Annie (film)

This is about the 1982 film. For the stage musical see Annie. For other uses see Annie (disambiguation).

Annie
Directed by	John Huston
Produced by	Joe Layton Ray Stark
Written by	Carol Sobieski (screenplay)
Starring	Albert Finney Carol Burnett Ann Reinking Tim Curry Bernadette Peters Aileen Quinn
Music by	Charles Strouse
Cinematography	Richard Moore
Editing by	Michael A. Stevenson
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	May 17, 1982
Running time	127 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$50,000,000 (estimated)
Followed by	Annie: A Royal Adventure! (1995)
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Annie is a 1982 musical film based upon the popular 1977 stage musical of the same name, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan. The film version, released in 1982 by Columbia Pictures, was directed by John Huston, his first and only film musical. The film's reviews ranged from positive to extremely hostile, and in spite of a $57 million US box office take (making it 10th highest grossing film of the year), the film still did not turn a profit on its theatrical release. The film was nominated for five Razzies for Worst Picture and Worst Screenplay, and Worst New Star, and John Huston as Worst Director, but won for Worst Supporting Actress for Aileen Quinn.

Contents 1 Background 2 Stage to screen differences 3 Cast 4 Songs 5 Television movies 5.1 Annie: A Royal Adventure! (1995) 5.2 Annie (1999) 6 Recordings and video 7 Awards 7.1 Won 7.2 Nominated 8 References 9 External links

Background

Ray Stark wanted both John Huston as director and Joe Layton to work on the film, because it was too large an enterprise for one person. Carol Sobieski (the screenwriter) said: "Hiring John [Huston] is an outsider risk, and Ray's [Stark] a major gambler. He loves this kind of high risk situation." The movie spent 6 weeks filming at Monmouth University in New Jersey, which had two mansions that were used in the film. It was planned that the staging for the song "Easy Street", with Carol Burnett, Tim Curry, and Bernadette Peters, would be the biggest number in the film. A special outdoor street set, costing $1 million, was built, and it took over one week to shoot the scene. However, the final number was thought to be "overstuffed" and "sour". Nearly two months after the film had finished shooting, a new, indoor more intimate number was shot.^[1] Two young soon-to-be entertainers appear in the film. A young Amanda Peterson plays a small role as an orphan dancing as well as a principal singer in the song "Sandy". Also, an actress who played one of the orphan girls in the movie, Martika, later became a successful pop/dance singer.^[2]

Stage to screen differences

There were major differences between the stage musical and the film. The film featured four new songs, "Dumb Dog", "Let's Go to the Movies" (which replaced "N.Y.C."), "Sign" and "We Got Annie", and cut "We'd Like to Thank You Herbert Hoover", "N.Y.C" (replaced by "Let's Go To The Movies"), "You Won't Be an Orphan for Long", "Something Was Missing", "Annie" and "New Deal for Christmas". In addition, the song "Maybe" has 2 reprises while "Little Girls" and "Easy Street" do not. In the stage musical, Hannigan, Rooster and Lily are caught at the Warbucks estate, thus not kidnapping Annie. In the movie, she is kidnapped, leading to Warbucks organizing a city-wide search and while escaping, Rooster chases her up the B&O Bridge. Eventually, Punjab rescues Annie by autocopter and returns her safely at the end. Miss Hannigan's heart softens and she also attempts to rescue Annie from being killed by Rooster, and is shown joining in the celebration at the end of the movie. The scene used for the "Maybe" song was actually the last scene filmed for the movie, because the original opening was too long. Although the "Maybe" song was still used, Annie and Molly are sitting at the window; however, this scene was still inserted into the film, only the last part with the rest of the orphans singing, after the "Little Girls" scene and the scene with Rooster and Lily's entry, during Annie's first night at the Warbucks estate. Punjab and The Asp, Warbucks' servants/bodyguards from the comic strip, are brought back for this film as supporting roles. The time was changed from Christmas to 4th of July.

