Annie (1982)

Directed by

John Huston

Genre

comedy drama, musical film, children's film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 07m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 776 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An orphan girl named Annie lives in a New York City orphanage during the Great Depression. She is taken in by a wealthy billionaire named Oliver Warbucks who wants to give her a better life.

hopefulwhimsicalupliftingfamily-friendlynostalgiccheerfulsong-filledold-fashionedheartfelt

What happens

Annie is a 1982 American musical comedy-drama film based on the 1977 Broadway musical of the same name by Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin and Thomas Meehan, which in turn is based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strip created by Harold Gray. Directed by John Huston and written by Carol Sobieski, it stars Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Bernadette Peters, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry, Geoffrey Holder, Edward Herrmann, and Aileen Quinn in her film debut as the title character. It is the first film adaptation of the musical. Set during the Great Depression in 1933, the film tells the story of Annie, an orphan from New York City who is taken in by America's richest billionaire, Oliver Warbucks. Principal photography took place for six weeks at Monmouth University in 1981. Produced by Ray Stark's Rastar and released by Columbia Pictures on May 21, 1982, Annie received mixed reviews from film critics and grossed $57 million on a $35 million budget. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and Best Song Score and its Adaptation. A television film sequel, titled Annie: A Royal Adventure!, was released in 1995. It was followed by three additional adaptations of the musical. In their first film collaboration, Disney and Columbia Pictures produced a second film adaptation made-for-television in 1999. Columbia released a third film adaptation on December 19, 2014. A fourth adaptation, which was a live production of the musical, was performed on December 2, 2021, on NBC. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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