Annie

Synopsis

'Annie' the little girl with nothing in the world except boundless optimism, who finds happiness through her energy and sense of fun. Set in the depression, Annie is left in a cruel orphanage but Daddy Warbuck is on the look out for an orphan to share Christmas with him. Written in 1977 and based on the comic strip by Harold Gray.

Our Review:

Simon Cole - 22 February 2011

Based on Harold Gray’s Little Orphan Annie comic strip, first published in the New York News in 1924, and running in print successfully for a staggering 44 years, Annie first made it to Broadway in 1977, and to the silver screen in 1981.

The enduring tale of the adventures of an eleven year old orphan who, left at the New York Municipal Orphanage as a baby, dreams of being reunited with her parents. At the hand of the drunken, child hating, Miss Hannigan, the life of Annie, and her fellow orphans, is bleak. That is until the day billionaire business tycoon Oliver Warbucks decides to invite her to spend Christmas with him, to ease his social conscience and share his privileged existence, for a little while. Of course, it is Warbucks who benefits most, and Annie’s eternal optimism spreads light not only at Warbucks’ 5th Avenue mansion, but as far as the White House itself.

Along the way, there are villains – in the shape of Miss Hannigan&...

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Latest User Review

Laura - 23 February 2011:

Loved Annie I have just come bk from it actually and it was amazing some of the children so young and so talented they cut out a few things but if they did everything you would be there for hours! I think its a must see!!!!! ...

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