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An incompetent radio DJ tries to get an interview with the Swedish pop group during their famous week-long 1977 tour of Australia.An incompetent radio DJ tries to get an interview with the Swedish pop group during their famous week-long 1977 tour of Australia.An incompetent radio DJ tries to get an interview with the Swedish pop group during their famous week-long 1977 tour of Australia.
Anni-Frid Lyngstad
- Anni-Frid Lyngstad
- (as ABBA)
Björn Ulvaeus
- Björn Ulvaeus
- (as ABBA)
Agnetha Fältskog
- Agnetha Fältskog
- (as ABBA)
Michael Mansson
- Hotel eceptionist
- (as Michael Manson)
Sandy Mansson
- Girl in Box Office
- (as Sandy Manson)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaAgnetha Fältskog frequently was filmed above the neck in closeups to disguise the fact that she was pregnant.
- GoofsThroughout the film, Ashley pursues ABBA through the cities of Sydney, Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne in that order. The actual tour went in the order of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
- Alternate versionsAvailable in three different final soundmixes. One mono, and two different in stereo, one with only three frontchannels, and one with a fourth surround channel.
- ConnectionsEdited into ABBA: Our Last Video Ever (2004)
- SoundtracksDancing Queen
Written by Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus
Performed by ABBA
Published by Union Songs AB
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great document, don't take the "plot" seriously though
As far as I know this movie started as a filmed document of the 1977 Abba Australia tour and has been decided to be made into a movie to be released theatrically as they went along. Of course it has lots of errors in continuity and we can spot that many a song has footage from different performances from different days, but that is no problem at all since it is still a wonderful document of a pop group who made it which wasn't based on "attitude" or "manifestation against politicians" - it was simply extremely well crafted music. Of course this was during the very short period when pop/rock music matured and subsequently needed a more aggressive replacement for younger generations. It already was around the corner and would come in the form of British punk.
There is hardly any "acting" in this movie, and the "backstage/behind the scenes sequences" of the Abba members are only O.K. because none of them tries to "act".
It's great and ironical at the same time to see some of the split screens and wide angle closeups (even some of the interviews) that reflect the movie "Woodstock" (1970), a documentary film of the 1969 rock music event with an entirely different philosophy. The only thing both music styles might have in common is the peacefulness. But rich and "clean" rock stars (=Abba) certainly aren't politically left wing anymore.
As a regular movie, this work suffers tremendously from the poor "plot" around the goofy radio reporter trying to get his Abba interview. Some of the dialog (if not all) is simply bad. But the excellent on stage footage (and even the two "video clips" using studio tracks: "The Name of the Game" and "Eagle") more than makes up for it all. The sound is excellent as well and I just have a vhs in mono sound which I taped from tv some years ago.
BTW: I still have serious doubt whether Bjorn ever really played the guitar on stage in the sense of a serious audible instrumental track. There are two (excellent)guitarists in the backing band and when Bjorn suddenly rises his hands or ceases playing, there is no guitar missing. Benny definitely plays the Yamaha CP 70 piano though. I can tell, it's my profession.
There is hardly any "acting" in this movie, and the "backstage/behind the scenes sequences" of the Abba members are only O.K. because none of them tries to "act".
It's great and ironical at the same time to see some of the split screens and wide angle closeups (even some of the interviews) that reflect the movie "Woodstock" (1970), a documentary film of the 1969 rock music event with an entirely different philosophy. The only thing both music styles might have in common is the peacefulness. But rich and "clean" rock stars (=Abba) certainly aren't politically left wing anymore.
As a regular movie, this work suffers tremendously from the poor "plot" around the goofy radio reporter trying to get his Abba interview. Some of the dialog (if not all) is simply bad. But the excellent on stage footage (and even the two "video clips" using studio tracks: "The Name of the Game" and "Eagle") more than makes up for it all. The sound is excellent as well and I just have a vhs in mono sound which I taped from tv some years ago.
BTW: I still have serious doubt whether Bjorn ever really played the guitar on stage in the sense of a serious audible instrumental track. There are two (excellent)guitarists in the backing band and when Bjorn suddenly rises his hands or ceases playing, there is no guitar missing. Benny definitely plays the Yamaha CP 70 piano though. I can tell, it's my profession.
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- nitratestock35
- May 23, 2003
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- Countries of origin
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- Also known as
- ABBA - Der Film
- Filming locations
- Adelaide Airport, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia(ABBA's arrival scene)
- Production companies
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- Gross worldwide
- $144,398
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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