A little girl, stuck in an orphanage run by a bitter, hard-drinking spinster, is saved by a wealthy man through a "Rent-An-Orphan for Christmas" program. The billionaire, won over by Annie's spunk and "joie de vivre," adopts her, and they live happily ever after in his mansion.
New York Times, 05/21/1982, p.C4, "...A no-expense-spared tribute to the Music Hall and the kind of show business it represents....They don't build movies like this anymore."
Based on the hugely successful Broadway musical, the film cost an estimated $52 million to make.
Shot in Metrocolor and Panavision.
Harold Gray is the creator of the comic strip "Little Orphan Annie."
Release Note
DVD Features:
Region 1 Keep Case Full Frame - 1.33 Audio: DTS - English Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Digital 2.0 - French Dolby Digital 2.0 - Spanish Additional Release Material: Trailers Featurette - 1. AILEEN QUINN'S 'MY HOLLYWOOD ADVENTURE' Music Video - 1. Play - "It's A Hard Knock Life" Interactive Features: Sing Along with Annie Act Along With Annie 'The Age Of Annie' Trivia Game
DVD Features:
Region 1 Keep Case Full Frame - 1.33 Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 - French Dolby Digital 2.0 - Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 - English DTS - English Additional Release Material: Trailers Featurette: AILEEN QUINN'S 'MY HOLLYWOOD ADVENTURE' Music Video: Play - "It's A Hard Knock Life" Interactive Features: Act Along With Annie Sing Along with Annie 'The Age Of Annie' Trivia Game
This remastered version, released in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the original Broadway production, includes the original theatrical trailer.
Product Notes
A red-haired mop-top orphan (Aileen Quinn), yearning to break out of her dreary life in an orphanage run by an iron-fisted, boozy matron (Carol Burnett), charms billionaire Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks (Albert Finney) into adopting her--but what she really wants is to find her real parents. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Original Score.
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