Re-live the Old Time Drive In Movie Experience at Uptown Station’s Central Park. See ‘Mama Mia! The Movie’ on the Giant 30′ Inflatable Movie Screen – the only one on the Emerald Coast. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets (no pets or alcohol please) and enjoy and evening family fun.
If you like singing along to great Abba tunes and dancing your socks off – this is the night to do it! Don’t be shy, come and have a ball.
The movie starts at 8:00pm, and there will be concession stands plus all the restaurant experiences at Uptown Station for before, during and after movie dining.
You can even sit in your car and listen to the soundtrack by tuning your radio to FM 106.9
This movie is rated PG-13 for some sex-related comments.
On the Greek island of Kaligari, 20-year-old bride-to-be Sophie Sheridan (Amanda Seyfried) nervously posts three wedding invitations (“I Have a Dream”) to three different men. In response, from across the globe, they set off on their respective journeys.
Sophie’s two bridesmaids arrive and she shares with them a secret. Sophie has found her mother’s diary and learned she has three possible dads: New York-based Irish architect Sam Carmichael (Pierce Brosnan), Swedish adventurer and writer Bill Andersson (Stellan Skarsgård), and British banker Harry Bright (Colin Firth). She invited them without telling her mother, believing that after she spends time with them she will know who her father is (“Honey, Honey”).
Villa owner Donna Sheridan (Meryl Streep) is ecstatic to reunite with old friends and former Donna and The Dynamos bandmates, wisecracking author Rosie (Julie Walters) and wealthy multiple divorcee Tanya (Christine Baranski), and reveals her mystification at her daughter’s desire to get married. Donna explains her precarious finances to Rosie and Tanya (“Money, Money, Money”).
The three men arrive, and Sophie smuggles them to their quarters and explains that she, not her mother, sent the invitations. She begs the men to hide so Donna will have a surprise at the wedding: seeing the old friends of whom she “so often” favorably speaks. They overhear Donna working (humming “Fernando”) and the men swear to Sophie they won’t reveal her secret.
However, Donna spies them and is dumbfounded to find herself face to face with the three former lovers she could never forget (“Mamma Mia”), and is adamant that they cannot stay. She confides in Tanya and Rosie (“Chiquitita”) a secret she has kept from everyone — she is uncertain which of the three men is actually Sophie’s father. Tanya and Rosie rally her spirits by getting Donna to dance with the female staff and islanders (“Dancing Queen”).
Sophie finds the men aboard Bill’s yacht, and they sail around Kalokairi (“Our Last Summer”) and tell stories of Donna as a carefree girl. Sophie musters up the courage to speak with Sky (Dominic Cooper) about her ploy, but loses her nerve. Sky and Sophie sing to each other (“Lay All Your Love on Me”), but are interrupted when Sky’s kidnapped for his bachelor party.
At Sophie’s bachelorette party, Donna, Tanya, and Rosie perform as Donna and The Dynamos (“Super Trouper”). Sophie is delighted to see her mother rock out, but becomes nervous when the festivities are interrupted by the arrival of Sam, Bill and Harry. She decides to get each of her three prospective dads alone to talk.
While her girlfriends dance with the men (“Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)”), Sophie learns from Bill that the old woman who gave Donna the money to invest in her villa was his great aunt Sofia. Sophie guesses she must be her namesake and that Bill must be her father. She asks him to give her away and to keep their secret from Donna until the wedding.
Sophie’s happiness is short-lived as Sam and Harry each tell her they must be her dad and will give her away (“Voulez-Vous”). A shocked Sophie can’t tell them the truth and, overwhelmed by the consequences of her actions, faints on the dance floor.
In the morning, Rosie and Tanya reassure Donna they will take care of the men. Donna confronts Sophie in the courtyard, believing Sophie wants the wedding stopped. Sophie says that all she wants is to avoid her mother’s mistakes and storms off. An upset Donna is accosted by Sam, full of concern at Sophie getting married so young. Donna dresses him down, and both realize they still have feelings for each other (“SOS”).
On Bill’s boat, Bill and Harry are about to confide in each other, but are interrupted by Rosie. Similarly, down on the beach, Tanya and young Pepper (Philip Michael) continue their flirtations from the previous night (“Does Your Mother Know”).
