Annie: A Royal Adventure! (1995) (TV)

Director:

Ian Toynton

Writers (WGA):

Harold Gray (comic "Little Orphan Annie")
Martin Charnin (play)

Release Date:

18 November 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Musical

Plot Keywords:

Based On Play | Character Name In Title

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 2 nominations

Cast

Ashley Johnson	...	Annie
Joan Collins	...	Lady Edwina Hogbottom
George Hearn	...	Oliver 'Daddy' Warbucks
Ian McDiarmid	...	Dr. Eli Eon
Emily Ann Lloyd	...	Hannah
Camilla Belle	...	Molly
Crispin Bonham-Carter	...	Rupert Hogbottom
Perry Benson	...	Mean Murphy Knuckles
George Wood
Antony Zaki	...	Punjab
David Tse	...	Asp
Jayne Ashbourne
Carol Cleveland	...	Miss Hannigan
Buffy Davis
Ian Redford

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Iceland:L | UK:U | USA:G

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Rastar Productions

Trivia:

When Columbia Pictures bought the film rights to "Annie", it included the rights to make sequels. Despite the poor commercial performance of the original film in relation to its high budget, producer Ray Stark still kept the idea of making a sequel alive. It was on and off Columbia's production slate for several years until TriStar Television, noting the original film's popularity with children on home video, agreed to make it as a made-for-TV movie, to be released simultaneously on home video.

Quotes:

Miss Hannigan: [Annie has sneaked Molly on the ship] STOWAWAY! STOWAWAY!
Oliver 'Daddy' Warbucks: What's she saying Annie?
Annie: Um she's saying stay a while, stay a while. She doesn't want us to leave.
[waves]
Annie: Bye Miss Hannigan

Movie Connections:

Follows Annie (1982)

Not very good

This sequel/spin-off to "Annie" shows the main character, orphan Annie, and friends (including little orphan Molly) go to London where of course they get caught up in an adventure. Die-hard Annie fans will probably either hate or love this. People will love the fact that all their favourite characters are back (even if they look slightly different) but might hate the fact that the characters are all changed and in a dodgy story.

The storyline, although fairly engaging, is weak and many parts do not seem to follow on well from the original story. The acting is okay, especially from the children (they were more enthusiastic than the adults I guess!).

Overall though, you will most likely not enjoy this movie unless you are a little girl and enjoyed the original.