A red-haired mop-top orphan (Aileen Quinn), yearning to break out of her dreary life in an orphanage run by an iron-fisted, boozy matron (Carol Burnett), charms billionaire Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks (Albert Finney) into adopting her--but what she really wants is to find her real parents. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Original Score.
A little girl, stuck in an orphanage run by a bitter, hard-drinking spinster, is saved by a wealthy man through a "Rent-An-Orphan for Christmas" program. The billionaire, won over by Annie's spunk and "joie de vivre," adopts her, and they live happily ever after in his mansion.
Based on the hugely successful Broadway musical, the film cost an estimated $52 million to make.
Shot in Metrocolor and Panavision.
Harold Gray is the creator of the comic strip "Little Orphan Annie."
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
DTS - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital 2.0 - French
Dolby Digital 2.0 - Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Trailers
Featurette - 1. AILEEN QUINN'S 'MY HOLLYWOOD ADVENTURE'
Music Video - 1. Play - "It's A Hard Knock Life"
Interactive Features:
Sing Along with Annie
Act Along With Annie
'The Age Of Annie' Trivia Game
Director of Photography
Richard Moore: Director/DP
Production Designer
Dale Hennesy:
Story
Harold Gray: Creator of "Little Orphan Annie" comic strip
Costume Designer
Theoni V. Aldredge: Costume designer
Review 1:
"...A no-expense-spared tribute to the Music Hall and the kind of show business it represents....They don't build movies like this anymore."
Source: New York Times
p.C4 05/21/1982
Review 2:
"[U]ndeniably charming..."
Source: Premiere
p.96-7 03/01/2004