Rating: NR
Genre:
Musical
Release Date: 05/30/2000
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: 5.1
Run Time: 90 Minutes
Flags: Excellent For Children
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video
This made-for-TV adaptation of the hit Broadway musical (which was, in turn, based on the popular comic strip by
Harold Gray) stars
Alicia Morton as Annie, who lives in an orphanage run by the ill-tempered Miss Hannigan (
Kathy Bates). Like the rest of the children, Annie doesn't like the orphanage and hates Miss Hannigan, so she's excited when famous and eccentric billionaire Daddy Warbucks (
Victor Garber) picks Annie as the lucky orphan who gets to spend Christmas at his mansion. Warbucks is charmed by Annie's spunk and good spirits and is eager to adopt her, but Annie is convinced that one day her real parents will come back to claim her. Eager to make her happy, Warbucks offers a sizable cash reward to whomever can find Annie's mother and father; Miss Hannigan, seeing the possibility of an easy payday, concocts a scheme by which her brother Rooster (
Alan Cumming) and his floozy girlfriend Lily (
Kristin Chenoweth) will pose as Annie's long-lost folks.
Andrea McArdle, who originated the role of Annie on Broadway, has a supporting role as the Star-to-Be. The musical was previously filmed in 1982, with
John Huston in the director's chair.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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