Mamma Mia! The Movie (Full Screen) (DVD)

Mamma Mia! (promoted as Mamma Mia! The Movie) is a 2008 jukebox musical romantic comedy film directed by Phyllida Lloyd and written by Catherine Johnson, based on her book from the 1999 musical of the same name. The film is based on the songs of pop group ABBA, with additional music composed by ABBA member Benny Andersson. The film features an ensemble cast, including Christine Baranski, Pierce Brosnan, Dominic Cooper, Colin Firth, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgård, Meryl Streep, and Julie Walters. The plot follows a young bride-to-be who invites three men to her upcoming wedding, with the possibility that any of them could be her father. The film was an international co-production between Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, and was co-produced by Playtone and Littlestar Productions.

Principal photography primarily took place on the island of Skopelos, Greece from August to September 2007. The film was distributed by Universal Pictures. Mamma Mia! held its world premiere on June 30, 2008 at Leicester Square in London and premiered on July 4, 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden, with ABBA members Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Fältskog in attendance. The film was released theatrically on July 10 in the United Kingdom, on July 17 in Germany and on July 18 in the United States. It received mixed reviews from critics, who criticized the inexperienced singers and campy tone. The film grossed $611 million worldwide on a $52 million budget, becoming the fifth highest-grossing film of 2008. The sequel Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again was released July 20, 2018, with much of the cast returning.

Plot

On the fictional Greek island of Kalokairi, 20-year-old bride-to-be Sophie Sheridan reveals to her bridesmaids, Ali and Lisa, that she has secretly invited three men to her wedding without telling her mother, Donna ( Honey, Honey ). They are the men with whom her mother s diary reveals she had sex during the 25-day period that was coincident with Sophie s conception. They are Irish-American architect Sam Carmichael, Swedish adventurer and writer Bill Anderson and British banker Harry Bright. She hopes that her father will walk her down the aisle on her big day and believes that after she spends time with them, she will know which is her father.

Donna, who owns a villa and runs it (not very successfully) as a hotel, hoping for a better life, maybe due to a man ( Money, Money, Money ), is ecstatic to reunite with her old friends and former Dynamos bandmates, wisecracking author Rosie Mulligan and wealthy multiple divorcée Tanya Chesham-Leigh. She reveals her bafflement at her daughter s desire to get married and shows off the villa to Rosie and Tanya. The three men arrive and Sophie hides them in the old goat house. She does not reveal that she believes that one of them is her father, but does explain that it was her who sent the wedding invitations, not her mother. She tells them to hide so that Donna will be surprised by the old friends of whom she so often favourably speaks. They overhear Donna working and swear that they will not reveal Sophie s secret.

Donna spies on them and is dumbfounded to find herself facing her former lovers ( Mamma Mia ), demanding that they leave. She confides in Tanya and Rosie ( Chiquitita ) that she truly does not know which of the three fathered Sophie. Tanya and Rosie rally her spirits by getting her to dance with an all-female ensemble of staff and islanders ( Dancing Queen ). Sophie finds the men aboard Bill s sailboat, and they sail around Kalokairi, telling stories of Donna s carefree youth ( Our Last Summer ). Sophie plans to tell her fiancé, Sky, about her ploy but loses her nerve. Sky and Sophie reveal their love for each other ( Lay All Your Love on Me ), but Sky is quickly whisked away to his bachelor party.

At Sophie s bachelorette party, Donna, Tanya and Rosie perform for the first time in years ( Super Trouper ). When Sam, Bill, and Harry arrive, Sophie decides to talk with each of them alone. While her friends dance with the men ( Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! ), Sophie learns from Bill that Donna received the money for her villa from his great-aunt Sofia. Sophie guesses that she must be named after Sofia. She asks him to give her away and keep their secret until the wedding. Sophie s happiness is short-lived, as Sam and Harry each pull her aside to tell her that they are her father and that they will give her away. Sophie, overwhelmed by the consequences of getting all three men s hopes up, faints ( Voulez-Vous ).

