Annie

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.

Year: 1982

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family

Studio: Columbia Pictures, Rastar Productions

Director: John Huston

Cast: Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry, Bernadette Peters

Crew: Thomas Meehan (Writer), John Huston (Director), Carol Sobieski (Writer), Ralph Burns (Music), Ian MacGregor-Scott (Sound Editor), Pat Romano (Stunts)

Runtime: 127 minutes

Release: May 21, 1982

IMDb: 6.50/10 by 714 users

Popularity: 3

Country: United States of America

Language: English

Budget: 35,000,000

Revenue: 57,063,861

Keyword : 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

Comment

CinemaSerf 2023, Jun 08

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.