Abba The Movie -1977
Very good
Director
Lasse Hallström

Writers
Robert Caswell
Lasse Hallström

Producer
Stig Anderson
Reg Grundy

Cast
Anni-Frid Lyngstad
Benny Andersson
Björn Ulvaeus
Agnetha Fältskog

Review by Wayne Malin

An Australian disc jockey is hired to interview ABBA on their 1977 tour of Australia. Naturally, a lot of “hilarious things go wrong. The scenes with him are bad–he’s a bad actor and the humor is really juvenile. But when ABBA is onscreen the movie soars. They all come across as fun, like-able people. The backstage footage is fascinating, the songs are (of course) great and there’s wonderful direction by Lasse Hallstrom–the concert scenes are unbelievable…the director uses split screen, wide screen, closeups and not the annoying MTV video way it’s done today.

A must see for all gay men (like me) and ABBA fans.

One complaint–why isn’t this out in DVD letterboxed with stereo sound? I caught it on cable TV at 1:00 on a Wednesday afternoon!