Annie

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Summary: Great for kids, not for grownups
Review: In a moment of weakness I agreed to get this for my kids. They love it. They're learning all the songs, they want to watch it every day. But I'm not so enchanted. The girl playing Annie is very appealing. And there's some good actors involved--Daddy Warbucks is currently on Alias. And check out Mrs. Hanagan and the president. But overall, it's not one I enjoy. Some of the songs are good but some are awful.

Another warning. If you get this, be prepared for your kids to start singing. Now every time they have to clean their room, my girls sing "It's a Hard Knock Life."

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Summary: Annie the Musical
Review: I thought this movie was very good.My school is doing the play Annie and this was big help to our stage teachers, Mr. Gentele and Mrs. Sweeney. Go Annie!

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Summary: a very nice version of the beloved musical
Review: I've been a fan of Annie since I was about three years and I first saw the 1982 movie version with Aileen Quinn as Annie. This movie is no exception and adds a new look to my beloved musical. Annie is played by Alicia Morton, the veteran of Les Miserables(she played young Cosette), Alan Cumming(Spy Kids, Broadway)plays Rooster, Miss Hannigan is played by the ever loveable Kathy Bates(Fried Green Tomatoes), Victor Garber(Titanic, Legally Blonde) plays Oliver Warbucks, Kristin Chewnoweth(hit tv show Kristin) plays Lily St. Regis, Audra McDonald(oh come on, who DOESN'T know of Audra?!) plays Grace, and Andrea McArdle(origional Annie) returns to be the Broadway Star-To-Be. Also, there is a full range of orphans including Lalaine(plays Miranda on Lizzie McGuire in Disney) who plays Kate, Sarah Hyland as Molly, and Nanea Miyata as July, and many more. This movie is definitely closer to the actual musical but I have the feeling that it doesn't do as good of a job as the 1982 version of showing how big the house was compared to the orphanage. It is a good movie though, and not one to be kept on a dust old shelf. So go out and get it, and watch it!

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Summary: A broadway for every one to remember!
Review: Annie, a orphan girl, determined that her parents will come back for her, is always getting into trouble with Mrs. Hanagan. (I'm not sure about the spelling) But when she is invited to stay at Mr. Warbuck's, she knows her place is there. I love this movie because of the music, and I just think it's a nice story, it's fulled of jazzy and emotional music, making it my favourite movie.

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Summary: Annie's reconizable stars
Review: Watch for LaLaine from Lizzie Muguire & Nanea Matya from Olsen Twins Campout Party

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Summary: If a movie is already good, don't redo it
Review: When you read this reveiw, you must take it from one of two points of view. (1) I have seen the Broadway edition of Annie or (2) I have seen the previous movie edition of Annie.
<1>This movie is very similar to the Broadway edition of Annie, which was before quite a few of our times. The setup, dance, and music was cut and edited like most of the stage productions are. If you were blessed enough to see Annie on Broadway, this movie is definately for you.
<2>When movies are set up like stage produtions, the quality of the movie falls greatly. Also, Carol Brunett was BRILLIANT in the role of Miss Hanagan(I am a very poor speller); no one could ever play that role as well as she did. I also think the voices of some of the actors were, well, not up to what they were in the previous movie. If you have only seen the original movie Annie, or liked the movie better than the Broadway show, I would recommend staying away from this movie. It will be a definate disapointer.

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Summary: Giving its regards to Broadway!
Review: The earlier John Huston version had a much better cast and a far more acclaimed director, but the movie as such was hideous!
Although modest, this one does respect the original musical. A thank-you note to Disney!

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Summary: Thank you
Review: This is Annie as it should be. I love the older version as well, but this one is more abbreviated and more to the point. Carol Burnett and Kathy Bates both are fabulous Miss Hannigans. I like Victor Garber as Oliver Warbucks because of his soft-spoken manner. There is also a gem of a cameo of Andrea McCardle (Broadway's original Annie). This is a better production in my mind simply because it is a "family movie." The older production contains a bit too much violence and foul language for it to be considered appropriate for the whole family. Terrific voices, terrific choreography, terrific movie!

