ABBA: The Movie

Date: 1977
Director: Lasse Hallström
Production Company: Polar Music International, Reg Grundy Productions

Stars: Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Fältskog, Robert Hughes, Tom Oliver
Location(s): New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia (Australia), Stockholm (Sweden)

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Storyline:

Docu-drama about a local radio DJ’s attempts to interview ABBA during their 1977 tour of Australia.

Additional Information:

Screen captures by Neil Webster

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Flying in over Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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ABBA on arrival at Sydney airport. Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport is located 8 km south of Sydney's central business district in the suburb of Mascot.

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Ashley (Robert Hughes), a local DJ tasked with interviewing ABBA for a radio exclusive, fights his way through crowds at the arrivals hall at Sydney airport.

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Sporting Purple Ford Cortina hire-car, Ashley races across town to their press conference . . . Looking up Yeo St, Neutral Bay, Sydney

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. . . . only to get stuck in traffic. Cahill Expressway, Sydney. Southbound, probably filmed from the Pacific Highway flyover.

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Nearly there. Olympic Drive, Kirribilli.

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Arriving at ABBA's Hotel for the press conference. Sebel Townhouse Hotel, Elizabeth Bay Road, Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales.

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3rd March 1977, ABBA's first Australian concert dogged by heavy rain and winds. RAS Showground Arena, Moore Park, Sydney.

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On a walkabout at Sydney Opera House. Sydney Opera House stands at Bennelong Point on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour.

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Ashley begs the Radio Station Manager (Bruce Barry) for a plane ticket to Perth. Looking South across Lavender Bay towards Sydney.

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Hurrying for his flight, Ashley drops his ABBA cushion! Kungsholmstorg / Hantverkargatan, Stockholm in Sweden.

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Central Perth, Western Australia from Kings Park and Botanic Garden.

Alan Bourke captured the view from the Kaarta Gar-up lookout point in King's Park, Perth noting that the skyline has expanded considerably over the years, as has the vegetation.

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Perth Entertainment Centre, Wellington Street, Perth. Demolished 2011.

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After being ejected for not having a press card, Ashley walks dejected along the Swan River foreshore looking over to West Perth and Kings Park.

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"Name Of The Game" dream sequence. Prins Bertils väg near Djurgårdsbrunnsbron, Djurgården, Stockholm.

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Stage construction. RAS Showground Arena, Moore Park, Sydney.

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Benny checks seating for comfort! Sydney again.

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Crowds starting to arrive. West Lakes Football Stadium, Adelaide, South Australia. Grandstands demolished 2019, surface still used as a training ground for Adelaide Football Club.

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Ashley edits recordings in his hotel room. The Parkroyal Motor Inn (now Hotel Alba), 226 South Terrace, Adelaide.

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Another view of West Lakes.

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Young fans snap Benny. Elizabeth Bay Road / Birtley Place, Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales.

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Ashley finally gets an interview offer from ABBA Manager Stig Anderson. Bodyguard (Tom Oliver, red shirt) looks on. Old Melbourne Hotel (now dwell Village Melbourne City), Flemington Road, North Melbourne in Victoria, Australia.

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Excited crowds amassing. Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Kings Domain Gardens, Linlithgow Avenue, Melbourne.

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Mounted Police escort to event. Old Melbourne Hotel. Turning onto Flemington Road.

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Ashley awakens late - has he missed his interview with ABBA? Looking down on the Moomba Festival. Swanston Street / Collins Street, Melbourne.

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Appearing on Melbourne Town Hall Balcony. Swanston Street, Melbourne.

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Ashley racing back to the studio. A lot of this footage was shot in Stockholm, like the clock column at an entrance to Berzelii Park.

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Ariel shot showing ABBA in their song-writing cabin on Viggsö in the Stockholm Archipelago.