ABBA: The Movie Page #3

Synopsis: Movie detailing ABBA's mega-successful tour of Australia during mid-1977. While it mostly contains back-stage footage and as well as ABBA's famous songs such as "Dancing Queen", "Tiger", "Name Of The Game" and "Eagle" among others sung filmed during their concerts in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide, it has the sub-plot of young country and western radio disc-jockey, Ashley, whose boss orders him to have a deep interview with ABBA and the problems he has trying to reach them as he forgets his press pass and ABBA's main bodyguard, (Tom Oliver) is determined to stop him...
Director(s): Lasse Hallström
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.4
G
Year:
1977
95 min
455 Views


ABBA:
Now selling more records

World wide than any other group-

- since the Beatles.

Live in Stockholm.

Summer houses on island in archipelago.

Most songs written in small cottage-

- by jamming together

with piano and guitar.

Ladies and gentlemen. In a few moments

We will be landing in Perth.

Why do you like ABBA?

I suppose it's... It has a good beat.

It's got good rhythm,

I think the lyrics are good.

I think it's appealing to all people.

When a little baby of about

eighteen months can say "ABBA"-

- and recognize the pictures

and recognize the music...

...I think it even appeals to the

very, very young as well, you see.

What do you like most

about their music?

Well, I like the clean-cut beat

of the music...

- Just the beat?

- No, the beat...

And the clean-cut appearance of them.

They're a fantastic group.

What do you think of their...?

...because I think

they're nice and clean.

- What do you mean by that?

- They've always dressed nicely...

...and tidy. I think that's what we

all like, the older people.

I don't know about the kids,

but we do, anyway.

It's a bit quieter than the more

modern ones at the moment.

Not quite as loud.

Well, they look tidy on stage,

even though they have nice costumes.

Some of the groups today

look positively ugly on stage.

I think they appeal

to the young children, too.

Perth Wednesday

interview number five:

What do you like most

about their music?

Make me very happy.

Make me wanna get up, and dance.

- And... Just everything.

- Thank you.

Thank you. Thank...

- Are you an ABBA fan?

- Not particularly. I hate them.

I've got a 12-year-old ABBA nut.

He's got the records and posters.

The house is full of them.

It's as much as a man can stand.

Just one look and I can hear a bell ring

One more look and I forget everything, o-o-o-oh

Mamma mia, here I go again

My my, how can I resist you?

Mamma mia, does it show again?

My my, just how much I've missed you

Yes, I've been brokenhearted

Blue since the day we parted

Why, why did I ever let you go?

Mamma mia, even if I say

Bye bye, leave me now or never

Mamma mia, it's a game we play

Bye bye doesn't mean forever

Mamma mia, here I go again

My my, how can I resist you?

Mamma mia, does it show again?

My my, just how much I've missed you

Yes, I've been brokenhearted

Blue since the day we parted

Why, why did I ever let you go?

Mamma mia, now I really know

My my, I could never let you go

- Hi. Has my press card arrived yet?

- Just a moment, sir.

No, I'm sorry.

There's no mail at all for you.

We want ABBA! We want ABBA!

We want ABBA!

Look, can't you see I'm a journalist?

But you haven't got a press card,

and we're all sold out.

There's nothing I can do, I'm sorry.

Excuse me. I'm doing some interviews.

Are you an ABBA fan?

- Yes, I am.

- What do you like about the group?

Well... They're a clean-cut group...

...with nice music and a nice beat.

That's great. Fantastic.

Thank you very much.

Excuse me...

Do you know where ABBA are?

- Yes, they're straight through there.

- Good. Thank you.

Very nice.

- What do you think you're doing here?

- L-l-I've...

...got an interview...

- Who with?

- ABBA!

- Who said?

- Stig Anderson, their manager.

- Well, show me your press pass.

- You haven't got a press pass.

- Well, I have, but I...

You haven't got an interview either,

have you?

