Mamma Mia

If you see the wonder of a fairy tale, you can take the future. Even if you fail. Sam Carmichael, Bill Austin, and Harry Bright. Good luck! Sophie! Sophie! Oh my God, I thought she got lost in here forever! Ellie, Lisa, where have you been? I thought we'd be here hours ago. Well, a dirty guest who left her ticket on the kitchen table. Yeah, Sophie, we have to get on this plane. It's our best friend's wedding tomorrow. We weren't letting you get married without your bridesmaids. Where is he then? Where's Sky? Where's I've been dying to meet you. Oh, and how's your mom? I bet Donna's going nuts over this wedding. I've been dying for you two to get here. I've got a secret. You're the only ones I can tell. You're pregnant! No, I invited my dad to my wedding. What? Your dad? You mean you finally found him? Not exactly. Look what I found in Mom's drawer! Ah, Scooby! You're not supposed to go around reading Mom's diary! Give me that! No, she's supposed to go around reading yours! But look! 1979. It's the one she kept the year she got pregnant with me. You know how she won't talk about my dad? She says she can't remember him. But look! July 17th. What a night! After the show, Sam rode me over to the little island. We danced on the beach. And kiss on the beach and dot dot dot. Wait, what? Dot dot dot? That's what they did in the olden days. Oh, kiss! Sam's the one, I know he is. I've never felt this way before. Honey honey, how he thrills me. Ah, honey honey. Honey honey, nearly kills me. Ah, honey honey. I've heard about him before. I wanted to know some more. And now I know what they mean. He's a love machine. Oh, he makes me dizzy. I love my scene. That's nothing. Honey, honey, let me feel it. Ah, honey, honey. Honey, honey, don't conceal it. Ah, honey, honey. The way that you kiss me goodnight. The way that you kiss me goodnight. The way that you hold me. I'm gonna die. See, when you do your thing. Wait, so this guy Sam is your dad? The plot thickens. Sam told Mom he was going back home to get married. Bastard. Plan. Hang on. August 4th.

What a night.

I was still feeling depressed about Sam, but after the show, Bill rented a motorboat, so I took him to the island. And one thing led to another and... dot dot dot. So, Bill? August 15th! Harry turned up at the Blue, so I said I'd show him the island. I must be my head examine, but he was so sweet, I couldn't help it and... dot dot dot! Harry? Yep! The sperm donor has a name! Well, 3 things. Yeah. Sam, Bill, or Harry. And they're all arriving for the wedding? Yeah. Wait, Sophie! Do they know? I just lied to a total stranger. Come to my wedding, you might be my dad. No, I think Mom sent the invitations, and by what's in here, I'm not surprised they said yes. Honestly? Not right now. There's more? You look like a movie star, but I'm a movie. But I love just who you are. I love just you. And honey, just so you know, you're a doggone beast. Sophie, are you sure about this? Yes, I want the perfect wedding, and I want my dad to keep you away. That's how this is gonna fly. Yeah, we've got to keep Mom out of the picture. She mustn't know what I've done. She's bound to find out sooner or later. I don't know, Mom. If I give them off before I've had a chance to know them, with any luck, Oh my gosh, right away! And what if you don't? Well— Then we've got 24 hours to find out. Are you out of your mind? Do you hate me? I just think— <LYRICS>Honey honey, how he thrills me, ah, honey honey. Honey honey, nearly kills me, ah, honey honey. I've heard about him before.</LYRICS> I wanted to know some more, and now I'm about to see what he means to me. How much further in these stinking stilettos? Well, what did you expect? A chauffeur limousine at the water's edge? Yes. Donna knows I don't do walking. Well, you luck wasn't entirely lost then. For what now? The one and only Donna and her child! So, how's the lover of old, Ryan? Much better for seeing the two of you. Tanya! 8 freaking years! I know, honey, it's just been one jet-setting millionaire after another. Oh, and the chains to this place. The constant battles with the bank manager. I pity the poor bank manager. Auntie Rosie? Sophie Sheridan! You get more gorgeous every time I see you! Well, don't I get a big fat hug after all this waiting for your wedding? I bet you don't remember me. You know me, all that plastic surgery. Of course I do, Auntie Donna. Would you look at my baby, her whole life ahead of her. Mom, I'm getting married, not joining a convent. I know, in my day you just didn't get married at 20. Donna and Arden, we didn't get married, period. A white wedding, can you believe this? I don't know where she gets it from.

Don't blame me, Donna, it wasn't my idea.

Ladies, meet the leading man at tomorrow's shindig. Skye, this is Rosie and Tanya, my one-time backup band and all-time best pals. Backup band, my ass! Hello.

Hi, I've heard a lot about you two.

All bad, I hope. Oh, don't bother.

He doesn't speak Greek. My name is Eddie.

Bonjour, Madame. Bonjour, Eddie. Enchantée de faire votre connaissance.

Bon appétit. They call me Pepper.

Why? Because you're hot?

No, because he gets up your nose.

Tanya, meet Pepper and Eddie. My bar staff, waiters, boatmen, and general help. Only generally they are no help at all. Would you two have any work to do? Honey, the taverna looks fabulous. We have got skies like that. Why, what have you been up to? You haven't been here that long, have you?

No, I took a break from stocks and bonds and never went back.

Why?

I've had enough.

I've been dealing in the world, but I've never seen You should see what he's done in my world. He's got me online, email, wired up and knuckled down.

Well, you gotta get with the times, Mom. No more drachmas under the mattress.

