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Produced by Ray Stark's Rastar and released by Columbia Pictures on May 21, 1982, Annie received mixed reviews from film critics and grossed $57 million on a $35 million budget. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and Best Song Score and its Adaptation .
Annie (1982) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Based on the hit Broadway musical. Young orphan Annie has lived a hard knock life in an anything but happy orphanage run by the ruthless matriarch Miss Agatha Hannigan. She quietly escapes her orphanage and sets out to find her parents, who she believe will claim her as their own with a broken locket.
One is the story itself, about how Little Orphan Annie is rescued from a cruel orphanage by a billionaire who wants a Rent-An-Orphan for Christmas. This is said to be a universal story. Critics have written that you just can't help cheering for Annie as she faces the cold world with pluck and courage.
The 1982 movie adaptation of the comic strip Annie is the first of the three movie adaptations of the musical based on the original comic strip series, and the third theatrical adaptation overall. The movie stars Aileen Quinn as Annie, Albert Finney as Oliver Warbucks, Carol Burnett as Miss...
John Huston's Annie (1982), starring Aileen Quinn as Annie, Albert Finney as Daddy Warbucks and Carol Burnett as Miss Hannigan, is part of the ongoing saga surrounding the character of Little Orphan Annie as created by comic-strip artist Harold Gray.
It is the first film adaptation of the musical. Annie is a 1982 American musical comedy-drama film based on the 1977 Broadway musical of the same name by Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin and Thomas Meehan, which in turn is based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strip created by Harold Gray.
