Anne of Green Gables

11/24/20161h 25m

TV Release (US)

Overview:

A retelling of L.M. Montgomery's story of Anne Shirley, an orphan who is accidentally sent to a couple looking to adopt a boy instead.

Director:

John Kent Harrison

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$127,345.00

Key words:

based on novel or book
remake
orphan

Cast

Ella Ballentine

~ as ~

Anne Shirley

Martin Sheen

~ as ~

Matthew Cuthbert

Sara Botsford

~ as ~

Marilla Cuthbert

Julia Lalonde

~ as ~

Diana Barry

Kate Hennig

~ as ~

Rachel Lynde

Stefani Kimber

~ as ~

Josie Pye

Linda Kash

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Mrs. Barry

Drew Haytaoglu

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Gilbert Blythe

Kyle Gatehouse

~ as ~

Mr. Phillips

Tannis Burnett

~ as ~

Muriel

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Reviews (1)

Peter McGinn
Written 4 year(s) ago
8
It seems that Anne of Green Gables is like a Canadian Jane Austen novel: constantly subject to reinterpretation every few years with a new film or mini-series production.

I won’t go into great detail about this version: it is fine, with a good cast and good dialogue, presumably drawn from the book since so much of it is familiar! This production does present a few of the usual scenes in slightly different ways. For example, when Anne delivers her exaggerated apology to busybody neighbor Rachel, we only see her gestures - we do not hear her words. It worked to differentiate the script from every other version.

And well, of course the scenery is great. Why wouldn’t it be?