In the morning, Rosie and Tanya assure Donna that they will take care of the men. Bill and Harry intend to tell each other what they learned the previous night, but Rosie interrupts them. Donna confronts Sophie, believing Sophie wants to stop the wedding. Sophie says that all she wants is to avoid her mother s mistakes. Sam accosts Donna, concerned about Sophie getting married so young. Donna confronts him and they realize they still have feelings for each other ( SOS ). Tanya and young Pepper continue flirtations from the previous night ( Does Your Mother Know? ). Sophie confesses to Sky and asks for his help, but he reacts angrily to Sophie s deception and she turns to her mother for support. As Donna helps her daughter get dressed for the wedding, their rift is healed and Donna reminisces about Sophie s childhood ( Slipping Through My Fingers ). Donna admits her mother told her not to come back home if she got pregnant, and Sophie asks Donna to give her away. As the bridal party walks to the chapel, Sam intercepts Donna, who reveals the pain she felt over losing him ( The Winner Takes It All ).

Sophie and Donna walk down the aisle as the band plays. Donna tells Sophie and all of the guests that her father could be any of the three men. Sam reveals that while he left Donna to get married, he did not go through with it, but returned to find Donna with another man (Bill). The men do not want the paternity confirmed, each agreeing to be one-third of a father for Sophie. She tells Sky they should postpone their wedding and travel the world. Sam proposes to Donna, revealing that he’s now divorced and has loved her all this time. She accepts and they are married ( I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do ). At the reception, Sam sings to Donna ( When All Is Said and Done ) and Rosie makes a play for Bill ( Take a Chance on Me ). The couples proclaim their love. Sophie and Sky sail away ( I Have a Dream ). The credits follow, with the cast performing extra songs ( Dancing Queen , Waterloo ).

Cast

Main cast

• Meryl Streep as Donna Sheridan-Carmichael, Sophie s mother, owner of the hotel Villa Donna.
• Amanda Seyfried as Sophie Sheridan, Donna s 20-year-old daughter, Sky s fiancée.
• Christine Baranski as Tanya Chesham-Leigh, one of Donna s former bandmates in Donna and the Dynamos; a rich three-time divorcee.
• Julie Walters as Rosie Mulligan, Donna s other former bandmate; an unmarried, fun-loving author.
• Pierce Brosnan as Sam Carmichael, Sophie s possible father and an Irish-American architect.
• Colin Firth as Harry Bright, Sophie s possible father and a British banker.
• Stellan Skarsgård as Bill Anderson, Sophie s possible father, a Swedish sailor and travel writer.
• Dominic Cooper as Sky Ramand, Sophie s fiancé who is designing a website for the hotel.
• Niall Buggy as Father Alex, a wedding priest.
• Chris Jarvis as Eddie, a friend of Sky and Pepper.
• Ashley Lilley as Ali, a close friend of Sophie and her bridesmaid.
• Rachel McDowall as Lisa, a close friend of Sophie and her bridesmaid.
• Philip Michael as Pepper, Sky s best man who likes Tanya; a bartender.
• Juan Pablo Di Pace as Petros, Harry s partner.
• Enzo Squillino as Gregoris, one of Donna s employees.
• Ricardo Montez as Stavros.

• Benny Andersson as Dancing Queen piano player
• Spencer Kayden as Agnes
• Björn Ulvaeus as Greek god
• Rita Wilson as Greek goddess

Soundtrack

A soundtrack album was released on July 7, 2008 by Decca in the United States and Polydor internationally. The recording was produced by Benny Andersson. The album features sixteen musical numbers from the film, including a hidden track. The album was nominated at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. The deluxe edition of the soundtrack album was released on November 25, 2008.

• † Featured in the film, but omitted from the soundtrack album.
• § Included on the soundtrack album as a hidden track.