With her plans falling apart, Sophie comes clean to Sky and asks for his help. He reacts angrily to his fiance’s deception and Sophie turns to her mother for support. As Donna helps her daughter dress for the wedding, their rift is quickly healed and Donna reminisces about Sophie’s childhood and how quickly she’s grown (“Slipping Through My Fingers”). Sophie asks Donna to give her away. As the bridal party walks to the chapel, Sam intercepts Donna and begs her to talk. She reveals the deep pain she felt over losing him (“The Winner Takes It All”).
During the wedding, Donna confesses to Sophie that her father is present but he could be any of the three candidates, whom Sophie admits to having invited. Sam reveals that although he left to get married, he realized he couldn’t go through with it and returned, only to find Donna was with another man, so he married his former fiance (and later divorced her). Harry confesses that Donna was the first (and last) woman he loved, mostly due to the fact he is gay. The three men concur that they would be quite happy to be one-third of a father for Sophie. She then tells Sky that they should postpone their wedding and travel the world, as they have always wanted. It appears that preparations have been in vain until Sam steps in and proposes to Donna (“I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do”). She accepts and the couple are married.
At the wedding reception, Sam sings to Donna (“When All Is Said and Done”), which prompts Rosie to make a play for Bill (“Take a Chance on Me”). All the couples present proclaim their love and water from Aphrodite’s fountain bursts through the crack in the courtyard(“Mamma Mia” reprise).
Sophie and Sky bid farewell to Kalokairi and sail away to a new life together (“I Have a Dream” reprise).
During the principal credits, Donna, Tanya, and Rosie reprise “Dancing Queen”, followed by “Waterloo” with the rest of the cast. Finally, Amanda Seyfried sings “Thank You for the Music” over the end credits.
Cast
- Meryl Streep as Donna Sheridan, Sophie’s mother, owner of the hotel Villa Donna. Wife of Sam at the end.
- Amanda Seyfried as Sophie Sheridan, Donna’s daughter and Sky’s fiancée.
- Julie Walters as Rosie Mulligan, one of Donna’s best friends, an unmarried fun-loving author.
- Christine Baranski as Tanya, the other of Donna’s best friends, a rich, three-time divorcée.
- Pierce Brosnan as Sam Carmichael, Sophie’s possible father, husband to Donna, and an American architect.
- Colin Firth as Harry Bright, Sophie’s possible father and a British banker. Based on “Our Last Summer”, which he sings at one point.
- Stellan Skarsgård as Bill Anderson, Sophie’s possible father, a Swedish sailor and travel writer.
- Dominic Cooper as Sky, Sophie’s fiancé, designing a website for the hotel.
- Philip Michael as Pepper, Sky’s best man who likes Tanya.
- Ashley Lilley as Ali, a close friend of Sophie.
- Rachel McDowall as Lisa, a close friend of Sophie.
- Benny Andersson (cameo) as Piano player during “Dancing Queen”
- Björn Ulvaeus (cameo) as Greek god
- Rita Wilson (cameo) as Greek goddess
Musical numbers
The following songs were included in the film:
- “I Have a Dream” – Sophie
- “Honey, Honey” – Sophie, Ali, and Lisa
- “Money, Money, Money” – Donna, Tanya, Rosie, and Greek Chorus
- “Mamma Mia” – Donna, Sophie, Ali, Lisa, and Greek Chorus
- “Chiquitita” – Rosie, Tanya, and Donna
- “Dancing Queen” – Tanya, Rosie, Donna, Greek Chorus, and Company
- “Our Last Summer” – Harry, Bill, Sam, Sophie, and Donna
- “Lay All Your Love on Me” – Sky, Sophie, Sky’s Bachelor party friends.
- “Super Trouper” – Donna, Tanya, and Rosie
- “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” – Company
- “The Name of the Game” – Sophie (deleted scene)
- “Voulez-Vous ” – Whole cast
- “SOS” – Sam, Donna, and Greek Chorus
- “Does Your Mother Know” – Tanya, Pepper, Guys, and Girls
- “Slipping Through My Fingers” – Donna and Sophie
- “The Winner Takes It All” – Donna
- “I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do” – Sam, Donna, and Company
- “When All Is Said and Done” – Sam, Donna, and Company
- “Take a Chance on Me” – Rosie, Bill, and Company
- “Mamma Mia!” (Reprise) – Company
- “I Have a Dream” (Reprise) – Sophie and Company
- “Dancing Queen” (Reprise) – Donna, Rosie, and Tanya
- “Waterloo” – Donna, Rosie, Tanya, Sam, Bill, Harry, Sky, and Sophie
- “Thank You for the Music” – Sophie
