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Music CD - ABBA The Movie
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Music CD: ABBA The Movie
List Price: $19.98
Our Price: $9.90
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Manufacturer: Polydor / Umgd
Starring: Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Fältskog, Robert Hughes (III)
Directed By: Lasse Hallström
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0602498717035
Format: AC-3
Label: Polydor / Umgd
Manufacturer: Polydor / Umgd
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Polydor / Umgd
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2006-03-28
Running Time: 95
Studio: Polydor / Umgd
Theatrical Release Date: 2006-04-28
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Summary: ABBA The Movie
Comment: Carl Magnus Palm sheds some light in the booklet accompanying the DVD. ABBA played 11 concerts in Australia. Director Lasse Hallstrom wanted the plot featuring actor Robert Hughes as DJ Ashley Wallace. I would have settled for concert footage. The rain was during the first concert at the Sydney Showground. Water leaked into canisters and destroyed some of Hallstrom's work. Swedish street signs reveal that the final scenes were shot in Stockholm.
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Summary: 5 stars for the band and the music
Comment: Even as a kid, my expectations at the release of ABBA The Movie were tempered by the knowledge that ABBA were good musicians and not great performers. I was lucky enough to attend the Perth concerts where most of the live footage was filmed (I can see myself down the front during Dancing Queen!), and clearly remember what a strangely stiff performance ABBA gave (the movie certainly benefits from the immediacy of onstage filming). The Movie is a valuable artifact of the insane ABBAmania which existed in Australia at the time - mania that was already beginning to subside by the time ABBA finally returned on their world tour a year after they first visited. It's a shame Universal didn't capitalise on this by documenting the reams of media reportage of the time as dvd features. The Movie looks and sounds fantastic, though, especially the concert sequences, and I am amazed how beautiful Frida and Agnetha look, and how perfectly complementary. The "story" is hopeless and obviously done on the fly, but every time ABBA are onscreen the movie powers up. Try to find the limited edition 2-disc set, though, because it contains an excellent, recent reminiscence by Benny, Bjorn and director Lasse Hallstrom, as well as galleries and tv spots; again, not a lot, but certainly better than the single disc version.
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Summary: it is a must for ABBA lovers!
Comment: If you like ABBA music that is the movie you might want to see.I enjoyed watching it!
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Summary: I love ABBA
Comment: I bought this DVD expecting viewing it to be as enjoyable
as the other ABBA DVD's I have purchased. The "plot"
consists of a country and western DJ chasing ABBA all over
Australia to get an interview. Too much of the inane trials
and tribulations of said DJ and not nearly enough of the ABBA
performances. I love ABBA and dearly love to watch them perform.
I've seen -The Movie- about a dozen times now and saw something new
and very enjoyable each time. Lasse the director said the "plot"
was necessary because people would get bored if there were
nothing but performances. I disagree! I dearly love to see them perform,
I'm glad I bought -The Movie- and encourage others to buy it if
they love ABBA as much as I do!
Customer Rating:
Summary: ABBA the movie
Comment: Music was very good but some songs were cut short. Too much showing "our hero" and his problems. Should have more of ABBA and less of him. Also,the plot was a little thin.
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