Annie (1982)
Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Aileen Quinn, Tim Curry, Ann Reinking ... (see more) , Bernadette Peters
Broadway musical based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strip. A young orphan girls adventures in finding a family that will take her.
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G, 2 hrs. 6 min.
Directed by:
John Huston
Release Date: Jun 18, 1982
DVD Release Date: Dec 12, 2000
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i love musicals and so this is right up my street. havn't seen it for years and forgot how bizarre it was - so funny! lovely family film!
I first seen thismovie in grade school, and it's just one of those things you never out grow. Love to sing along!
Decidedly second-rate film adaptation of the excellent stage show. Flaccid performances from normally-excellent talent makes it all the more disappointing.
See it on the stage and avoid this production entirely.
Annie is the best musical ever. I have watched that movie since I was a little girl and it still ranks up there with my all time favorite movie!!
It seems unjustifiable for me to call Annie a pretentious musical but it is so saccahrine and so laboured under the directive eye of John Huston. Additionally, being set naturally in America, there is that American sense of hope from the smallest of ... (read more) It seems unjustifiable for me to call Annie a pretentious musical but it is so saccahrine and so laboured under the directive eye of John Huston. Additionally, being set naturally in America, there is that American sense of hope from the smallest of things and there is not a dull face to be found on anybody even though the setting is 1920s depression era. All this aside, there are some excellent songs and well executed dance numbers, partiucularly for It's a hard knock life" at the orphanage and some fine performances. It's hard not to enjoy Albert Finney's Daddy Warbucks or newcomer Aileen Quinn's turn as the sweet and smart title character, even if the singing leaves a lot to be desired. A fair musical but where people describe this is the girl's equivalent to Oliver they are sorely misjudged. Oliver is a musical masterpiece where this falls far from that mark.
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