Production

Most of the outdoor scenes were filmed on location at the small Greek island of Skopelos, in Thessaly (during August 29-September 2007), and the seaside hamlet of Damouchari in the Pelion area of Greece. On Skopelos, Kastani beach on the southwest coast was the film s main location site. The producers built a beach bar and jetty along the beach, but removed both set pieces after production wrapped. A complete set for Donna s Greek villa was built at the 007 stage at Pinewood Studios and most of the film was shot there. Real trees were used for the set, watered daily through an automated watering system, and given access to daylight in order to keep them growing.

The part of the film where Brosnan s character, Sam, leaves his New York office to go to the Greek Island was actually filmed at the Lloyd s building on Lime Street in the City of London. He dashes down the escalators and through the porte-cochere, where yellow cabs and actors representing New York mounted police were used for verisimilitude.

The Fernando, Bill Anderson s yacht (actually a ketch) in the film was the Tai-Mo-Shan, built in 1934 by H. S. Rouse at the Hong Kong and Whampoa dockyards.

Meryl Streep took opera singing lessons as a child, and as an adult, she had previously sung in several films, including Postcards from the Edge, Silkwood, Death Becomes Her, and A Prairie Home Companion. She was a fan of the stage show Mamma Mia! after seeing it on Broadway in September 2001, saying that she found the show to be an affirmation of life in the midst of the destruction of 9/11.

Release

Though the world premiere of the film occurred elsewhere, most of the media attention was focused on the Swedish premiere, where Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Fältskog joined Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson with the cast at the Rival Theatre in Mariatorget, Stockholm, owned by Andersson, on July 4, 2008. It was the first time all four members of ABBA had been photographed together since 1986.

Home media

In November 2008, Mamma Mia! became the fastest-selling DVD of all time in the UK, according to Official UK Charts Company figures. It sold 1,669,084 copies on its first day of release, breaking the previous record (held by Titanic) by 560,000 copies. By the end of 2008, the Official UK Charts Company declared that it had become the biggest selling DVD ever in the UK, with one in every four households owning a copy (over 5 million copies sold). The record was previously held by Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl with sales of 4.7 million copies.

In the United States, the DVD made over $30 million on its first day of release. Mamma Mia! was released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 16, 2008. By December 31, 2008, Mamma Mia! became the best-selling DVD of all time in Sweden with 545,000 copies sold.

Reception

Box office

In the United Kingdom, Mamma Mia! grossed £69.2 million as of January 23, 2009; it is the thirteenth highest-grossing film of all time at the UK box office. The film opened at #1 in the U.K, taking £6.6 million on 496 screens. It managed to hold on to the top spot for 2 weeks, narrowly keeping Pixar s WALL-E from reaching #1 in its second week.

When released on July 3, 2009 in Greece, the film grossed $1.6 million in its opening weekend, ranking #1 at the Greek box office.

Mamma Mia! grossed $144.2 million in the United States and $467.1 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $611.3 million, against a production budget of $52 million. It became the highest grossing live-action musical of all time, until it was surpassed by Bill Condon s Beauty and the Beast in 2017. It was also the highest-grossing movie directed by a woman, until it was surpassed by Patty Jenkins Wonder Woman in 2017. It is the third highest-grossing film of 2008 internationally (i.e. outside North America) with an international total of $458.4 million and the thirteenth highest gross of 2008 in North America (the US and Canada) with $144.1 million.

The film made $9.6 million on its opening day in the United States and Canada, as well as $27.6 million on its opening weekend, ranking #2 at the box office, behind The Dark Knight. At the time, it made Mamma Mia! the record-holder for the highest grossing opening weekend for a movie based on a Broadway musical, surpassing Hairspray s box office record in 2007 and later surpassed by Into the Woods.

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 55% based on 183 reviews and an average rating of 5.60/10. The website s critical consensus reads, This jukebox musical is full of fluffy fun but rough singing voices and a campy tone might not make you feel like You Can Dance the whole 90 minutes. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 51 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating mixed or average reviews . Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of A− on an A+ to F scale.

