ABBA: The Movie (2008)

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I saw it tonight. Before the movie there was:

1. A couple minutes of ABBA trivia (sponsored by ShowScore)
2. A commercial for the Warner Bros. Studio Tour
3. A commercial for the upcoming ABBA 10 album box set
4. A reminder to stay after the movie for the three lyric videos
5. A note about the restoration (for some reason they didn't mention it was done by Warner or that it was a 2K restoration)

After the movie there was:

1. Chiquitita lyric video
2. Waterloo lyric video
3. Voulez Vous lyric video

The audio on the lyric videos was quite a bit louder than the audio on the movie. All three lyric videos were uploaded to ABBA's YouTube channel a few weeks ago:
https://www.youtube.com/c/OfficialABBA/videos

The new 2K restoration is the usual high quality work we've come to expect from Warner Bros Motion Picture Imaging.

On this new restoration, "Thank You For The Music" is not faded out when the closing credits end like on the blu-ray. Instead the song continues to its end with the theater in darkness.

Mother says I was a dancer before I could walk
She says I began to sing long before I could talk
And I've often wondered, how did it all start?
Who found out that nothing can capture a heart
Like a melody can?
Well, whoever it was, I'm a fan
So I say

Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing
Thanks for all the joy they're bringing
Who can live without it? I ask in all honesty
What would life be?
Without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say thank you for the music
For giving it to me

[The blu-ray ends here. The closing credits end and the song fades out.]

I've been so lucky, I am the girl with golden hair
I wanna sing it out to everybody
What a joy, what a life, what a chance

Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing
Thanks for all the joy they're bringing
Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty
What would life be?
Without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say thank you for the music
For giving it to me

So I say
Thank you for the music, for giving it to me

[The new restoration ends here. Starting with "I've been so lucky..." the theater is completely dark because the closing credits have ended.]

The ending on this new restoration is probably how the movie originally ended.

The total duration for this event was around 1 hour 48 minutes (the movie and the stuff before and after the movie). There is another showing on Saturday (May 14).

If you are a fan, I would check it out especially to see this new restoration and because this is a 2.35:1 movie. Also, seeing it on the big screen enhances the beginning when

[Show spoiler]the aspect ratio switches to the full 2.35:1 when Bruce Barry says "this is going to be worldwide".