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ABBA The Movie Reviews:
ABBA The Movie
2008-02-20 - It is sunrise in Sydney, Australia. Kangaroos are awakening, and disc jockey Ashley Wallace is wrapping up his all night radio show. Ashley meets with his boss and gets an assignment, to interview ABBA. Suddenly, he is at the airport. ABBA's plane has landed, and they are in the terminal. Agnetha hugs a security officer. Ashley is at the airport, but misses them. He rents a car and drives to the press conference. He gets caught in traffic and misses them a second time. At the press conference, ABBA fields questions about money, traveling, drugs and Agnetha's bottom. Ashley stalks them unsuccessfully at the Sydney Opera House where they have convened for a photo session. We cut to the concert. It is night time and it is raining. Ashley shows up. This time, he cannot get in because he has no press card. Short on cash, he is harassed by a ticket scalper. Bjorn comments on the rain. They leave the stage to fireworks. Meanwhile, Ashley is lying to his boss by telephone. He runs out and buys ABBA merchandise. He tracks them to Perth. In Perth, he interviews fans using his tape recorder. He sneaks into the concert. ABBA's bodyguard catches him and throws him out. He tries to get to them in their hotel. ABBA is reading reviews on their beds. Agnetha's bottom is big news. The bodyguard hears the ruckus outside the door, and Ashley is ushered out. That night in his own bed, he dreams of ABBA, and Agnetha and Frida dote on him. His dream is interrupted by the phone. He tells his boss he is trailing them to Adelaide. In Adelaide, the road crew struggles with the stage. Benny tries out the seating. Vendors sell buttons and posters. Two girls argue whether or not ABBA is sexy. Ashley is getting desperate. He boards the plane for Melbourne. There is pushing and shoving as ABBA enter their room. The look on Agnetha's face says this bit of confusion may have been real. In Melbourne, Ashley crashes the barrier. Stig promises him an appointment early the next morning. He attends the concert that night assured. The audience light sparklers, and Frida takes one. The unlucky disc jockey oversleeps. He is awakened by the passing parade. ABBA make their final appearance, waving from their balcony. Ashley thinks all is lost. He refuses his belated press card. Then the elevator opens, and there they are. ABBA! Ashley gets his interview. His job is saved. Ecstatic, he rushes to the radio station. His cab driver is the same actor who plays the bodyguard. The cabby gives a scathing criticism. The program airs in the nick of time. As ABBA gets on their plane, Benny expresses regret about leaving. The jet wings its way back to Stockholm. Back on their island, we spot them through the window of their summer house. Agnetha plays with a daisy. Credits roll. The camera pans the archipelago.



For ABBA fans, this film has its appeal
2007-04-12 - If you had to have anything more from ABBA other than just their CD's, then I would suggest that this DVD is not too bad. Being film in 1977, this is when ABBA was probably just hitting their peak at popularity. The storyline of this movie is kinda cheesy. It seems like they just tried to make a story around an Australian radio DJ who was given an assignment to go see ABBA and get an interview from them to be played on the radio that weekend. So this DJ Ashley Wallace (Robert Hughes), with a half-hearted effort in the beginning, struggles all through the movie to catch up with them as he is unprepared to even show that he works for radio and getting close to them is nearly impossible as he tries to follow them from concert to concert all over Australia. The movie is mostly just seeing ABBA on stage performing live which are actually scenes of true live performances. The bit about the struggling radio DJ on a quest for an interview was just thrown in to make a mock movie of it all. But, it all does have a simplistic seventies feel.

The video quality is quite good for the age of the film, and it is 2.35 Widescreen and 5.1 Surround Sound. Agnetha and Frida are absolutely beautiful at this time of their lives. The lighting used in the concerts look really good. This DVD, and ABBA: The Definitive Collection are nice DVD's to have if you're an ABBA fan.

