Sing-Along "Mamma Mia!" Arrives in Theatres Aug. 29
By Andrew Gans
29 Aug 2008
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"Mamma Mia!" stars Pierce Brosnan and Meryl Streep
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| photo by Peter Mountain © Universal Pictures | Select movie theatres around the country will offer a sing-along version of the hit film "Mamma Mia!" — based on the long-running musical of the same name — beginning Aug. 29.
"Audiences at these specially selected theaters," press notes state, "are invited to bring friends and family to experience the smash hit movie musical in a whole new way by singing along to the songs they love." The sing-along edition of the film will feature the lyrics to every musical number on the screen.
Audiences will have the chance to sing along with such ABBA hits as "Dancing Queen," "S.O.S.," "Money, Money, Money," "Take a Chance on Me," "Lay All Your Love on Me," "Voulez-Vous" and more.
The "Mamma Mia!" cast features Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Firth, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Stellan Skarsgard and Dominic Cooper. The film was directed by Phyllida Lloyd, who is making her feature-film debut. Lloyd helmed both the London and Broadway mountings of Mamma Mia!
Using the catalogue of '70s pop group ABBA, Johnson's plot tells the story of bride-to-be Sophie Sheridan, who hopes to discover her father's identity on the eve of her wedding. She brings three men from her mother Donna's past back to the Greek island they last visited 20 years previously.
The show and film feature music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. Since the original London production opened in 1999, the musical has grossed over $2 billion worldwide.
The film, according to the Universal Pictures website, is described as such: "An independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, Donna (Streep) is about to let go of Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), the spirited daughter she's raised alone. For Sophie's wedding, Donna has invited her two lifelong best girlfriends-practical and no-nonsense Rosie (Julie Walters) and wealthy, multi-divorcee Tanya (Christine Baranski)-from her one-time backing band, Donna and the Dynamos. But Sophie has secretly invited three guests of her own.
"On a quest to find the identity of her father to walk her down the aisle, she brings back three men from Donna's past to the Mediterranean paradise they visited 20 years earlier. Over 24 chaotic, magical hours, new love will bloom and old romances will be rekindled on this lush island full of possibilities."
For more information about "Mamma Mia!: The Sing-Along Edition," visit www.mammamiamovie.com.
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