ABBA: The Movie Page #6

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


so its about time you got up-

- because were gonna play a dancing

number for you - "Dancing Queen".

You can dance, you can jive,

having the time of your life

See that girl, watch that scene,

dig in the dancing queen

Friday night and the lights are low

Looking out for the place to go

Where they play the right music,

getting in the swing

You come in to look for a king

Anybody could be that guy

Night is young and the musics high

With a bit of rock music,

everything is fine

Youre in the mood for a dance

And when you get the chance...

You are the dancing queen,

young and sweet, only seventeen

Dancing queen, feel the beat

from the tambourine, oh yeah...

You can dance, you can jive,

having the time of your life

See that girl, watch that scene,

dig in the dancing queen

Youre a teaser, you turn em on

Leave them burning and then youre gone

Looking out for another, anyone will do

Youre in the mood for a dance

And when you get the chance...

You are the dancing queen,

young and sweet, only seventeen

Dancing queen, feel the beat

from the tambourine, oh yeah...

You can dance, you can jive,

having the time of your life

See that girl, watch that scene,

dig in the dancing queen

Dig in the dancing queen

Dig in the dancing queen

Why the hell didn't you wake me up?

...and music, dancing and singing.

Just like we do here in Moomba

for the Moomba Festival.

Let's get together and have fun!

We want ABBA! We want ABBA!

We want ABBA!

We want ABBA! We want ABBA!

The Moomba Festival presents the last

appearance of ABBA in Australia.

They are leaving for the airport shortly

and return to Sweden

But here is your last chance

to show your appreciation.

- I suppose they've gone already?

- Who?

- ABBA.

- Yes, I'm afraid so.

They just left for the airport.

- They've just...

- They've just gone.

...for the airport?

- I'm afraid so.

Is there anyone else

you wish to speak to?

You're beautiful.

Testing one, two. Testing one, two...

Aaaaaah!

So long, see you honey

You cant buy me with your money

Chasing, dazing, driving me crazy

But Ill never be your girl

So long, see you honey

You cant buy me with your money

You know its not worth trying

So long, so long, so long

So long, see you honey

You cant buy me with your money

You know its not worth trying

So long, so long, so long

- Thank you.

- We love you!

Goodbye!

Mr. Wallace...

Your press card's arrived.

Keep it. That's yours.

Excuse me... I'd just like to...

Can I have a... an interview...?

- Sure.

- If I can just... get this...

If you just...

"Eagle"

They came flying from far away,

now I'm under their spell

I love hearing the stories that they tell

They've seen places beyond my land

and they've found new horizons

They speak strangely but I understand

And I dream I'm an eagle

And I dream I can spread my wings

Flying high, high, I'm a bird in the sky

I'm an eagle that rides on the breeze

High, high, what a feeling to fly

Over mountains and forests and seas

And to go anywhere that I please

As all good friends we talk all night,

and we fly wing to wing

I have questions

and they know everything

There's no limit to what I feel,

we climb higher and higher

Am I dreaming or is it all real?

And I dream I'm an eagle.

And I dream I can spread my wings

Flying high, high, I'm a bird in the sky

(I'm an eagle)

I'm an eagle that rides on the breeze

High, ah-high, what a feeling to fly

(What a feeling)

Over mountains and forests and seas

High, high, I'm a bird in the sky

(I'm an eagle)

I'm an eagle that rides on the breeze

High, ah-high, what a feeling to fly

(What a feeling)

Over mountains and forests and seas

And to go anywhere that I please

That was absolutely fantastic.

Thank you very much!

I have got everything I need.

That's just great.

Fantastic. Thank you.

It's been a pleasure meeting you.

You're fantastic. Bye-bye.

Have a nice trip home! Thank you.

Love you, buddy boy!

Righto, see you soon.

We made it!

Not now...

Radio 2... Radio 2TW, and make it fast.

Right. Hang on to your hat.

- What are you up to?

- Radio special on ABBA.

ABBA?

You're not with that mob, are you?

Strewth. I took the wife and kids

to see them the other night.

Bloody terrible it was.

Cost me a fortune.

I thought it'd be the nicest, cleanest

show I could take the wife and kids to.

Not on your life, mate!

They came dancing out on stage-

- all dolled up in these white cloaks.

And before you know it,

they rip half their clothes off!

And instead of facing the audience

with the microphones in their hand...

And this sheila had on the tightest pair

of white slacks you ever saw.

...she suddenly turns her back on

the audience and starts flapping her...

You know what I mean. Starts flashing

at the audience. Doing this sort of thing.

Can you drive a bit faster?

I can't hear you.

Could you please move a little.

People were so nice, you know,

and we had a really good time.

We've had such a good time,

and I'd really like thank everybody-

- for supporting us so much.

Anyway, there she was with what they say

'the most beautiful bottom in Europe'

Well, I guess... I've seen...

I've seen a few bottoms in my time

...I guess it was pretty nice.

We're both red-blooded males.

I quite admired it in a way-

because I can take all that sort of thing,

but not in front of the wife and kids!

And it's not the sort of thing

you want to go flashing at them.

Not in front of, literally, thousands

of little kids. Flashing it away there.

Goodbye!

- "I am a tiger..."

- Keep the change.

What sort of a song is that?

We want ABBA! We want ABBA!

Just in time, Ashley.

- It's in studio 2.

- Right!

- Hi.

- We thought you'd never make it.

Neither did I.

- Okay. I'll go and tell Jim.

- Thanks.

- Benny...

- A pleasure working with you.

- See you again.

- Bye-bye. All the best.

- All right.

- Practice the outside inside, all right?

- Practice the inside outside.

- I'll practice some of it.

Thank you. This is a crazy thing,

you know - leaving everything.

This is Ashley Wallace,

back from Sydney...

...Perth, Adelaide

and Melbourne, with...

...a two-hour special, including

an exclusive, on-the-spot interview-

- with those super-Swedes, ABBA.

Theres nothing really special about them.

Theyre only human beings...

- Are we on the air?

- Everythings okay.

- We're on the air...

- Except their music. Thats special.

We're on the air!

I'm nothing special,

in fact I'm a bit of a bore

If I tell a joke,

you've probably heard it before

But I have a talent,

a wonderful thing

'Cause everyone listens

when I start to sing

I'm so grateful and proud

All I want is to sing it out loud

So I say

Thank you for the music,

the songs I'm singing

Thanks for all the joy

they're bringing

Who can live without it,

I ask in all honesty

What would life be?

Without a song or a dance what are we?

So I say thank you for the music

For giving it to me

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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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