BBC Radio 5 Live s film critic Mark Kermode admitted to enjoying the film, despite describing the experience as the closest you get to see A-List actors doing drunken karaoke . Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian was more negative, giving it one star, and expressed a need to vomit . Bob Chipman of Escape to the Movies said it was so base, so shallow and so hinged on meaningless spectacle, it s amazing it wasn t made for men . The Daily Telegraph stated that it was enjoyable but poorly put together: Finding the film a total shambles was sort of a shame, but I have a sneaking suspicion I ll go to see it again anyway. Angie Errigo of Empire said it was cute, clean, camp fun, full of sunshine and toe tappers.

The casting of actors not known for their singing abilities led to some mixed reviews. Variety stated that some stars, especially the bouncy and rejuvenated Streep, seem better suited for musical comedy than others, including Brosnan and Skarsgård. Brosnan, especially, was savaged by many critics: his singing was compared to a water buffalo (New York Magazine), a donkey braying (The Philadelphia Inquirer) and a wounded raccoon (The Miami Herald), and Matt Brunson of Creative Loafing Charlotte said he looks physically pained choking out the lyrics, as if he s being subjected to a prostate exam just outside of the camera s eye.

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
ACE Eddie Awards	February 15, 2009	Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical	Lesley Walker	Nominated
American Music Awards	November 23, 2008	Favorite Soundtrack	Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack	Nominated
British Academy Film Awards	February 8, 2009	Outstanding British Film	Mamma Mia!	Nominated
		Best Film Music	Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus	Nominated
		Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film	Judy Craymer	Nominated
Costume Designers Guild Awards	February 17, 2009	Excellence in Contemporary Film	Ann Roth	Nominated
Empire Award	March 29, 2009	Best Soundtrack	Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus	Won
Golden Globe Awards	January 11, 2009	Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	Mamma Mia!	Nominated
		Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical	Meryl Streep	Nominated
Golden Raspberry Awards	February 21, 2009	Worst Supporting Actor	Pierce Brosnan	Won
Golden Reel Awards	February 21, 2009	Best Sound Editing – Music in a Musical Feature Film	Tony Lewis, Martin Lowe, Robert Houston	Won
Grammy Awards	February 8, 2009	Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media	Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack	Nominated
Irish Film and Television Awards	February 14, 2009	Best International Actress	Meryl Streep	Won
MTV Movie Awards	May 31, 2009	Best Breakthrough Female Performance	Amanda Seyfried	Nominated
National Movie Awards	September 8, 2008	Best Musical	Mamma Mia!	Won
		Best Female Performance	Meryl Streep	Won
		Best Male Performance	Pierce Brosnan	Nominated
			Colin Firth	Nominated
People s Choice Awards	January 7, 2009	Favorite Movie Comedy	Mamma Mia!	Nominated
		Favorite Cast	Mamma Mia!	Nominated
		Favorite Song from a Soundtrack	Mamma Mia	Won
Rembrandt Awards	March 9, 2009	Best Female Actress	Meryl Streep	Won
		Best International Actress		Won
		Best International Film	Phyllida Lloyd	Won
Satellite Awards	December 14, 2008	Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical	Meryl Streep	Nominated

Sequel

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again was announced on May 19, 2017, with a planned release date of July 20, 2018. It was written and directed by Ol Parker. It was announced that Seyfried, Cooper, Streep, Firth and Brosnan would be returning. In July 2017, Lily James was confirmed to portray young Donna. The film took almost five months to film and was released in London and Sweden on July 16, 2018 and was released worldwide on July 20, 2018. The film was a commercial success and made $402 million worldwide with a $75 million budget. Reviews were generally positive, with critics praising the performances and musical numbers. The film was released digitally on October 9, 2018 and on DVD on October 23, 2018. It held the top spot on the charts for the week ending November 3, 2018.

