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Summary: Best Version Of "Annie"....
Review: This was such a great movie. I was a child when this came out and at 21 I still enjoy watching it. It has an all-star cast: Carol Burnett (playing a comical, alcoholic Miss Hannigan), Bernadette Peters, and Tim Curry, just to name a few. The music is also very catchy and entertaining. This is a great film for children, families and even adults who want to feel like a kid again and it is also by far the best version of "Annie" to have ever been released!
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Summary: MUCH better than the disney version!!
Review: Sure, the 1982 movie doesn't compare to the stage version. Getting rid of the Christmas setting and replacing some great songs with the likes of "Dumb Dog" may not have been a great idea.BUT, Albert Finney shows wonderful character development (there's none with Warbucks in the Disney version). Annie is much spunkier (perhaps overacted, but any spunk is better than no spunk). Carol Burnett plays Miss Hannigan with comedic genius. I shudder to even compare her to Disney's "politically correct" Hannigan played by the slothful Kathy Bates. How can you go wrong with Tim Curry and Bernadette Peters, too. The choreography is athletic and spirited in this version. The disney version's choreography looked like a poor camp production. Yes, there are some mix-ups in the setting of the buildings in the background as well as some other things, but this is a very enjoyable musical which, thanks to its whitty script, score, and talent, succeeds on many levels. Perhaps the best way to describe this movie is: A MUSICAL THAT SUCCEEDS INCREDIBLY DESPITE ITSELF.
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Summary: one of the best movies ever made
Review: ...It seems like so many people are saying that the 1999 Disney version was so much better than this one, which I don't understand. Yes, the 1999 film was very good, but this older version is so much better (in my opinion). .... In that respect, they did a great job with this movie. Aileen Quinn IS Annie; she becomes the character both inside and out. When you watch her in this movie, it's pretty hard to imagine anyone else who could have done better. She's spunky, sweet, caring, and feisty--that's who Annie is, and that's what Aileen Quinn brought to the character. The singing was outstanding too--this is a great movie for children as well as adults....I've been watching it for as long as I can remember and I still love it. It's a classic! .......it's one of the best "Annie" versions out there, if not the best.
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Summary: I Love the play and the movie!
Review: I saw the play and I used to like the play better and was disappointed like others about certain songs being excluded but after watching this movie again after a few years I find myself actually liking the movie a little bit more than the play. The play was great but I just enjoy the movie more I think because Aileen Quinn's Annie is so full of spunk and I find her to be the definitive Annie and she was perfectly cast as Annie the tough little cookie with a heart of gold! I remember seeing the play and liking it and loving the songs but the movie just appeals to me more, I would rate this movie 5 stars and the play 4 1/2 stars but that's just my opinion.
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Summary: Schmaltzy but super
Review: Easily the best version of Annie out there (and yes, I saw the play with Martha Raye as Miss Hannigan). This 1982 gem was the last hurrah for the genre of the big-budget feature movie musical. How can you help but smile at the thought of fifty orphans simultaneously breaking out into dance numbers? Ten-year-old Aileen Quinn sings her heart out to the catchy tunes and will have you singing too, despite yourself. Albert Finney is a walking caricature as billionaire capitalist Daddy Warbucks, who learns that there is more to life than money. Anne Reinking puts in a good showing as his assistant, and you'll recognize others such as Bernadette Peters. But Carol Burnett steals the show as the drunken orphanage proprieter who hates little girls but goes ga-ga over any male, from the local cop to Mr. Bundles the Laundry Man. (This is rated PG rather than G for a reason!) Very young kids may be frightened by a chase sequence in which the bad guys try to kidnap Annie, but there's plenty here to entertain both children and adults. As a child, I watched it a hundred times without catching allusions to the New Deal, the Bolsheviks, and bathtub gin. Do not let your kids grow up acquainted only with Disney's dull 1999 TV-remake of Annie! The 1982 movie is twice as exuberant, larger than life, and makes for much better entertainment.
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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: I loved this movie when I was younger! I even had an "Annie" hairstyle after the movie came out! I watched this movie about a month ago for the first time in several years. I still love it. I'm sure it isn't as near as good as the broadway performance, but considering I never got to see it, I can't compare the two! This movie is excellent for families to watch together. You must see it!
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Summary: one of my favorites and my daughters' favorites too
Review: I do not know why so many people are downing this movie. True, I have never seen the Broadway production, but I HAVE seen Disney's production, and for me nobody will ever be Annie but Aileen Quinn. Carol Burnett was an excellent Miss Hannigan (I just couldn't get into Kathy Bates playing the role), and Ann Reinking was by far a better choice for Grace (I'm sorry but in the 1930s the likelihood of Grace being a woman of color are slim, and Daddy Warbucks giving her an engagement ring even slimmer -- PLEASE!!). I love this movie and so do my children, especially my daughter Lauren who always asks whenever they want to watch a movie, "Annie!! Please, can I watch Annie?" This movie rocks!!
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Summary: One of the Greatest movies ever made!
Review: Now I need to settle this conflict that has been going on between the two Annie movies the Disney version is trash don't waist your time... here's a fact that I bet no one knew, its that this version of Annie may not be exactly like the Broadway Musical but it is so much more like the book written by Thomas Meehan. This movie is for every thing and wholesome thing in life it shows that the sun really will come out tomorrow! And need I mention the awesome actors in this movie I mean come on! who can get better than Carol Burnett, Aileen Quinn is by far the most outstanding Annie I have ever seen i believe she is exactly how Harold Gray (the creator of Annie) wanted Annie to be. Over all this is one of the best movies ever!
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Summary: Every Little Girls' Hero!
Review: Now this is the movie that every little girl needs to see! It shows that even little girls can survive in a big adult world. I wanted to be Annie so much, I owned all the dolls, the record soundtrack (yes we had only vinyl back then), the Annie record player, and even made my mom watch the movie for ours on end. Now I still have all my dolls, own the CD soundtrack and can tell you verbatim the entire movie script! hahaha It's a confidence boosting movie for any little girl, especially ones like me who are going through a tough time at that age. If you see this movie before or even after Disney's butchering version of the play you will agree this is a much better adaptation. The characters are more believable and Carol Burnette is a riot. It's a must see for those young and young at heart!
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Summary: Leapin' lizards
Review: I saw this film last week for the first time in about ten years -and I was instantly taken back to being an eight year old loudly singing all the words! Regardless of the critical merits of this film (or lack of), it has such spirit that which child - of whatever age - could not be captivated by its charms? I don't care how faithful it is to the Broadway production - which I've seen and enjoyed - it was a wonderful part of my childhood and it's a film that I'll always love. I still know all the words and the amount I've been singing 'Tomorrow' in this past week I think I'm on the verge of being committed! Everybody now - Republicans too Oliver - 'tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow, you're only a day away............'
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