ABBA: The Winner Takes It All - The ABBA Story

June. 01,1999

Rating：

8.4

Genre：

Documentary Music Family

Keywords：

Biography

Trailer Synopsis Cast

The story of one of the greatest pop bands of all time, this programme features, for the first time, all four members talking about their lives before during and after ABBA. Included with extracts from the rehearsals and performances of the smash hit musical Mamma Mia!, based on the songs of ABBA, are all the big hits, concert footage and interviews with Bono, Malcolm McLaren, Pete Waterman, Tim Rice Bjorn Again and Steps!

Agnetha Fältskog as Self

Benny Andersson as Self

Björn Ulvaeus as Self

Anni-Frid Lyngstad as Self

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Reviews

GurlyIamBeach

1999/06/01

Instant Favorite.

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Sexyloutak

1999/06/02

Absolutely the worst movie.

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Voxitype

1999/06/03

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

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Lachlan Coulson

1999/06/04

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

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rogermoore

1999/06/05

ABBA, one of the biggest groups in the entire world. Yet so little is known about the Swedish foursome. This documentary tries to enlighten us about 10 years of ABBA in 60 or 90 min. (depends on which version you have seen). But, of course, 60 or 90 min. is far too short for that. We get to know almost nothing about the members of ABBA themselves. Agnetha, unfortunately, doesn't want to be filmed. It's a shame ABBA didn't want to filmed together, so that they could react upon each other, ooh what could have been...

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gsagg

1999/06/06

I've been an ABBA fan for a while and really enjoyed watching this great documentary - although it's a shame Agnetha doesn't appear as much as the other members (she has her reasons I'm sure). Anyway, I believe every real fan will like it too.

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ULVAEUS

1999/06/07

The documentary was very awaited but if the constuction is clever and the archives were very good, something is missing: the 4 members talking about their life, together in the same room. I must say that the choice of the songs is too limited and a lot of tv shows from all over the world, including the strangest interviews or funny register could have been used. The solo paths are almost totally absent although it would have more lightened the personalities of the fab 4. It's strange that it seems quite impossible to capture the quintessence of their souls which is more complex than everyone seems to think

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