Condition

New

Publisher

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Published Date

2012-09-25

Rating MPA

Pg-13

Recording Length

109

Recording Studio

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Format

DVD

Brand

Streep,Meryl

Age Group

Adult

Amazon ASIN

B001GKJ2FM

UPC / EAN

025195056632

Model

025195056632

Year

2008

ReleaseDate

2008-07-18

RuntimeMins

108

RuntimeStr

1h 48min

Awards

Nominated for 3 BAFTA Awards, 15 wins & 25 nominations total

Directors

Phyllida Lloyd

Writers

Catherine Johnson

Stars

Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried

Produced by

Benny Andersson, Judy Craymer, Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Mark Huffam, Björn Ulvaeus, Rita Wilson

Music by

Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus

Cinematography by

Haris Zambarloukos

Film Editing by

Lesley Walker

Casting By

Priscilla John, Ellen Lewis

Production Design by

Maria Djurkovic

Art Direction by

Dean Clegg, Rebecca Holmes, Nick Palmer

Set Decoration by

Barbara Herman-Skelding

Costume Design by

Ann Roth, Timothy Everest

Makeup Department

Christina Baker, Amy Byrne, Francesca Crowder, Polly Earnshaw, Tina Earnshaw, Eithne Fennel, Marcelle Genovese, J. Roy Helland, Belinda Hodson, Maria Kavalieros, Joseph Koniak, Nuria Mbomio, Jessica Needham, Sandra O Brien, Charlotte Rogers, Alex Rouse, Olivier Seyfrid, Zoe Tahir, L. Sher Williams, Louise Coles, Nana Fischer, Dimitra Giatrakou, Denise Kum, Sophie Slotover

Production Management

Bruno Cassoni, Jeanette Haley, Matt Jones, Nikos Koumandarakis, Jenny Panoutsopoulos, Miguel Ángel Poveda, Lisa Rodgers, Kathy Sykes, Jimmy Abounouom

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

James Chasey, Maria Dionisiou, Emmanuela Fragiadaki, Richard Goodwin, Christos Houliaras, Nick Jay, Michael Michael, Christopher Newman, Carly Taverner, Yann Mari Faget

Art Department

David Ball, Sarah Bicknell, John Bohan, Satarupa Bradley, Paul Bufton, James Buxton, Graham Caulfield, Mick Chubbock, Dean Coldham, Graham Cole, Lee Cummings, Catharina Curtis, Alexandros Dimitriou, Paul Duff, Colin Ellis, Gill Farr, Michael Finlay, Alan Grenham, Catherine Haugh, Terry Heggarty, Nicholas Henderson, Leonie Heys-Cerchio, Scott Hillier, Tara Ilsley, Patricia Johnson, Gerasimos Karvounis, Helen Koutas, Seeta Lingam, Steve Macdonald, Bradley Malin, Tom Martin, Bernie Mayor, Richard Mccarthy, Maxie McDonald, Eamon McLoughlin, Neil Murrum, Giannis Mylonas, John O Brien, John O Connor, Danny O Regan Jr., Catherine Palmer, Richard Payne, Sandra Phillips, John Roberts, Cosmo Sarson, Ben Saunders, Andreas Siroyiannis, David Smith, Eric Strange, Steve Tranfield, Maria Verdouka, Tony Vice, Clive Ward, Ian Whiteford, Paul Whitelock, Derek Whorlow, Paul Wolstencroft, Sophie Campbell, Graham Caulfield, Roy Chapman, Stephen Conway, Melissa Eybers, James Gambino, Bruce Gordon, Gavin Gordon, Aziz Hamichi, Rohan Harris, Thomas Jones, Christian McDonald, Julian Walker

