The flashbacks of here we go again takes place in 1979, when donna gets pregnant with her daughter sophie. The filming took place in the fishing village of komiza and stiniva beach, so the cast and crew stayed in either yachts or villas nearby. The same spot is used for the climax of dancing queen. Take that musical the band is being turned into a movie by gary. The stunning greek island where mamma mia was filmed. While the sequel saw filming take over the croatian island of vis for six weeks. In mamma mia, greece is the setting and the charming natives just part of the set decor, along with pine forests and blue sea. The movie takes place in greece, is based on swedish music, has a title in italian, and is played in english. Mamma mia fans can visit many of the locations they see on screen. Mamma mia is a 2008 jukebox musical romantic comedy film directed by phyllida lloyd and. An intense and emotional family drama for another, but take a deeper look at it.
The movie s greek characters are silent and seemingly. Perched atop a 100 metre promontory, its a stunning location, but the chapel itself was glammed up a little for the movie and the interior. The original version includes the full knowing me, knowing you, the name of the game, an alternative end credits and the deleted song, i wonder departure. Its back to skopelos, on the islands northwestern tip, for the wedding. After the final scene of the movie meryl streep, christine baranski and julie walters appear on a. Principal photography primarily took place on the island of skopelos, greece from august to september 2007. To complicate matters further, in the first movie, donnas daughter, sophie. Mamma mias questionable depiction of greek characters. Theres plenty of choice the island has more than 360 churches and chapels, but the one seen in the film is the chapel of agios ioannis prodromos, near the town of glossa. In the sequel, sophie amanda seyfried lives on the greek island where the first movie took place, working on reopening the hotel that her mother, donna meryl streep ran. Filmmakers ditch skopelos as location of abba musical sequel in bid to save money. Sources say one angle could focus on meryl streep, colin firth, and pierce brosnan s characters years before the original takes place. In mamma mia, most of the outdoor scenes were filmed on location at the small.
You cant fly directly to the island, but you can book a flight to the nearby skiathos island and then take a ferry. The original movie scripts from mamma mia can be found in a few places. The main filming took place in skopelos church wedding is agios ioannis in. Basically, mamma mia is a superb musical that doesnt take itself too seriously. If youre just a little bit crazy and want to have a good laugh, if you love abba, want to see meryl streep like youve never seen her before or if you simply have a secret crush on colin firth andor pierce brosnan his singing was nothing short of hilarious, you. The story takes place on the fictional island kalokairi, which was actually filmed on skopelos island in greece. We reveal the real greek film locations behind mamma mia. There is the theatrical version the one we all saw and the original version. Mamma mia skopelos island kalokairi island of mamma mia movie. The best place to look is the local movie production agency. A location guide to mamma mia and mamma mia 2, including trips to the.
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