Annie (1982)

Director:

John Huston

Writers:

Carol Sobieski (screenplay)
Thomas Meehan (book)

Release Date:

18 June 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Musical

Tagline:

The movie of 'Tomorrow'

Plot:

Broadway musical based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strip. A young orphan girls adventures in finding a family that will take her.

Plot Keywords:

Orphan | 1930s | Broadway Musical | Orphanage | Democrat

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 10 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Dec. 26

10:30 AM

ABCF

Cast

Albert Finney	...	Daddy Oliver Warbucks
Carol Burnett	...	Miss Hannigan
Ann Reinking	...	Grace Farrell
Tim Curry	...	Rooster Hannigan
Bernadette Peters	...	Lily St. Regis
Aileen Quinn	...	Annie
Geoffrey Holder	...	Punjab
Roger Minami	...	Asp
Toni Ann Gisondi	...	Molly
Rosanne Sorrentino	...	Pepper
Lara Berk	...	Tessie
April Lerman	...	Kate
Robin Ignico	...	Duffy
Lucie Stewart	...	July
Edward Herrmann	...	FDR

Runtime:

126 min | USA:127 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby

Certification:

USA:G (original rating) | USA:PG (edited for re-rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Iceland:L | Peru:PT | Singapore:PG | Sweden:7 | UK:U | West Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Administration Building, Monmouth College - 45 Elm Road, West Long Branch, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures

Trivia:

The woman who ran Annie's orphanage in the original strip was called Miss Asthma. This name was initially used in the musical for the woman who runs Annie's orphanage, but it was changed to Miss Hannigan (leading to the popular assumption that "Miss Hannigan" was the name used in the original strip).

Goofs:

Factual errors: The featured movie Camille (1936) would not have run at Radio City Music Hall. Camile was released by MGM and Radio City was owned by a competing studio, RKO Pictures. In those days, you did not cross theaters with studios. Only RKO was shown at Radio City where as Camile would have to have gone to an MGM house to be shown.

Quotes:

Annie: [sings] It's the Hard Knock Life for us.
Orphans: [sings] It's the Hard Knock Life for us / Steada treated... we get tricked! / Steada kisses... we get kicked! / It's the Hard Knock Life!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Dana Carvey/The Wallflowers (#26.3)" (2000)

Soundtrack:

Tomorrow (Opening Titles)

First musical I've watched

This is the first musical I've ever watched, and I must say that I compare all musical productions with this one from then on. I've never seen the original play, but I feel that the production was pretty splendid, and the casting of the girls were quite good. Though young, they all seem to be able to sing in tune and beautifully, and I just love the way Burnett acts as Miss Hannigan - a kind and non-violent kind of 'eveilness'. Overall, this is a superb production with an excellent musical score - I seldom buy movie soundtracks, but this was one where I enjoyed every single song, and can even sing some of them today despite having last watched the movie on video many years ago.