Sound Department

Nick Adams, Mark Appleby, Michael Barry, Ricky Butt, Jennie Evans, Peter Gleaves, Tim Hands, Simon Hayes, Harry Higgins, Eric Hirsch, Larry Hopkins, Robin Johnson, Leilani Jones, Alex Joseph, Mark Kenna, Mark Lafbery, Laura Lovejoy, Conor Mackey, Rhys Maitland-Jones, Michael Minkler, Jordan O Neill, Alastair Sirkett, Sam Southwick, Ruth Sullivan, Dominick Tavella, Jack Whittaker, Philip Young, Paul Yurt, Jeremy Adamson, Simon Bysshe, Matt Dawson, Neel Dhorajiwala, Arthur Fenn, Shaun-Nicholas Gallagher, Jamie Gambell, Matthew Haasch, John Hayes, Michael Miller, Mark Sheffield, Tim Surrey

Special Effects by

Caimin Bourne, Paige Chaytor, Chris Corbould, Ian Corbould, Jamie Corbould, Paul Corbould, Joe Halford, Roger Mann, Jason McCameron, Tim Mitchell, Charlie Pedersen, Ty Senior, Marie Weston, Nigel Sinclair, Daniel Williams, Gareth Wingrove

Visual Effects by

Kristi Valk Almassizadeh, Aaron Barclay, Tom Baskaya, Zachary Bloom, Turea Blyth, Clare Brody, Andy Burrow, Tim Caplan, Miodrag Colombo, Christopher Cram, Tabitha Dean, Richard Edwards, Jose Fernández de Castro, James D. Fleming, Shaina Holmes, Jeremy Hume, Jon Keene, Tim Keene, Bryan Lennon, Peter Logarusic, Jesse Morrow, Mark Nelmes, Gustaf Nilsson, Sirio Quintavalle, James Reed, Jimmy Saul, Jeremy Sawyer, Denis Scolan, Giuliano Dionisio Vigano, Tim Young, Ilona Blyth, Paul Burke, Samuel M. Dabbs, Alexis Haggar, Karsten Hecker, Alex Hessler, Lindsay M. Hoppe, Justin Israel, Paulina Kuszta, Veronica Marcano, Christophe Meslin, Oliver Minchin, Bruce Nelson, Lee Rankin, Matthew Redding, Dave Robinson, Aatesh Shah, Stephen Willey

Stunts

David Anders, Marvin Campbell, Tracey Caudle, Nicholas Daines, Rick English, Sarah Franzl, Aldonio Danny Freitas, Steve Griffin, Ian Kay, Cristian Knight, Kai Martin, Kim McGarrity, Jamie McLeod-Ross, Andy Merchant, Gareth Milne, Justin Pearson, Andy Pilgrim, Willie Ramsey, Seon Rogers, Roy Taylor, Andy Wareham

Camera and Electrical Department

Marc Atherfold, Simon Baker, Rami Bartholdy, George Bird, Ashley Bond, Joe Buxton, Peter Byrne, Christopher Craig, Hamish Doyne-Ditmas, Kevin Edland, Warren Evans, Chris Gilbertson, Rob Gilmour, Matthew Hall, Stacey Hancox, Peter Hawkins, John Higgins, Alice Hobden, Alex Howe, Darren Howton, Eifion Hughes, Martin Kenzie, Jody Knight, Wayne Leach, Iain MacKay, Driss Marzak, John Marzano, David McAnulty, Adrian McCarthy, Guy McCormack, Joe McGee, Liam McGill, Peter Mountain, Andy Munday, Gary Nolan, Dennis O Connell, Darren Piercy, William Poynter, Russell Prosser, Luke Redgrave, Ron Shane, Frank Shields, Philip Sindall, Ross Slater, Martin Smith, John Turner, Anna Valdez-Hanks, Martin Ward, Glyn Williams, Marc Woodcock, Russell Diamond, Stephen Fell, Danny McGee

