Annie 

A little orphan girl catches the attention of a kind man named Mr. Warbucks, who wants to adopt her, but the cruel, strict orphanage owner has a scheme to keep Annie - and her reward money.

Director:

Rob Marshall

Writers:

Irene Mecchi (teleplay), Thomas Meehan (book)

Stars:

Kathy Bates, Victor Garber, Alan Cumming

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 9 wins & 23 nominations.

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Kathy Bates	...	Miss Agatha Hannigan
Victor Garber	...	Oliver Warbucks
Alan Cumming	...	Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan
Audra McDonald	...	Grace Farrell
Kristin Chenoweth	...	Lily St. Regis
Erin Adams	...	Tessie
Sarah Hyland	...	Molly
Lalaine	...	Kate
Nanea Miyata	...	July
Marissa Rago	...	Pepper
Danelle Wilson	...	Duffy
Andrea McArdle	...	Star-To-Be
Alicia Morton	...	Annie Bennett
Dennis Howard	...	F.D.R.
Douglas Fisher	...	Drake

Storyline

Eleven-year-old Annie has been living in an orphanage her whole life run by cruel Miss Hannigan. After unsuccessful escape attempts, Grace Farrell comes to take the child home to live two weeks with billionaire Oliver Warbucks during Christmas. The plucky orphan worms her way into the hearts of the staff and Mr. Warbucks and even the president of the United States! Even though Mr. Warbucks wants to adopt her, she is still looking for her real parents who left a locket with her when they dropped her off at the orphanage. Miss Hannigan's brother and his sleazy girlfriend pose as Annie's parents to gather the reward that Warbucks has offered to Annie's real parents.

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Plot Keywords:

franklin d. roosevelt character | character name as episode title | little orphan annie character | forename as episode title | oliver warbucks character | 

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Taglines:

Disney makes the classic musical more magical than ever!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Musical

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 November 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Annie - Weihnachten einer Waise

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Chris Montan Productions, Columbia TriStar Television, Storyline Entertainment

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The original lyrics for Tomorrow:" The way we live now, It's different, than the way we lived our lives before. I'm not sure!". The song was originally called The Way We Live Now, and it was used for a 1970 short called Replay, which compared the flower power hippy movement of the 1960s and 1970s with the flapper movement of the 20s. (The short can be seen on YouTube). Charles Strousse then re-used the melody and re-dubbed it "Tomorrow" when he and Martin Chernin were developing the Broadway show Annie.

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Goofs

When Rooster and Lily enter as Annie's parents, Lily sits on the front of Miss Hannigan's desk. When the shot switches to Miss Hannigan's face you can see the edge of the desk, but Lily is gone. When the shot switches back to behind the desk, Lily is there again.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Molly: [having a dream] Mommy!

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Crazy Credits

While Ernie Sabella and Vic Polizos are both in the opening titles of the film, they are NOT in the end credits.

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Connections

Version of Annie (2014)

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Soundtracks

Easy Street (Reprise)
Music by Charles Strouse
Lyrics by Martin Charnin
Performed by Kathy Bates, Alan Cumming, and Kristin Chenoweth

User Reviews

Poor copy of the original thing.

Per usual, Disney takes a perfectly good story and botches it. What happened to Punjab. Ms. Hannagan should have been more to her true character, which just happens to be a man wanting alcoholic. Of course Disney had to keep it clean to stamp it's name upon it. I feel cheated after watching this poor excuse of film.