The musical of Mamma Mia has been a favorite of Broadway lovers ever since the 1990s, and Meryl Streep herself has been a fan of the show. She had seen the show and sent a letter to the cast and crew telling them how much she enjoyed it. A short time later, she was asked to star as Donna in the upcoming film. It was a similar path to the movie for Pierce Brosnan, who had seen the show on Broadway with his family. Reportedly, Brosnans father had recently passed away; his name was Sam Carmichael. When Pierce Brosnan was asked to play Sam Carmichael in Mamma Mia the movie, he states he couldnt refuse and couldnt help but notice the serendipity of playing a character by the same name, Sam Carmichael. He also has stated that he couldnt turn down the chance to work side by side with Meryl Streep, either!
Mamma Mia the musical on DVD was released on December 16, 2008. It is available as a DVD with bonus features, a 2 disc edition with a digital copy of the movie for a limited time, and it is also available on Blu Ray.
There are many special features and bonuses that are included for fans. Bonuses like deleted scenes, extended scenes, a musical sing along version, the digital copy, and interviews and commentaries are some of the highlights of Mamma Mia the musical on DVD.
Technical aspects of the DVD include a widescreen format presentation, and the movie runs about one hour and 48 minutes long. It is rated PG 13 for a few examples of sexually suggestive language. The movie was filmed both in Greece and in London, England, was produced in the United States, and was released to theaters on July 18 of 2008.
Meryl Streep stars as Donna, a single mother who has raised a daughter, Sophie on her own. Living on a pristine Greek Island, Sophie helps Donna run a local villa, but is getting married soon to her fianc?, Sky. Sophies dream is to have her father give her away at her wedding, but the problem is that she doesnt know who her father is. She finds her mothers diary while rummaging through some boxes, and reads that there are three men who could possibly be her dad. Sophie decides to write to the three men, and acting as her mother, invites all three to the wedding. All three men accept, and when they arrive, things get hectic, crazy, and fun when the plot unravels. Mamma Mia the musical on DVD is a unique movie that already has thousands of people dancing in their living rooms.
Mamma Mia is a musical that has become a stage to movie adaptation that will be available on DVD in the United States on December 16. Mamma Mia the Musical is an example of the genre of jukebox musicals and this one is noted for popularizing the genre. Both the 2008 movie and Mamma Mia the Musical are based on songs of the group ABBA, and the movie will soon be available on December 16th.
Some of the famous ABBA music that can be heard on Mamma Mia the Musical on DVD include hits like Dancing Queen, Money, Money, Money, Winner Takes All, and I Have a Dream, among many others. The movie stars Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Julie Walters, Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan, and Christine Baranski and premiered in July 2008.
In Mamma Mia the Musical and in the movie, a young girl named Sophie who is soon to be married, badly wants her father to be the one to give her away. The only trouble with that is she doesnt know who her father is. She secretly reads her moms diary and decides that her father could be any one of three different men. Sophie invites all three to the wedding, they all say yes, but the real kicker is that her mother, Donna, has no clue that Sophie invited the three men. Donna finds out (in a hysterical way) that her three ex lovers are all there at once for the wedding, and the entertainment escalates from there.
As of 2007, more than 30 million people have seen Mamma Mia the Musical, and soon on DVD millions more will be able to watch the movie adaptation an endless number of times. Since the Broadway show opened in 1999, the production has earned $2 billion in earnings around the world. After the world premiere of the musical in London in 1999, ABBA Gold topped the music charts again. Judy Craymer is the creative producer of the Broadway smash hit. In 1997 Craymer recruited Catherine Johnson to write the book for the future musical, and in 1998, Phyllida Lloyd became the director.
Mama Mia the Musical surpassed the original runs on Broadway of three major other musicals with 1,500 performances as of May 15, 2005 and is still going strong. The three other Broadway shows that it has more performances than are The Sound of Music, The King and I, and Damn Yankees.
The DVD of the movie version of the Mamma Mia musical is stuffed with extra features and bonuses that include a digital copy of the movie, deleted scenes and outtakes, a featurette about the making of the movie, a behind the scenes featurette, one about the filming location in Greece, a bonus music video that features Amanda Seyfried, commentaries, and more. Mamma Mia the Musical on DVD is available as a single disc or a special edition 2 disc set.
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