- Canada - 24th August 2004
- USA - 31st August 2004
- also available officially in The Netherlands, Germany (reached No.2),
Sweden (reached No.4) , Mexico & Australia
- Spain - 6th September 2004
- New Zealand - 13th September 2004
ABBA - OUR LAST VIDEO EVER is the film about four
hopeful musicians (a set of ABBA dolls made by Henson Creature Shop Limited
who made The Muppets) in search of a record contract. They
pay a visit to the Big Record Company Boss and his
oily assistant, performing one hit after the other,
cheered on by their manager. But things don't really
work out as planned.
The film was produced by Radical Media UK and directed by Calle Åstrand.
Apart from the doll-size versions of Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Frida,
the film is starred Rik Mayall,
Robert Gustafson,
Sissela Kyhle,
Cecilia Frode,
Loa Falkman,
Micke Nyqvist and
Per Svensson, along with a
number of interesting extras (Cher and
Eddie (the
Iron Maiden 'mascot').
Film crew:
Executive Producer – Luke Beauchamp
Producer – Jeanette Albertsson
Writer & Director – Calle Åstrand
D.O.P. – Göran Hallberg
Songs featured: "Take A Chance On Me”; "Dancing Queen";
"Waterloo" and "The Winner Takes It All"
Click on thumbnail for a larger image (just the ABBA bits):
Click here for pictures of the whole video
Thanks to Micke Andersson, Robin Andersson, Lex Corbach,
Carl Magnus Palm, Paul Campbell,
"Ice" Wallis, Marcus Tustin, Jon Axelrod, Ian Cole, Robert Verbeek and ABBAMAIL for 99% of
the information.
Thanks to Robin Andersson for identifying the Swedish actors