ABBA: The Movie

ABBA The Movie is a 1977 film about the pop group ABBAs Australian tour. It was directed by Lasse Hallstrm, who directed most of the groups videos. The film has become a cult film among ABBA fans. Its release coincided with the release of ABBA The Album, the groups fifth studio album, and features many songs from that album as well as many of their earlier hits, and one, Get on the Carousel, unavailable anywhere else.

Eventually, Ashley has an unbelievably lucky chance encounter with Stig Anderson, the groups manager, in the foyer of ABBAs hotel, who agrees to arrange an interview, and gives him tickets to that evenings concert. But Ashley sleeps in and misses the appointed interview time. Just as Ashley has given up hope, by this time, he doesnt even care that his press card has finally arrived, he steps into an elevator and finds himself facetoface with ABBA. They agree to give him an interview, and he leaves Melbourne just in time to meet the deadline for the radio show to go out onair. He puts together the final edit in the back of a taxi on the way back from the airport, as ABBA depart Australia for Europe. With only minutes to go, Ashley makes it back to the radio station where, having set the tape up on the studios playback machine, he relaxes at his control desk to listen as the interviewwhich he worked so long and hard to obtainis broadcast over the airwaves Down Under.Hallstrm indicated that the films script and plot concept was conceived on the plane on the way to Australia. Initially,mm film was to be used but producers upgraded the project tomm Panavision technology. ........

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