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Summary: "Annie": A Classic Revisited and Revived...
Review: "Leapin Lizards!" Who can forget the plucky, optimistic, and red-headed little heroine of one of Broadway's most famous musicals? Annie's very sussesful premiere in 1977 on Broadway set the course for a staple of the New York stage. Harold Gray's depression-era comic strip still runs in various newspapers, and the title character has been featured in four other films, other than this one!

This, very welcome, 1999 version of Annie was filmed by the same team who brought us the 1993 version of Gypsy, the 1997 Whitney Houston-Brandi Norwood version of Rodgers and Hammerstien's Cinderella, and who are yet to bring us a new version of Merideth Wilson's The Music Man. This is a welcome change of pace from the interpolations of MTV, and reality telivision that fills out the telivision seasons these days. It is reminiscent of the telivision musicals of the past. This version was aired on "The Wonderful World of Disney" on ABC, in November of that year.

The story remains, for the most part, unaltered from the original stage play. It takes place in 1933, during the great depression. Annie is stuck in New York's dingy Municipal orphanage. She, and the other orphans are made to work and scrub the floors by the orphanage mistress, Miss Hannigan, who hates "Little Girls." "It's the Hard Knock-Life" for the girls, but Annie has hopes that "Maybe", her parents will come get her, and that they will be wonderful and kind people to take her away from the dingy orphanage. Annie gets away by slipping into the laundry basket, and starts to search for her parents on the streets of a cold and snowy New York City. She finds a stray dog, whom she tells that the sun will come out "Tomorrow", but she eventualy is returned to the orphanage by a cop. Later that day, the secretary for Oliver Warbucks, the richest man in the world, named Grace Farrell comes by to pick up an orphan to improve her boss' bad press. She takes Annie to the Warbucks' Mansion, where she says, hopefully, "I'm Gonna Like It Here!" Anne, Grace, and Warbucks soon go on the town to explore "N.Y.C." The next day, Miss Hannigan's criminal brother, Rooster, and his girlfriend, Lily St. Regis (named after the hotel) who plan to get to "Easy Street" somehow. Meanwhile, Warbucks has become fond of the little orphan, and decides to adopt her. Annie tells him that she doesn't want to be adopted, and that she wants her real parents. Warbuck promises the girl that he will find her parents, and offers a reward for them. Miss Hannigan and Rooster plan to dress up as Annie's parents, and claim the reward. (In the musical Lily goes.) On Christmas Eve, Annie is about to be adopted as Rooster and Hannigan show up as "the Mudges." They are forced to come back the next day for Annie, and the check. On Chritmas day, the Mudges arrive, and are about to take Anne, when Lily busts in and the three are arrested by F.D.R. himself. By the end of the film, the sun has come out for Annie...

Overall, this is spirited and well-meant version of "Annie." It will become a classic for years to come, and has already become a tradition on ABC, apparently. This, as well as the first film version of the muscial are a wonderful gift for Broadway fans! I have purchased, and enthusuasticaly enjoyed this wonderful film, and I hope it will become a worthy addition to your collection!

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Summary: Much Better Than The Original
Review: This is new one is soooooooo much better than the old one. I wanted the new one for my birthday but I got the old one instead. I decided to watch the old one and give it a shot. I had to stop watching it like not even more than half way through, I thought it was so boring. My younger sister who's 8 actually said she wanted to do her homework because she thought it was so boring (and she did). When we rented the new one, we just loved it! We actually watched the whole thing rather than stopping it and we keep watching it over and over again. The singing in this one is soooooo much better as well as the acting. Alicia Morton (Annie) has such a beautiful voice and just sung out as loud and as beautiful as she could, as from the first one, the girl who played Annie didn't carry out her voice out as strong enough. My sister even noticed that and said it was very annoying. I'm so glad they didn't have that weird song from the first one called "Dumb Dog". I just couldn't understand that song at all. The Annie in this version is so much more sweeter, as in the old one, to me she acts like she's all that. This is definitly one of my favourite Disney movie classics. I highly recommand the newer version of "Annie" instead of the "not so good" older version.