Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000) (TV)

Director:

Stefan Scaini

Writers:

Kevin Sullivan (writer) and
Laurie Pearson (writer) ...

Release Date:

23 July 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

The continuing adventures of Anne Shirley in New York and in France during World War I.

Plot Keywords:

New York | Anne Shirley | France | Place Name In Title | Canada

Awards:

6 nominations

Cast

Megan Follows	...	Anne Shirley Blythe
Jonathan Crombie	...	Gilbert Blythe
Schuyler Grant	...	Diana Barry Wright
Patricia Hamilton	...	Rachel Lynde
Greg Spottiswood	...	Fred Wright
Cameron Daddo	...	Jack Garrison Jr.
Douglas Campbell	...	Dr. Powell
Janet-Laine Green	...	Maud Montrose
Martha Henry	...	Kit Garrison
Barry Morse	...	Mr. Winfield
Dan Lett	...	Mr. Owen
Nigel Bennett	...	Fergus Keegan
David Gardner	...	Mr. Dodd
Jill Frappier	...	Mrs. Dodd
R.D. Reid	...	Reverend Morgan

Also Known As:

Anne 3 (Canada: English title) (informal alternative title)
Anne... La maison aux pignons verts: Les années de tourmente (Canada: French title)

Runtime:

Denmark:180 min (2 episodes) | USA:185 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

Anne III Productions Inc.

Trivia:

The plot of this film bears little resemblance to the storylines of any of the "Anne" source books because of legal disputes that were at the time ongoing between Kevin Sullivan and the heirs of Anne author Lucy Maud Montgomery. Ultimately, Canadian courts agreed with the heirs that Sullivan had withheld from the heirs contractually promised profits from the first two films in the series (Anne of Green Gables (1985) (TV) and Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987) (TV)), and the courts also found groundless Sullivan's $55-million suit against the heirs.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: When Anne and Diana both come out of the church, you can see that the snow is fake by the way it moves around their feet.

Quotes:

Jack Garrison Jr.: You're going about it all topsy-turvy. You must absolutely always start with a firm premise and a solid ending.

Movie Connections:

Follows Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987) (TV)

Anne was the mother of five in World 1

I've read all the Anne books! I really dislike it when they take a beloved character, and completely ignore all the written material on said character.

It was Anne's three sons who fought in WW1, and you can find the story in Lucy Maud Montgomery's book entitled "Rilla of Ingleside" The story of the terrible effects of the war is seen through the eyes of Anne's youngest child, Marilla, who is fifteen at the start of the war in 1914.

It is a heart-felt story. One of Anne's younger sons dies in France, but it is also a story of hope and faith and the foibles of a small community facing a situation outside the small island they grew up on.

Why they didn't use that story, or indeed, the previous story where Anne is married and starts a new life on her beloved island with Gilbert I'll never know!It often seems to me that screenwriters don't read, or do research when dealing with literary subjects!

I'm sorry that they didn't give Megan Fellows better material. She is a fine young actress and deserves better. Ps: Diana's husband Fred Wright was a pleasant, down-to-earth farmer in the Anne books.