Mamma Mia!

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Meryl Streep as Donna Sheridan
• Pierce Brosnan as Sam Carmichael
• Colin Firth as Harry Bright
• Stellan Skarsgård as Bill Anderson
• Julie Walters as Rosie Mulligan
• Dominic Cooper as Sky Rymand
• Amanda Seyfried as Sophie Sheridan
• Christine Baranski as Tanya Chesham-Leigh
• Rachel McDowall as Lisa
• Ashley Lilley as Ali
• Ricardo Montez as Stannos
• Enzo Squillino Jr. as Gregoris
• Philip Michael as Pepper
• Chris Jarvis as Eddie
• Juan Pablo Di Pace as Petros
• Niall Buggy as Father Alex
• Benny Andersson as “Dancing Queen” piano player (uncredited)
• Spencer Kayden as Agnes (uncredited)
• Björn Ulvaeus as Greek god (uncredited)

Storyline:

Set on a colorful Greek island, the plot serves as a background for a wealth of ABBA songs. A young woman about to be married discovers that any one of three men could be her father. She invites all three to the wedding without telling her mother, Donna Sheridan (Meryl Streep), who was once the lead singer of Donna and the Dynamos. In the meantime, Donna has invited her back-up singers, Rosie Mulligan (Dame Julie Walters) and Tanya Wilkinson (Christine Baranski).

About Movie:

Mamma Mia! (promoted as Mamma Mia! The Movie) is a 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 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. 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 to keep them growing.

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 Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Fältskog in attendance. The film was released theatrically on July 10 in the United Kingdom, July 17 in Germany, and July 18 in the United States. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the musical numbers and production values but criticized the casting of inexperienced singers and campy tone.

The film was a box office success, grossing $694.6 million worldwide on a $52 million budget, and became the fifth highest-grossing film of 2008. A sequel, titled Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, was released on July 20, 2018, with much of the cast returning.

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