ABBA in Concert (1980)

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Cast

Credited cast:
	Benny Andersson	...	Himself
	Agnetha Fältskog	...	Herself
	Anni-Frid Lyngstad	...	Herself
	Björn Ulvaeus	...	Himself
	Tomas Ledin	...	Himself
	Birgitta Wollgård	...	Herself
	Liza Öhman	...	Herself
	Ola Brunkert	...	Himself
	Anders Eljas	...	Himself
	Rutger Gunnarsson	...	Himself
	Mats Ronander	...	Himself
	Åke Sundqvist	...	Himself
	Lars Wellander	...	Himself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	ABBA	...	Themselves
	Phillip Page	...	Himself, enthusiastic Interviewee in New York

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A film showing the Swedish pop group ABBA's tour of North America and Europe in 1979. The majority of the film is devoted to the concert at Wembley Arena in London but we also have footage from certain US concerts plus backstage and between-concerts scenes. Written by grantss

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Country:

Sweden

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 April 1980 (Sweden) See more »

Also Known As:

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Filming Locations:

St. Paul Civic Center, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA See more »

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Polar Music International, Sveriges Television (SVT) See more »

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Runtime:

52 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

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Quotes

[Agnetha is holding an ice cream cone and is licking it in between answering questions]
Interviewer: So, how do you feel about touring?
Agnetha: I like it. Especially the ice creameh timeh!
[Smiles and licks ice cream]
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Dancing Queen
Written by Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, and Björn Ulvaeus
Performed by Benny Andersson, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad,
and Björn Ulvaeus
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Great music but the rest is sort of meh

15 May 2016 | by grantss – See all my reviews

A film showing the Swedish pop group ABBA's tour of North America and Europe in 1979. The majority of the film is devoted to the concert at Wembley Arena in London but we also have footage from certain US concerts plus backstage and between-concerts scenes.

A great reminder of the phenomenon that was ABBA - the innocent, singalong lyrics, the wonderful tunes. Also a reminder when music still had a degree of innocence and wonder.

So, as you would expect, the music is great. However, the rest, even the concert theatrics are quite dull. The behind-the-scenes stuff doesn't add anything, is largely bland and even feels staged. The concerts capture the vibrancy and innocence of the band, but the stage work feels sort of amateurish. This amateurishness adds to the charm in one way but just feels clumsy in another.

Maybe I just feel disappointed that an ABBA show would seem so ordinary.

Also worth noting that this tour was ABBA's final tour. They broke up three years later, never having toured again.

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