Annie

Watch: Annie

5/21/19822h 7m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ The movie of 'Tomorrow.' ~

Overview:

An orphan in a facility run by the mean Miss Hannigan, Annie believes that her parents left her there by mistake. When a rich man named Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks decides to let an orphan live at his home to promote his image, Annie is selected. While Annie gets accustomed to living in Warbucks' mansion, she still longs to meet her parents. So Warbucks announces a search for them and a reward, which brings out many frauds.

Director:

John Huston

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$35,000,000.00

Revenue:

$57,063,861.00

Key words:

child abuse
musical
based on play or musical
based on comic
billionaire
little girl
orphan
whistle
child's point of view
chrysler building
rockettes
locket
female child abuser
ambiguous
amused

Cast

Aileen Quinn

~ as ~

Annie

Albert Finney

~ as ~

'Daddy' Oliver Warbucks

Carol Burnett

~ as ~

Miss Hannigan

Ann Reinking

~ as ~

Grace Farrell

Tim Curry

~ as ~

Rooster Hannigan

Bernadette Peters

~ as ~

Lily St. Regis

Geoffrey Holder

~ as ~

Punjab

Roger Minami

~ as ~

Asp

Toni Ann Gisondi

~ as ~

Molly

Rosanne Sorrentino

~ as ~

Pepper

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
7
Carol Burnett is wonderful as the conniving, neglectful manager of the orphanage ("Miss Hannigan") who cares not a jot for her charges and treats them like skivvies whilst she drinks//smokes and generally misbehaves her way through life. One day, multi-gazillionaire "Oliver 'Daddy' Warbucks" (Albert Finney) decides to allow an orphan to spend some time with him at his mansion and "Annie" (Aileen Quinn) is the winner of this golden ticket. Quickly, she charms the pants off them all - including the hard-hearted industrialist. When he decides to help her find her long lost parents by offering a reward "Hannigan" scents an opportunity and gets her equally dodgy brother "Rooster" (Tim Curry) and his delinquent girlfriend to fake parenthood, claim the reward - and kidnap the girl! The story is a bit strained at times, but it does have some fun dance routines; "The Sun'll Come Out Tomorrow" & "It's a Hard Knock Life" and also a superbly statuesque Geoffrey Holder as "Warbucks" Indian equivalent of "Oddjob" to help it over the odd bumps of tedium. Messrs. Finney & Curry very much enter into the spirit of it all and Quinn captures the vulnerability/feistiness of the title character charmingly.