Annie is a movie directed by John Huston in 1982 and based on the characters from the comic book Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray, first published in 1924. The movie features Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Bernadette Peters, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry, and others.
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“The comic book is better than the movie”
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Book by Leonore Fleischer
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Storyline
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a young orphan named Annie was living in the Hudson Street Orphanage in New York City, which is run by Miss Hannigan, a cruel alcoholic who forces the orphans to clean the building daily. With half of a locket as her only possession, Annie remains optimistic that her parents, who left her on the doorstep as a baby, will return for her.
Movie vs Book
Year
1982
Minutes
126
Movie Rate
6.60
Source: IMDb
Year
1924
Pages
75
Book Rate
8.52
S: Goodreads
Comic Book
Little Orphan Annie
Author: Harold Gray
Country: USA
First published in: 1924
Length: 75 pages
Genre: Play
Other screen adaptations of the comic book
Movie by Rob Marshall
Movie by Will Gluck
Movie by Lear Debessonet, Alex Rudzinski
User polls & recommendations
“It was really important to me that people would experience the same feelings from the movie as they did from the book.”
PABLO BERGER (Filmmaker)
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