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Bookmark this pageABBA The Movie (1977)
Director: Lasse Hallström
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From Time Out Film Guide
Unashamed and supremely slick commercial for the group, maintaining a gentle air of self-parody while at the same time being a celebration of all the various apparatuses which make a merchandising phenomenon like ABBA possible. The narrative, without which the film would mostly consist of footage of the band on stage, follows ABBA through an Australian tour pursued by a Sydney deejay. If the idea's spread a bit thin, it's occasionally handled with a humour and panache worthy of Dick Lester's Beatles' movies or ABBA's own Phil Spector/Brian Wilson- inspired studio craftsmanship.Author: RM
Cast & crew
Director: Lasse Hallström
Producer: Reg Grundy, Stig Andersson
Cast: ABBA, Robert Hughes, Tom Oliver, Bruce Barry full cast
Genre(s): Documentaries
Duration: 95 mins
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