Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2008) (TV)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Kevin Sullivan

Writers:

Lucy Maud Montgomery (characters)
Kevin Sullivan (writer)

Release Date:

14 December 2008 (Canada)

Genre:

Drama | Family

Plot:

Anne, now a middle-aged woman, is troubled by recent events in her life. Her husband, Gilbert, has been...

Plot Keywords:

Anne Shirley | Place Name In Title | Color In Title | Character Name In Title

Cast

Barbara Hershey	...	Older Anne Shirley
Rachel Blanchard	...	Louisa Thomas
Shirley MacLaine	...	Amelia Thomas
Ron Lea	...	Gene
Bernard Behrens	...	Gabriel
Hannah Endicott-Douglas	...	Young Anne Shirley
Natalie Radford	...	Elsie
Ben Carlson	...	Walter Shirley
Joan Gregson	...	Hepzibah Leach
Kyra Harper	...	Nellie Parkhurst
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marc Bendavid	...	Dominic Blythe
Chris Benson	...	Foreman
Robert Bockstael	...	Principal
Jackie Brown	...	Mary
Tim Campbell	...	John Barry
James Carroll	...	Jeremiah Land
Colleen Dewhurst	...	Marilla Cuthbert (archive footage)
Jayne Eastwood	...	Mrs. Hammond
Vivien Endicott Douglas	...	Violetta Thomas (as Vivien Endicott-Douglas)
Lynne Griffin	...	Mrs. Bridgewater
Patricia Hamilton	...	Rachel Lynde
Ann Holloway	...	Home Owner
Maggie Huculak	...	Superintendent
Aiden Locke	...	Keith Thomas
Jennifer Phipps	...	Maid
Hamish Robertson	...	Doctor
Melanie Scrofano	...	Brigitte
Courtenay J. Stevens	...	Clerk
Tyler Stevenson	...	Jock Thomas

Runtime:

Canada:144 min (DVD version)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Canada:PG (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Dundas, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Sullivan Entertainment

Quotes:

Anne Shirley: It's so much nicer to be Anne of Green Gables than to be Anne of nowhere in particular.

Movie Connections:

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

DO NOT watch this movie if you ever liked Anne or care about her character

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Wow. I'm amazed that Kevin Sullivan made this movie. To me, this is just sad. Pathetic and sad. Kevin Sullivan clearly is in need of some cash, so he and his company decide to trot the "Anne" story out again and see if they can ring it dry, squeeze a bit more profit out.

I am completely rejecting this story as part of the "Anne" story. Kill off Gilbert? What a joke. That does not happen. I am actually angry at Sullivan for betraying the fans with this drivel. How dare he concoct this horrible junk about Anne just to try and come up with something passing for a story?!! As for the actors, of course they are poorly cast. But I don't fault them. No one could ever take the place of the original actors, so it was an impossible task.

Maybe the movie could have worked if it weren't an add-on to such a powerful mythology that so many people care about and love.

Shame on you, Kevin Sullivan, for betraying the fans that have loved Anne of Green Gables. You clearly can't come up with anything that can add positively to the "Anne" series. The horse is dead. Stop beating it.