Cast

• Albert Finney as Daddy Oliver Warbucks
• Carol Burnett as Miss Hannigan
• Ann Reinking as Grace Farrell
• Tim Curry as Rooster Hannigan
• Bernadette Peters as Lily St. Regis
• Aileen Quinn as Annie
• Geoffrey Holder as Punjab
• Roger Minami as Asp
• Edward Hermann as FDR
• Lois De Banzie as Eleanor Roosevelt
• Peter Marshall as Bert Healy
• Toni Ann Gisondi as Molly
• Rosanne Sorrentino as Pepper
• Lara Berk as Tessie
• April Lerman as Kate
• Robin Ignico as Duffy
• Lucie Stewart as July
• Sandy as Himself

Songs

1. "Tomorrow" - Annie
2. "Maybe" - Annie
3. "It's the Hard-Knock Life" - Annie and Orphans
4. "Dumb Dog" - Annie
5. "Sandy" - Annie and Orphans
6. "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here" - Annie, Grace, and Servants
7. "Little Girls" - Miss Hannigan
8. "We Got Annie" - Grace, Mrs. Pugh, Punjab, and Asp
9. "Let's Go to the Movies" - Grace, Annie, Oliver, and Chorus
10. "Sign" - Miss Hannigan and Oliver
11. "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" - Bert, Chorus, and Orphans
12. "Easy Street" - Rooster, Lily, and Miss Hannigan
13. "Tomorrow (White House Version)" - Annie, Oliver, Mrs. Roosevelt, and FDR
14. "Maybe (Reprise)" - Annie and Oliver
15. "Finale (I Don't Need Anything But You / We Got Annie / Tomorrow)" - Annie, Oliver, Chorus, and Orphans

Television movies

Annie: A Royal Adventure! (1995)

A sequel, Annie: A Royal Adventure! was made for television in 1995. The sequel starred Ashley Johnson, Joan Collins, George Hearn and Ian McDiarmid. Aside from a reprise of "Tomorrow," there are no songs in the film. In the film, Warbucks (Hearn), Annie (Johnson), an eccentric scientist (McDiarmid) and one of the orphans travel to England, where Warbucks is to be knighted by the King. However, the kids get mixed up in the scheme of an evil noblewoman (Collins) to blow up Buckingham Palace while all the heirs to the throne are present for Warbucks' knighting, thus making her queen.

Annie (1999)

See main article: Annie (1999 film)

A made-for-TV movie version was broadcast on ABC on November 7, 1999. It starred Kathy Bates as Miss Hannigan, Victor Garber as Daddy Warbucks, Alan Cumming as Rooster, Audra McDonald as Grace Farrell, Kristin Chenoweth as Lily, and newcomer Alicia Morton as Annie. Produced by The Walt Disney Company in association with Columbia TriStar Television, the movie received generally positive reviews and high ratings. It also earned 2 Emmy Awards and a 1999 George Foster Peabody Award. Although truer to the original stage musical than the 1982 movie, it condensed much of the full story in an attempt to make it more viewable for children. It featured a special appearance by Andrea McArdle, star of the original Broadway production. The film has aired on cable on Hallmark Channel, ABC Family and Starz after its premiere on ABC. Disney Channel, which had aired the original 1982 version of Annie, has not aired the 1999 version as of 2007, but will do so sometime this year.

Recordings and video

Main article: Annie (1982 soundtrack)

The CD of the 1982 movie soundtrack was released by Sony in May 1982; the CD of the 1999 television movie was released on November 2, 1999 by Sony.

The 1982 film was released on VHS on December 7, 1982 by Sony Pictures and also on DVD on December 12, 2000. A "Special Anniversary Edition" DVD was released on January 13, 2004 and contains these Special Features: Age of Annie Trivia Game; Sing Along with Annie; Act Along with Annie; My Hollywood Adventure with Aileen Quinn; "It's the Hard-Knock Life" music video by Play. The two television movies were also released on DVD by Sony Pictures and Walt Disney Video.

Awards

Won

• Razzie Award
  • Worst Supporting Actress - Aileen Quinn
• Young Artist Award
  • Best Young Motion Picture Actress - Aileen Quinn

Nominated

• Oscar Awards
  • Best Art Direction-Set Decoration - Dale Hennesy and Marvin March.
  • Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score - Ralph Burns

References

External links

• Annie (1982) at the Internet Movie Database
• Annie: A Royal Adventure! (1995) (TV) at the Internet Movie Database
• Annie (1999) (TV) at the Internet Movie Database
• Annie at Rotten Tomatoes
• New York Times review, May 21, 1982

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