Casting Department

Abigail Barbier, Will Burton, Stephen Crockett, Louis Elman, David Grindrod, Christos Houliaras, Julie Hutchinson, Orla Maxwell, Geoffrey Miclat, James Orange, Kevin Riddle, Elizabeth Dean

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Lita Blechman, Charlotte Child, Liz Dann, Maria Dionisiou, Annie Dunn, Debbe DuPerrieu, Jenny Hawkins, Vivienne Jones, Maria Kokkini, Linda Lashley, Katerina Lemoni-Betsani, Michelle Matland, Ciara McArdle, Katerina Mouzoula, Jacqueline Mulligan, Lindsay Pugh, Adam Roach, Jessica Scott-Reed, Dimitra Vamvakari, Justine Warhurst, Dominic Young, David Bethell, Holly Dench, Staci Greenbaum, Krystal White, Patrick Wiley, Diana Wyand

Editorial Department

Siobhan Boyes, Pete Conlin, Lorene Dewett, Sascha Dhillon, Tritia Espinoza, Jimmy Fusil, Jonathan Hoffman, Jesse Morrow, John Persichetti, Saska Simpson, Gabrielle Smith, Bridgette Williams, Trevor Brown, Alison Carter, Ollie Gatehouse, Rob Gordon, Sze-Wun Li, Steve Maguire, Andrew Melhuish, Mark Neale, Ben Renton, Michael P. Whipple, Lee Wimer

Location Management

Dimitris Birbilis, Bruno Cassoni, Giorgos Damigos, George Stephan Filias, Panagiotis Galios, Denise Hanrahan, Ali James, Martin Joy, Giorgos Kalogiannis, Themis Katz, Vlassis Kavouxis, Babis Nikolis, Emma Pill, Nikos Pitsakis, Kostas Raftopoulos, Aurelia Thomas, Duncan Broadfoot, Chloe Kletsa, Christian McWilliams

Music Department

ABBA, Anna Afzelius, Tobias Ahlsell, Anki Albertsson, Anna Andersson, Benny Andersson, Göran Arnberg, Chris Barrett, Jan Bengtson, Becky Bentham, Mark Berrow, Richard Bissill, Micke Blomqvist, Magnus Borén, Thomas Bowes, Nicholas Bucknall, Lesley Burdett, Mary Carewe, Robert Carlson, Children from the Italia Conti School, Rupert Christie, Anne-Marie Cullum, Sara Dahlgren, Michael Dore, Andrew Dudman, Carlton Edwards, Mats Englund, Johanna Eriksson, Sarah Eyden, Alice Fearn, Per Grebacken, Isobel Griffiths, Rutger Gunnarsson, Görel Hanser, Robert Houston, Calle Jakobsson, Hans Johansson, Lasse Jonsson, Joanna Forbes L Estrange, Tony Lewis, Lotta Lilliestrom Stenberg, Leif Lindvall, Per Lindvall, Abbie Lister, Therese Lof, Mike Lovatt, Martin Lowe, Bernard Löhr, Markus Lönneborg, Louise Clare Marshall, Vicky Matthews, Jenny Miina, Janet Mooney, Dave Jewerén Moore, Kalle Moraeus, Perra Moraeus, Torquil Munro, Kathy Nelson, Mats Nilsson, Jenny O Grady, Robin Olson, Henrik Orwander, Andy Parker, Jake Parker, Steve Pierce, Tom Pigott Smith, Steve Price, Martin Redhe Nord, Jack Romero, Stefan Rundqvist, Anna Rydgren, Samantha Shaw, Jesper Sjölander, Cecilia Skarby, Robert Skowronski, Mia Soteriou, Jörgen Stenberg, Rebecca Trehearn, Björn Ulvaeus, Lasse Wellander, Bruce White, Robert White, Warren Zielinski, Rachel Bolt, Dave Foster

Script and Continuity Department

Katrina Barton, Sally Jones

Transportation Department

Phil Allchin, Bryan Baverstock, Nigel Birtchnell, John Coleman, Rimagmos-Rigas Dionysios, Tony Jayes, Colin Morris, Rimagmos-Rigas Dionysios, Colin Morris, Ian Yea

