Annie (Special Anniversary Edition) | Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney

Annie (Special Anniversary Edition) | Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney | Annie (Special Anniversary Edition)

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Annie (Special Ann...

	Annie (Special Anniversary Edition) Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney Sony Pictures, 2004 average customer review:based on 275 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

lovin' Annie

I purchased this Video for my 9 year old granddaughter. She is in dance class and she is dancing to "It's a hard knock life" next week. She had never seen Annie so I thought this would inspire her. She was so thrilled with it that she has watched it almost daily. Her brother and sister enjoy it too. She commented on the story and the orphans. The whole family is truly enjoying "Annie".

Annie (Special Anniversary Edition)

I bought this for my 2 year old granddaughter. As expected, she loves it every bit as much as her mother did years ago. The quality of this product is excellant. I would recommend it highly.

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Huge Part of My Childhood

By now, everyone probably knows the story of Annie (Aileen Quinn), the little tomboy who longs for her real parents to take her away from the orphanage. Instead, she is adopted for a week by billionaire Oliver Warbucks (Albert Finney) under the care of his secretary Grace (Ann Reinking). They fall in love with her and try to help her find her real parents who we find out are really dead. The orphan home's caretaker Miss Hannigan (Carol Burnett), her criminal brother (Tim Curry), and his moll (Bernadette Peters) decide to impersonate Annie's parents to get the cash reward, but the orphans get wind and try to stop them.

No other version compares to this one; the cast is outstanding. Quinn is appropriately innocent, but belies intelligence under her curly red hair. Burnett is wonderful as always, playing a personally triumphant part; her parents were both alcoholics. Curry plays a menace truthfully, and yet he's still a bit likable- at least in the beginning. Even Peters' role stands out; she was wonderful during this era. Although musicals tend to be a bit silly sometimes, this one straddles the fine line between fantasy and believability very well. Viewers of any age can find themselves enraptured in every bit of the story.

And the music! It has really earned a place in Americana. Who doesn't know the hopeful song "Tomorrow?" The music has become so popular that even Jay-Z sampled "Hard Knock Life." Some of the lesser knowns are amazing as well. "Little Girls" features many clever lines. "Let's Go to the Movies" is very fun and serves as blanket praise for the classic movie era. "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" is catchy and wonderfully represents old time radio advertisement songs. "Easy Street" is tons of fun thanks to Burnett, Curry, and Peters and their comic performances.

There are certainly flaws, the most glaring having to do with the time period. The opener hails the year: 1929. However, the film does not stick to that year. It includes Franklin D. Roosevelt as a character, and yet he was not elected president until 1932. Furthermore, the New Deal discussed in the film did not come about until 1933. Also, the film everyone goes to see in the theater is Camille from 1936. Even the most avoidable of mistakes occurs. In the beginning of the film, one learns that Annie is ten years old, but later, when reading her birth certificate, one learns that she was born in 1922. However, one with no interest in history could easily ignore these mistakes as they do not detract from the story.

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