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Annie (2014)

Annie poster
Directed by
Will Gluck
Genre
comedy film, musical film, family film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 58m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 1,363 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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An orphan girl in foster care dreams of finding her parents. She forms an unlikely bond with a wealthy mayoral candidate who takes her in.

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What happens

Annie is a 2014 American musical comedy drama film directed by Will Gluck, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Aline Brosh McKenna. Produced by Village Roadshow Pictures, Overbrook Entertainment, Marcy Media Films, and Olive Bridge Entertainment, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing through its Columbia Pictures label, it is a contemporary film adaptation of Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin, and Thomas Meehan's 1977 Broadway musical of the same name (which in turn is based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray). The film shifts the setting from the Great Depression to the present day and is the second remake and the third film adaptation of the musical, following the 1982 theatrical film starring Carol Burnett and Albert Finney, and the 1999 television film starring Kathy Bates and Victor Garber. The revival film stars Quvenzhané Wallis in the title role, alongside Jamie Foxx, Rose Byrne, Byrne's real life husband Bobby Cannavale, and Cameron Diaz. Annie began production in August 2013 and, following its premiere at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City on December 7, 2014, it was released theatrically in the United States on December 19, 2014. At the time of its release, the film received generally negative reviews from critics, but has been more positively received in recent years. It grossed $136 million against a budget of $65–78 million. Annie received two Golden Globe Award nominations in the categories of Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical (for Wallis) and Best Original Song. Conversely, the film received two Golden Raspberry nominations and won in the category of Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel while Diaz was nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress. It was followed by a fourth adaptation of the musical that was a live NBC production. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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