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Annie: Directed by John Huston. With Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry. A spunky young orphan is taken in by a rich eccentric, much to the chagrin of the cantankerous woman who runs the orphanage.
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.
In Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, ten-year-old Annie Bennett lives in a foster home alongside several other girls under the care of a bitter former member of C+C Music Factory, Colleen Hannigan, who spends her days drinking, trying to snag a sweetheart, and giving various, grueling chores to the orphaned children in her care.
Synopsis. In this version of the popular Broadway musical, updated from the Great Depression of the early 1930s to contemporary 2014 New York City, a class of young orphan children are doing presentations on former presidents. Up next is 10-year-old Annie Bennett (Quvenzhane Wallis).
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.
Nov 7, 1999 · Release Date: November 7, 1999. Genre: Comedy, Live Action, Musical. For a young girl living a "hard-knock" life in a children's orphanage, things may seem pretty bad -- especially at Christmas. But feisty Annie carries hope and a song in her heart.
Annie movie review & film summary (1982) | Roger Ebert. Reviews. Annie. Roger Ebert January 01, 1982. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. In the abstract, "Annie" is fun. It has lots of movement and color, dance and music, sound and fury.
