ABBA: The Movie (1977) on Netflix
G19771h 35mComedyDocumentaryDrama
Ashley Wallace, a naive country DJ on Radio 2TW, is sent by his boss to interview ABBA during their 1977 Australian tour. He forgets his press card. A bodyguard blocks him.
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Plot summary
Ashley Wallace hosts a through-the-night country and western show on Radio 2TW, and he has never conducted an interview. His boss orders him to bring back an in-depth dialogue with ABBA before the group leaves Australia. Ashley forgets to pack his press card, and he cannot buy a concert ticket. Armed with a reel-to-reel tape recorder, he trails the band from Sydney to Perth, Adelaide, and Melbourne, where the group's protective bodyguard keeps turning him away and his boss grows more exasperated. Between failed attempts, he asks members of the public whether they like ABBA and why. The people he questions include a man driven mad by his twelve-year-old son's obsession with the group and a girl who thinks the band is over the top.
Cast
- Calvin Crossas Featured Fan
- Ivar Dahlbomas Featured Fan
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about ABBA: The Movie (1977)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The film went on wide release in the USSR in 1982, where it became one of the hits of the year, gathering an audience of 33.2 million viewers.
- Australia was excluded from a later cinema engagement of the film, as lead actor Robert Hughes had gained notoriety in the country for being convicted of sexual offenses against children in 2014.
- Hallström indicated that the script and plot concept for the film was "conceived on the plane on the way to Australia", the country where the tour footage was shot.
- Initially, 16 mm film was to be used for the production, but the producers upgraded the project to 35 mm Panavision technology before shooting began.
