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Mamma Mia screenplay – script
Open question to all our readers – you! If you have a copy of the movie’s screenplay, could you please send it to: www.FILMandMOVIEmaking.com As the leading movie of the year, I’d like to read it, without seeing the film. You can send it here, our contact page. Many thanks in advance. Related PostsMamma Mia! [...]
Continue reading...Here I go again – Mamma Mia!
Monday, October 13, 2008
The Winner Takes It All One of our readers, Lisa of New Jersey, asked if we were going to see Mamma Mia! again. Yes, girl. We did. That’s four times. I know it’s not a world record, but it’s three times more than any other movie I’ve seen at a cinema theatre. Movie ticket sales [...]
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
Two central fixations struck me after this afternoon’s viewing (my third in just over a week) of the movie, Mamma Mia. One, I keep seeing more delicate subtle touches throughout the film and two; I appreciate Abba’s songs more than I ever did before. Catherine Johnson’s screenplay is a masterpiece. I don’t know how much [...]
Continue reading...Screenplay verses deleted scenes
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
I often wonder about deleted scenes. There’s a reason scenes are deleted – usually because they don’t fit in with the flow of the story or they just make the movie too long. Often they’re just not good enough. All screenplay writers should know to write too many scenes as the director is always going [...]
Continue reading...Mamma Mia! – The Movie (2008)
Sunday, September 21, 2008
5 stars***** Rarely do I come across a movie where I can’t find a fault. ‘Silence of the Lambs’ was one with Jodie Foster’s ‘The Accused’ another. In musical terms Lionel Bart’s ‘Oliver’ is a perfect mix of songs, dance and action. The plot was great and the characters were spectacularly acted. Now we have [...]
Continue reading...Mamma Mia: don’t leave early spoiler
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Whatever you do, don’t leave the Mamma Mia movie early or you’ll miss an incredible finale that’s during and after the credits. I wouldn’t normally add a spoiler to any film analysis, but you’d miss so much if you left early. It was easier at the Broadway show; you were still sat in your seat [...]
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
The movie of the year? The Mamma Mia stage show is one of life’s great treasured moments; if you haven’t been, please do; you’ll have the time of your life. Around $1.5 billion has been spent by audiences watching the show in theatres around the world to date; it may even run as long as [...]
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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