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Mamma Mia! (promoted as Mamma Mia! The Movie) is a 2008 musical/romantic comedy film adapted from the 1999 West End/2001 Broadway musical of the same name, based on the songs of successful pop group ABBA, with additional music composed by ABBA member Benny Andersson. The film was directed by Phyllida Lloyd and distributed by Universal Pictures in partnership with Tom Hanks' and Rita Wilson's Playtone and Littlestar, the title originates from ABBA's 1975 chart-topper "Mamma Mia". Meryl Streep heads the cast, playing the role of single mother Donna Sheridan. Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, and Stellan Skarsgård play the three possible fathers to Donna's daughter, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried).
Mamma Mia is the highest grossing musical film worldwide, and is the third highest-grossing musical film in the United States. Until the release of Avatar in 2009, it was also the United Kingdom's highest-ever grossing film.
On a Greek island called Kalokairi, 20-year-old bride-to-be Sophie Sheridan posts three wedding invitations ("I Have a Dream") to different men, who set off for the wedding.
Actors: Wilson Wood (actor), Mack Williams (actor), Douglas Evans (actor), Richard Reeves (actor), Mario Siletti (actor), Grandon Rhodes (actor), John McGuire (actor), Paul Picerni (actor), William Forrest (actor), Gene Evans (actor), Philip Carey (actor), Henry Kulky (actor), William Holden (actor), Anna Demetrio (actress), Argentina Brunetti (actress),
Plot: Winter, 1943. The German army has halted the American advance in the mountains of Italy; back-and-forth combat decimates Joe Peterson's platoon. On leave in Naples, Joe meets WAC lieutenant Eleanor MacKay; initially cool, she begins to melt during a bombing raid. Their romance develops despite Joe's periodic returns to the front. But whether he'll come back in the end becomes more than doubtful...
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