I rented it, I'm glad I did, I kinda enjoyed it. Some day, I may even buy it. But not right away. I just recently bought all their re-mastered CD's with bonus tracks. I'm really glad I did that because I was holding on to some first generation masters from about 20 years ago. Boy, what a great difference!


austrailian tour-'77
2006-12-07 - this movie is made up of 3 elements: the australian disc jockey assigned by his boss to deliver an indepth interview with ABBA who've arrived 'down under' for a tour.
2:on stage footage of Abba performing their songs
and 3, the atmosphere and people of Australia.
lots of footage of the fans euphoric with the reality of finally getting to see their favorite group. one small scene in particular is so cute:a class of young girls dancing and singing to the song Ring Ring.
i've long been interested with that country down under, Australia, so it's great to see all the sights as i watch this movie. the movie travels from Sydney to Perth to Adalaide......not sure if there are other towns as well.
the on stage performances by Abba are superb. the camera work is excellent.
and there are multiple shots of the group seen backstage or in their hotel or being driven to and fro that are a treat.
as the movie reaches the half way point there is a lovely fantasy( a dream, really, wherein the dj has fallen asleep). he dreams he is surrounded by the four Abba members, all having a wonderful time and providing the dj with the interview of his dreams. this fantasy is set to the tune 'the name of the game' and for more of my thoughts on this song, see below.
for me personally, watching the group perform, it cemented what i had suspected........that Anni-Frid(the dark haired singer)really enjoyed herself being up there on stage. the others did too, to be sure, but Anni-Frid really frolicked up there and would mix in a little silliness with her performing. nothing overt but the more i watched of her the more i picked up on it.
there is a short sequence were we get to see her working out with her personal trainer.
with the music of Abba i find a new song each time i listen that i was not familiar with but grows and grows on me until i'm realizing i've discovered another gem. and with this movie, the song i 'discovered' that has now acheived 'classic' status in my book is 'the name of the game'. the levels, the layers this song builds upon is facinating and addictive.
to show us where the music of Abba's is hatched, there is a facinating birds-eye shot via helicopter that zooms in on the tiny rehearsal cabin on a remote island the group uses in Sweden.
and i have to disagree with the other reviewer who thought the songs Tiger and Marionette awful. Tiger is the first song the group pounces into as they hit the stage(and the first on-stage song in the movie).
i thought it really was a great show opener and the other song Marionette, while i agree that it seems to break the familiar ABBA mold is not NEARLY awful! it seemed different and adventurous to me.
in short, i highly recommend this movie. some will be bored with the story of the dj but together with the concert footage and all the behind the scenes scenes, any Abba fan should be very pleased.



So self-indulgent it is almost unwatchable!
2006-05-05 - First off, I am an ABBA fan. I was thrilled ABBA The Movie, after years of legal bueracratic crap, was finally released for home viewing in the US. After watching the movie, I realized it should have remained in legal limbo.

The plot (if you can call it a plot) is an Australian disc jockey whose fortay is country music (???) is ordered by his boss to get a personal and in-depth interview with Abba for an already planned radio show featuring them. Because all he knows is country music, he must quickly learn about Abba. He buys every teen magazine in the country. This disc jockey travels all over Australia trying to get the interview. However, Abba's bodyguard will not allow him to talk to the group. Will he get an interview before the radio show airs? Wow, what a cliffhanger!?!

The movie cuts back and forth with the disc jockey's adventure and Abba in concert, performing staple hits like "Thank You For The Music" and "Waterloo". But, like in any concert from any band, also has those forgettable "this is off our new album" songs. "Tiger" and "I'm A Marionette" are just awful. There is plenty of "Abba behind the scenes" footage, which is also used as part of the movie.

While watching the movie, I got a sense that Abba really, really thought they were the best thing the Beatles. It seemed like every other word in the film was "Abba". The disc jockey interviewed anyone (and everyone) on the street to get their opinion of the band. People thought the band was "great", "talented", "clean" (?), "sexy" and every other positive adjective possible. Having frenzied fans screaming "WE WANT ABBA!!!" through the entire movie made me want to throw my remote at the television. Ok, they were big, but 95 minutes of self-congratulating can annoy and disappoint even the most loyal fans.

Es increhible pero al fin en DVD
2006-01-27 - Por fin ABBA edito en DVD su pelicula la cual salio al mercado 1978 en cines de todo el mundo muy bueno es de coleccion ya que solo se conseguia en bootlegs pero por fin pero como que es algo dificil de conseguir no es facil pero vale la paena, mayor informacion en PolarWorks Collectors todo lo relacionado con ABBA.