- Out!

- But listen...

Rock me, give me that feeling

Roll me, rocking and reeling

Baby, so dont stop doing it,

dont stop doing it, now

(dont stop the rocking,

dont stop the rocking

I said dont stop the rocking)

Wanna be wanna be in my babys arms

Gonna be gonna be

Nice and gentle if you want me to

Just as long as Im in love with you

Yours for ever, honey, thats what i

Wanna be wanna be wanna be, yeah

Rock me, give me that kick now

Rock me, show me that trick now

Roll me, you can do magic

Baby, and I cant get enough of it

Rock me, give me that feeling

Roll me, rocking and reeling

Baby, so dont stop doing it,

dont stop doing it, now

(dont stop the rocking,

dont stop the rocking

I said dont stop the rocking)

Wanna be wanna be

with the one that I love, love, love

Gonna be gonna be

With you baby every single night

I can teach you how to rock all right

Your sweet lover, honey, thats what i

Wanna be wanna be wanna be, yeah

Rock me, give me that kick now

Rock me, show me that trick now

Roll me, you can do magic

Baby, and I cant get enough of it

Rock me, give me that feeling

Roll me, rocking and reeling

Baby, so dont stop doing it,

dont stop doing it

dont stop rocking, dont stop rocking,

dont stop rocking

Thank you.

Thank you!

I, Im gonna make you mine

Youre gonna feel so fine

Youll never want to leave me

I feel you belong to me

Someday you will agree

Please, believe me

You thrill me, you delight me

You please me, you excite me

Youre something Id been pleading for

I love you, I adore you

I lay my life before you

Ill have you want me more and more

And finally it seems

my lonely days are through

Ive been waiting for you

Oh, Ive been waiting for you

And finally it seems

my lonely days are through

Ive been waiting for you

Ive been waiting for you

ABBA - which floor?

Number 5, but you haven't got a chance!

That's okay, I'm a professional.

- The Sydney reviews.

- Thank you.

Would you give me that one, please.

- What does "kinky" mean?

- Kinky? It's a...

...sort of a perversion.

Usually sexual perversion.

What do they find kinky?

- "ABBA's kinky, velvet bed."

- "Velvet" what?

- Velvet bed.

- Bed.

"This is the giant bed

Agnetha and Bjorn ordered"-

- "to be ready at the hotel."

"And the manager made sure

their dressing-gowns were ready"-

- "when the super group arrived."

What a kinky journalist.

Your bottom was the best thing

in the show.

- "Agnetha's bottom tops show!"

- Oh, my God...

Don't they have bottoms in Australia?

"'Damn! ', a middle-aged man beside me

said with feeling."

"It's really something worth seeing."

I suppose he thought

that was a very funny headline.

At least I did something for the show,

didn,t I?

Nah, nah, nah.

None of that stuff here, okay?

No, it's okay.

I've got an appointment.

I have an appointment...

I've got an appointment with them.

Nah.

That's a really interesting sound

you're making. I collect funny sounds.

- Would you like to do it in there?

- Nah, nah.

Thank you. I think I've got it.

Nah, nah. Cut that sh*t out.

Look, there's no need to shove!

That was pretty dangerous for a while,

wasn't it? The rain on the stage?

- No, not really.

- You were very lucky.

- You didn't hurt yourself.

- Yes, really.

Excuse me.

Cut it out!

Listen, pal.

I ought to shove this microphone-

- so far down your throat I could record

your stomach talking to you...

Haven't I seen enough of you today?

Guided tour is this way!

This is known as an elevator. It goes

up and down, and you're going down.

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Robert Caswell

Robert Caswell (13 July 1946 – 29 October 2006) was an Australian screenwriter of films and television. In the 1970s and early 1980s he was one of the leading writers in Australian television. After the success of Evil Angels, for which he received an Oscar nomination, he moved to Hollywood and became a leading "script doctor". more…

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