Anne of Avonlea (TV 1987)
"Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel" (original title)

Anne Shirley accepts a teaching position at a girls boarding school in a town dominated by a rich and belligerant family determined to make her life miserable.

Director:

Kevin Sullivan

Writers:

Lucy Maud Montgomery (novels), Kevin Sullivan

Stars:

Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Wendy Hiller

6 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Megan Follows	...	Anne Shirley
Colleen Dewhurst	...	Marilla Cuthbert
Wendy Hiller	...	Mrs. Margaret Harris (as Dame Wendy Hiller)
Frank Converse	...	Morgan Harris
Jonathan Crombie	...	Gilbert Blythe
Patricia Hamilton	...	Rachel Lynde
Marilyn Lightstone	...	Miss Muriel Stacey
Schuyler Grant	...	Diana Barry
Rosemary Dunsmore	...	Katherine Brooke
Kate Lynch	...	Pauline Harris
Geneviève Appleton	...	Emmeline Harris
Susannah Hoffmann	...	Jen Pringle
Kathryn Trainor	...	Essie
Rosemary Radcliffe	...	Mrs. Elizabeth Barry
Charmion King	...	Aunt Josephine Barry

Storyline

Anne Shirley, now a schoolteacher, has begun writing stories and collecting rejection slips. She makes the acquaintance of a handsome, rich, bachelor, chases a cow, and wins (to her chagrin) a baking soda company's writing contest. She acts as Diana's maid of honor, and refuses Gilbert Blythe's marriage proposal; which sends her to teach Kingsport Ladies' College, an exclusive girls school, where she meets opposition from one of the teachers, Miss Brooke, and the Pringle clan (one of whom is the rich, handsome bachelor). But while Anne enjoys the battle, and the friends she makes, she returns to Avonlea.

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Plot Keywords:

school | teaching | anne shirley | writing | teacher | 

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Genres:

Drama | Family | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 May 1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

Anne of Avonlea

Filming Locations:

Dalvay-by-the-Sea, Dalvay, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Anne of Green Gables Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Channel 4 Television Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

230 min 241 min (2002 video release)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

If you look closely at the doors in the kitchen, they are closed in every scene. This is due to the fact that for this movie they only rebuilt the kitchen, and there is nothing behind those doors.

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Goofs

When Anne and Gilbert race to the bridge and he falls in, he comes out all wet. Moments later, when they encounter Fred and Diana, he is dry.

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Quotes

[Rachel and Marilla discuss Anne]
Rachel Lynde: It's to your credit you changed her as much as you did.
Marilla Cuthbert: Ooo, she hasn't changed that much... not really. It's US that's changed, Rachel.

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Connections

Followed by Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000)

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Soundtracks

"Barbara Allen"
Traditional
Played by Emmeline on piano

User Reviews

I have always liked this movie...

I've liked it and have always seen it as just a continuation of "Green Gables". After I read the books and then watched the movies again, I realized how much they changed it, leaving things out and making things all out of sequence.

I do like this movie, and without the books, it'd be a very good story on it's own. But it would've been nice if they'd stayed truer to the story and left a few more things in.