A Wiggly Movie) is a 1997 Australian musical film directed by Dean Covell from a screenplay by Greg Truman.
Meanwhile, children's entertainers the Wiggles, consisting of lead singer Greg Page, guitarist Murray Cook, drummer Anthony Field and keyboardist Jeff Fatt, are performing at a nearby school for Dorothy the Dinosaur's birthday.
Mrs. Bingle (Joanne Samuel), the principal, has an incident with Anthony after she blows a whistle, causing him to act extremely silly.
Wally, watching from behind a wall, sees Dorothy herself laying Greg's (who is a magician) wand on a table while sulking that everyone has forgotten her birthday but really they were trying to keep the surprise party for her a secret.
After seeing Henry the Octopus and his Underwater Big Band, they happen upon Brrrrrrrrrr Street where they get frozen; since they have no luck finding Dorothy, they go to Wigglehouse.
The Wiggles Movie was filmed over four weeks from mid-March to mid-April 1997 at Max Studios in Rosebery, New South Wales.
The Wiggles chose not to collect performance fees for starring in the movie, as their goal was to ensure the film would turn a profit.
When The Wiggles Movie was released to cinemas in Australia in 1997, it faced challenges in turning a profit due to its very young target demographic.
It topped Australian video sales charts in 1998 and continued performing well internationally after a 2003 North American DVD release.
[6] In the United Kingdom, the film was later released as a double-bill on VHS and DVD on June 20, 2005 by HIT Entertainment, packaged with the group's re-recording of the earliest video, Wiggle Time.