australian actors starred in the film - Tom Oliver (later to become Lou Carpenter in Neighbours) and Robert Hughes. See what Robert Hughes had to say here. Click here to read some interesting facts about the making of "ABBA - The Movie" Click here to read what ABBA had to say about "ABBA - The Movie" Concert performances featured in "ABBA - The Movie": Tiger / SOS / Money, Money, Money / He Is Your Brother / Intermezzo No. 1 / Waterloo / Mamma Mia / Rock Me / I've Been Waiting For You / Why Did It Have To Be Me / When I Kissed The Teacher / Get On The Carousel (the only official release of this song is in this film) / I'm A Marionette / Fernando / Dancing Queen / So Long Others: Please Change Your Mind (written by Benny & Björn and performed by Nashville Train) Hole In Your Soul (over opening credits and Qantas plane arriving at Sydney) The Name Of The Game (dream sequence) Ring Ring (schoolgirls) Eagle (in the lift) Thank You For the Music (studio - Alternate Mix) NB. the list does not count the bits of other songs that are heard near the beginning and end on the radio tape, (Agnetha singing two notes of "I Wonder" in the changing room!), etc. Remember there's also Thank You For the Music as the credits roll at the end. "Eagle", "The Name Of The Game" and "Thank You For The Music" were all filmed in Panavision so not really suitable for television broadcast because the picture would be cut in half. Consequently when these songs were later released as singles, new versions ("Eagle", "The Name Of The Game" and "Thank You For The Music" were prepared for television). Click here for images from the film and the interview from the DVD | ||||||
| Duration | 90 mins | ||||||
| Watch Out For | See separate section (there are so many!) | ||||||
| Transcript | There are a handful of occasions in the film where ABBA and their entourage speak some Swedish. Click here to find out what's being said (but it's not very exciting!). | ||||||
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| Related Links | The ABBA Phenomenon in Australia |
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| Credits | Thanks to Robin Andersson, Ian Cole, Harry Ehler, Julian D, Mark Creek, Malin Westerberg, George Bourdaniotis and the ABBF Fan Club Magazine. Extra thanks to ABBAMAIL and to Rafael & Stefan's ABBA Pictures Even more thanks to Harold Hanlon c/o ABBA Village Much of the information here was taken from ABBA Report Issue 17 Summer 2000 but the people who fed that article were ABBF Magazine (especially Cotton Ward), Claes Davidsson, Cliff Docherty, Micke Hjernestam, Alex Jones, Carl Magnus Palm, Luke Rogers, Rod Reynolds, Ian Smith, Bill Paganucci, Grant Whittingham, Graeme Read and in particular, Ian Cole. Most of those contributions came via ABBAMAIL. Thank you so much to everyone. |
