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

User Rating:

6.1/10   

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:

This is the first film in the series not to be based on anything actually written by Lucy Maud Montgomery. But it is very loosely based on the 8th Anne novel "Rilla of Ingleside", actually written about Anne and Gilbert's 7th and youngest child, Rilla and her time during WWI.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: When Anne, Gilbert and Jack are riding home on the train, and Anne is talking to Jack, he is smoking a cigarette, which he throws on the floor. After stamping it out with his shoe, it sticks to the sole of his shoe, and can be seen smoking heavily as he props his foot on his other knee. He actually shakes his foot to get rid of it! You can almost see Megan Follows trying not to laugh. Then he puts his foot down and stamps it out completely.

Quotes:

Anne Shirley: But I keep thinking, if he was really dead, surely I would know that in my heart. I would feel a terrible... emptiness.

Movie Connections:

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

unforgivable

Let's start with the continuity errors -- Road to Avonlea theoretically ended in 1912 after a 7 year run, Anne already having been gone for several years when it started. This one starts in 1915, and Gil and Anne have only been engaged 5 years? Plus they were supposedly already married at Marilla's funeral in RTA, to which Anne did not show up. I'm not convinced.

What's worse is the story and the script -- certainly nothing Lucy Maud Montgomery ever dreamed up. Brief overview: Anne and Gil move to New York, where they come head to head with dastardly American politics. They go home, get married, Gil is overwhelmed by his sense of duty and enlists. Lots of people die. Ever-determined Anne becomes a Red Cross volunteer in order to find her only true love. Instead she finds a shell-shocked Fred, and they trek across a war-torn Europe with a baby in tow. Anne becomes a spy and smuggles black-market jewels across the border dressed as a nun. She and her long-lost Gil are reunited and they live happily ever after (with the baby).

It's even dumber and more improbable than I can make it sound, if you can believe that. And real LMM fans don't want to watch a 30-year-old Anne speaking fluffy lines in every possible locale but Avonlea.