Additional Crew

Clint Bailey, Daren Bailey, Mark Birmingham, Roy Borrett, Mr. Bovoletis, Dougal Cadiou, Bruno Cassoni, Morgan Cline, Nicola Conlon, Ian Creed, Matt Curtis, Elena Dentopoulou, Jolene Dodson, Mina Dreki, Claire Fishenden, Samantha Gardner, Manos Gasteratos, Ashley Grisdale, Zsuzsa Gulyas, Jim Hajicosta, Tory Haljun, Denise Hanrahan, Kirstie Harding, TJ Pax Hardy, Lisa Heathcote, Non Jones, Anna Karakalou, Rachel King, George Litinas, William Loyd-Holmes, Iain Mackenzie, Layla Mall, Polly Mallinson, Stacy Mann, Victor Mathieu, Liz McGinity, Wendy Millyard, Sian Milne, Tariq Mirza, James Napier, Terry Neil, Chris Norman, Janie Nugent, Lance Palmer, Ann Pattison-Bingham, Lisa Reynolds, James Richardson, Janet Rothermel, Georgia Sarantopoulos, Theodora Sarli, Rob Seager, Teresa Soneborg, Deryn Stafford, Tim Stanley, Jonjo Stickland, Michele Tandy, Dean Taylor, Claire Teare, Michael Thorpe, Achilles Tirekedis, Nichola Treherne, Anthony Van Laast, Graham Vick, Valie Vousta, Jo Wallett, Sara West, Betty Williams, Kori E. Wilson, Katie Wolfryd, Nicole Chapman, Robin Jiro Hall, John Hamilton, Gale Hansen, Steve Hills, Mark Munnelly, Brieann Rich, Michael Rich, Nicholas Rich, Paul Secker, Andy Stephens

Thanks

Julian Legg, Fani Palli-Petralia, Giorgos Papalios, Aris Spiliotopoulos, George Voulgarakis

Genres

Comedy, Musical, Romance

Companies

Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Littlestar

Countries

USA, UK, Germany

Languages

English, Greek

ContentRating

PG-13

ImDbRating

6.5

ImDb Rating Votes

243953

Metacritic Rating

51

Short Description

Mamma Mia! (promoted as Mamma Mia! The Movie) is a 2008 jukebox musical romantic comedy film directed by Phyllida Lloyd and written by Catherine Johnson, based on her book from the 1999 musical of the same name. The film is based on the songs of pop group ABBA, with additional music composed by ABBA member Benny Andersson. The film features an ensemble cast, including Christine Baranski, Pierce Brosnan, Dominic Cooper, Colin Firth, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgård, Meryl Streep, and Julie Walters. The plot follows a young bride-to-be who invites three men to her upcoming wedding, with the possibility that any of them could be her father. The film was an international co-production between Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, and was co-produced by Playtone and Littlestar Productions.

Principal photography primarily took place on the island of Skopelos, Greece from August to September 2007. The film was distributed by Universal Pictures. Mamma Mia! held its world premiere on June 30, 2008 at Leicester Square in London and premiered on July 4, 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden, with ABBA members Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Fältskog in attendance. The film was released theatrically on July 10 in the United Kingdom, on July 17 in Germany and on July 18 in the United States. It received mixed reviews from critics, who criticized the inexperienced singers and campy tone. The film grossed $611 million worldwide on a $52 million budget, becoming the fifth highest-grossing film of 2008. The sequel Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again was released July 20, 2018, with much of the cast returning.

Box Office Budget

$52,000,000 (estimated)

Box Office Opening Weekend USA

$27,751,240

Box Office Gross USA

$144,169,664

Box Office Cumulative Worldwide Gross

$611,257,819

Keywords

Bride,jukebox musical,wedding,greek island,playing against type