Yeah, if you just invented a machine that'll make the beds. Even if they did, you'd be going along behind it making them again. I know you, Mom. Are you kidding? I will be more than ready to put my feet up when my boat comes in. Oh, speaking of boats, I think that old wreck you got moored by the jetty Sink it. Well, it's a bit of an eyesore. That eyesore is going to be my floating casino. Sky and Andy are turning it into a millionaire's paradise.

Sailing around the island, gambling under the stars.

Oh, gambling millionaires. Maybe a few of your ex-husbands aboard, Tanya? I don't think so, honey. I spent their millions. Well, girls, this is my jackpot. I need a break. I need a vacation. I've been running this hotel for 15 years and I've never had a day off. I work all night, I work all day, paying bills, I need some pay. It is time. Still, there never seems to be a single penny left for me. That's too bad. In my dreams, I have a plan. If I got me a wealthy man, I could to do if I had a little money. It's a rich man's world. It's a rich man's world. I never just want one thing on my mind. Take this time, every hour to dream. I could be worthy of anything that's in the past. I must leave, I'll have to go. Who lost faith next on Wall of Gold? I'll have fortune again, my life will never be the same. Money, money, money, must be funny in a rich man's world. Money, money, money, always sunny in a rich man's world. All the things I could do if I had a little money. It's a rich man's world. It's a rich man's world. I am glad to be off that boat.

That is nothing. You should try a kayak in the Abergeengo Swamps.

Yes, I've read your book, A Bloke in a Boat in Mottswallen.

Ah, thanks, Harry. I heard I sold a copy somewhere.

Travel books are my passion, a distraction from the daily rigours of the London rush hour.

Do you want to hear something interesting? You see this dorana?

I'm rather impressed. I remember the mill's hut. I was dreading taking down Goats.

Give me goats before camels!

There was this time in the Kalahari, the sun was beating down—

Start to interrupt, they began. But the point is, this is my tavern.

I built it.

Well, I designed it. Drove the plans what, 21 years ago? I just can't believe she actually went and built the damn thing.

Who?

Donna!

Who else?

I mean, this is something I drew up on the back of a menu.

I have no idea. How do you know it's yours? Buildings are like babies, you always know your own. I wouldn't know about babies, I've been living out of a big pit my whole life.

The happy wanderer, eh? Do you think this island will inspire some prose?

Oh, I hope so. When I got the wedding invite, I sold my editor a piece on "Childhood Huts Revisited." Were you born here? Now, I was born in the US, but my mother, she's Greek. Now, the only time I came to Greece was to visit my great-aunt on the mainland, and that was 21 years ago.

So now you can ride that Samastipana and the torus will flow.

Now, I'd like to keep this island the secret ideal I've always remembered. Yeah, but maybe if you lived here, the ideal would be smoke up the torus and make profit.

They might have some staff. Where is everyone?

Good afternoon, may I help you?

Hi, I'm Bill Austin. You have a room for me?

Bill?

And I'm Brian.

Harry.

Brian?

Harry? So you must be—

Sam. Sam Carmichael.

Are you expecting a Oh yes, I'll go and get the keys.

Charming, really. But I do want to get my tongue around a bit of Greek. I haven't spoken it for 21 years. 21 years?

You know, this is beginning to feel like a setup. Here's a story for you, Bill. 3 strangers are invited to a wedding. They're invited to a place they haven't seen in 21 years by a woman they haven't seen in 21 years. Why are they here? That's not bad. Okay, Harry, spill. What's torn you away from the Bank of England?

Is this an interview? Well, for me, Donna's invitation brought back many happy memories. Bloody Nora!

Is that a quote?

No, no, I know this guitar. HB, Headbanger, that's what they called me in those days. And DS, Donna Sheridan. I bought this for her, cost me 10 quid and my Johnny Rotten t-shirt. Now she says I'm an uninventive sort of stick in the mud.

Who?

My other half. A big house, a fast car, and season tickets to the Chelsea Football Club just isn't enough for some people. They want the great white hunter too. Well, I can, responded Eadie. That's why I'm here. Donald knew my wild side. I was very, very careless when we met, and I followed to the grease spontaneously. Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing. We used to sing this one. 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.

Your daughter's daughter, are you?

Yes. How?

I thought you looked familiar.

Sophia.

Sophia?

It's just Sophie.

Ah, Sophia's Greek.

I'm named after a Sophia.

Where's Donna? I want to see her. Look, make her an invitation.

Yes, it's opening night of a new musical.

No, you can't. I sent the invitation. Congratulations! Mom doesn't know you're here.

But why?

Um, because Mom's always talking about her friends from the old days, and I thought she'd be thrilled if I invited you all. She's got herself in such a state with this wedding. Mention unexpected guests and she'll hyperventilate.

Sophie, are you trying to tell me that Donna didn't invite me?

No, she didn't. So pretend you're here for holiday and she'll get a lovely surprise when she sees you at my wedding. 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? We found out that nothing can capture a heart act like a young weekend. 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 that brings. 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.

Sophie, I don't mean to ruin your lovely surprise, but the last time I saw your mother, she told me she never wanted to see me again. So if you're the one who sent the invitations, I'm still banned.

But that was years ago. No! I want you here. Why? Because— because I want all of us to be friends.

You're just a little minx. You're worse than your mother. I'm glad you haven't met my boys.

Your boys? You have sons? Yep.

Yeah, I got two of them. Gosh, I'd love to bring you here someday.

Like you used to bring my mom? You can live without it, I ask in all honesty.