Annie List Price: $14.99 Our Price: $4.99 Your Save: $ 10.00 ( 67% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video Starring: Alicia Morton, Kathy Bates, Alan Cumming, Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth Directed By: Rob Marshall Average Customer Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD EAN: 9786305870180 Format: Color ISBN: 0788820230 Label: Walt Disney Video Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Pan & Scan Publisher: Walt Disney Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: 2000-05-30 Running Time: 90 Studio: Walt Disney Video Theatrical Release Date: 1999-11-07 Related Items Annie (Special Anniversary Edition) Annie (1999 Television Film) Annie (1977 Original Broadway Cast) Annie (Original 1982 Motion Picture Soundtrack) Mary Poppins (40th Anniversary Edition) Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: I loved it! Comment: This is such a wonderful movie. Since I never could see the musical on stage, I can see this movie anytime I want and I love it. Customer Rating: Summary: This is the Annie to buy. Comment: If you are looking for a version of Annie for your kids, get this one. We have three girls and we bought both this and the 1982 version with Carol Burnett. This one is so much better in every way. It is almost perfectly done, moves along at the right pace and is really entertaining. Get the sound track too. The music is wonderful. The Carol Burnett version is much less PC and not as appropriate for young children. Carol Burnett is too drunk and mean; the scenes where Annie is in danger are a bit too scary for young kids, and the dancing is of the manic 80's Flash Dance genre - comic today. Our girls have watched this Annie probably 100 times and they always love it. As do I. When my kids belt out the numbers, I get to play Rooster - and the Rooster in this version is so much fun - there's nothing better! Customer Rating: Summary: The ideal cast Comment: I almost cannot imagine a better-cast "Annie" than this one, unless they could somehow get a time machine and bring young Andrea McArdle herself forward to reclaim the title role. Kathy Bates! Alan Cumming! Audra McDonald! Victor Garber as Daddy Warbucks -- maybe the best of all. The musical is regrettably simplified and shortened for its TV running time, but remains extremely enjoyable and, despite budget and set limitations, far livelier than the overwrought 1982 film. The songs are beautifully sung, and the production numbers are no less delightful for their simplicity. I wish that they could have filmed the full musical, as plotted, with exactly this cast; the result would absolutely have been the definitive "Annie." As it is, I think we are still waiting on the definitive version -- but this is by far the best yet. This is one of the things i watch every Christmas while wrapping presents: just an hour and a half of pure fun. Customer Rating: Summary: Weak Remake Comment: When I was a kid I loved the older Annie that was made in the 80's. This one is not even half the movie the other is if you ask me. However, there are more songs, so I'm sure some people like that. The downfalls of this movie is mainly the cast. The little girl playing annie is cute, has red hair (but straight!) and can sing but she cannot act well at all. She is quite stiff with her lines and the girl in the old one was much better at conveying emotion. Ms. Hannigan is also less mean and threatning. They tried to sugarcoat her "cruelty" to the girls when it wasn't even presented as that bad in the old one, and Carol Bernet was naturally hilarious as she always was in the old version. I also don't like the Mr. Warbucks in this version, because he isn't as distant and cold as the other one is. Annie is supposed to be so sweet she makes the stern, hard, even scrooge-like Mr. Warbucks melt and become a caring father figure. In this version he isn't as serious or rigid as I think he should be. As I said, the music is good, but for a better all around movie, get the first one. Customer Rating: Summary: The best ANNIE ever! Comment: This is the best Annie, ever! The original brodway production in a fun filled musical movie that charms both children and adults. This movie fallows the original classic story and has all the traditinal songs and senes. I love to dance and sing along to this movie virsion of the best classic browdway production, ever! Editorial Reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: I loved it! Comment: This is such a wonderful movie. Since I never could see the musical on stage, I can see this movie anytime I want and I love it. Customer Rating: Summary: This is the Annie to buy. Comment: If you are looking for a version of Annie for your kids, get this one. We have three girls and we bought both this and the 1982 version with Carol Burnett. This one is so much better in every way. It is almost perfectly done, moves along at the right pace and is really entertaining. Get the sound track too. The music is wonderful. The Carol Burnett version is much less PC and not as appropriate for young children. Carol Burnett is too drunk and mean; the scenes where Annie is in danger are a bit too scary for young kids, and the dancing is of the manic 80's Flash Dance genre - comic today. Our girls have watched this Annie probably 100 times and they always love it. As do I. When my kids belt out the numbers, I get to play Rooster - and the Rooster in this version is so much fun - there's nothing better! Customer Rating: Summary: The ideal cast Comment: I almost cannot imagine a better-cast "Annie" than this one, unless they could somehow get a time machine and bring young Andrea McArdle herself forward to reclaim the title role. Kathy Bates! Alan Cumming! Audra McDonald! Victor Garber as Daddy Warbucks -- maybe the best of all. The musical is regrettably simplified and shortened for its TV running time, but remains extremely enjoyable and, despite budget and set limitations, far livelier than the overwrought 1982 film. The songs are beautifully sung, and the production numbers are no less delightful for their simplicity. I wish that they could have filmed the full musical, as plotted, with exactly this cast; the result would absolutely have been the definitive "Annie." As it is, I think we are still waiting on the definitive version -- but this is by far the best yet. This is one of the things i watch every Christmas while wrapping presents: just an hour and a half of pure fun. Customer Rating: Summary: Weak Remake Comment: When I was a kid I loved the older Annie that was made in the 80's. This one is not even half the movie the other is if you ask me. However, there are more songs, so I'm sure some people like that. The downfalls of this movie is mainly the cast. The little girl playing annie is cute, has red hair (but straight!) and can sing but she cannot act well at all. She is quite stiff with her lines and the girl in the old one was much better at conveying emotion. Ms. Hannigan is also less mean and threatning. They tried to sugarcoat her "cruelty" to the girls when it wasn't even presented as that bad in the old one, and Carol Bernet was naturally hilarious as she always was in the old version. I also don't like the Mr. Warbucks in this version, because he isn't as distant and cold as the other one is. Annie is supposed to be so sweet she makes the stern, hard, even scrooge-like Mr. Warbucks melt and become a caring father figure. In this version he isn't as serious or rigid as I think he should be. As I said, the music is good, but for a better all around movie, get the first one. Customer Rating: Summary: The best ANNIE ever! Comment: This is the best Annie, ever! The original brodway production in a fun filled musical movie that charms both children and adults. This movie fallows the original classic story and has all the traditinal songs and senes. I love to dance and sing along to this movie virsion of the best classic browdway production, ever! Disney makes this beloved musical more magical than ever with an all-new, feature-length production! Featuring an all-star cast and new choreography, this charming tale of an adorable orphan named Annie captures all the fun of the original, but adds an unmistakable Disney touch! For a young girl living a "hard-knock" life in a children's orphanage, things may seem pretty bad -- especially at Christmas. But feisty Annie carries a song in her heart and hope in her locket -- the only thing she has from her parents. One day, fed up with the dastardly Miss Hannigan (Academy Award(R)-winner Kathy Bates), Annie escapes the rundown orphanage determined to find her mom and dad. Her adventure takes her from the cold, mean streets of New York to the warm, comforting arms of bighearted billionaire Oliver Warbucks, with plenty of mischief and music in between! Filled with memorable songs and magical moments, Disney's ANNIE brings this heartwarming story to a whole new generation. And now you can relive the magic over and over again! Ask about this healthcare product "Annie" in the forum Give review on this healthcare product "Annie" in the forum Search related information in the forum