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My Easy Marketplace - Annie
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List Price: $19.98
Our Price: $2.53
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Manufacturer: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Starring: Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry
Directed By: John Huston
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302725537
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 6302725534
Label: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Release Date: 1992-12-07
Running Time: 127
Studio: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1982-06-18
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Customer Rating:
Summary: It's a mess, but I still love it...
Comment: What's not to like?
The singing is spotty, the musical numbers are all over the place, the little girl is highly annoying, the film is borderline preposterous and Albert Finney looks bored but we never are (bored that is). The great thing about `Annie' is that no matter how bad it really is you can't help but like it. I've seen this movie a hundred times (granted I was very little for the majority of them) and I could watch it again tomorrow (bet you're bottom dollar).
There are a few versions of this classic story, but this one is my favorite (even if it is the worst as many claim). It's the one I grew up on so maybe I'm a tad biased, but whatever, I enjoy it immensely.
The film tells the story of orphan Annie who escapes the clutches of the evil Miss Hannigan when billionaire Oliver Warbucks decides to let an orphan live with him in his mansion for a week; and Annie is that orphan. After a week of fun and games (and singing and dancing) Oliver decides (with a little prodding from the lovely Grace) to adopt Annie, but there is a problem. Annie is waiting for her mother and father to come back for her, and so Warbucks decides to help her in every way he can to find her parents. What Hannigan and her evil brother Rooster have in store for Annie (and Warbucks) is another story all together.
Okay, so like I said, the singing is spotty (Finney, I love you but really?) and the dance numbers are somewhat spastic (some are great, some are ridiculous) but it all works and it is all entertaining, no doubt. Little Aileen Quinn is an annoying little child and a really bad actress but she can sing (if that really was her) and her renditions of `Tomorrow' and the like are really nicely done. Albert Finney, like I said, is bored. He yells a lot and sings out of key but I just love him. Really, the best thing about this movie is Carol Burnett who is all sorts of hilarious in this movie. She give Hannigan the right balance of well intentioned cruelty to make her a character you love to hate.
I will say that some of this movie is far from appropriate for children, especially when Tim Curry and Bernadette Peters (I love her here too) are on the screen (they tend to get rather risqué) and there is some language that I didn't remember but all in all it is something that your children will love (my daughter, too young to really pay attention, was captivated by the singing).
Embrace it for all its faults and relish in the campy qualities it possesses. Sure, there are a million other musicals that are far better than this one, but honestly, what's not to like?
Customer Rating:
Summary: Okay Version
Comment: Having spent a month & a half performing in the orchestra for the stage version of Annie, I thought I'd enjoy seeing how the movie version compared to what we did. I was disappointed, to say the least. Especially since John Huston (one of my favorite directors) was at the helm.
To me, Annie is family fare, and this movie had some elements not appropriate. There was one expression of profanity, the remainder were some suggestive dance sequences I was embarrassed to have my daughters see. And considering my daughter was an orphan in the play we did, she was taken aback at some parts of the movie, too.
And the time the movie was made showed its dated-ness. I thought the musical sequence where the driver (an Asian) and Punjab (an Indian or Pakistani played by Caribbean Geoffrey Holder) dance was stereotypical in its portrayal.
We found the Disney version, which I hope is closer to what we did.
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Summary: Get the Kathy Bates version
Comment: This version, which was released in 1982, is out of date, not as entertaining and not as appropriate for very young children as the 1999 version with Kathy Bates. In this version, Carol Burnett is drunk and mean, the dangerous scenes are a little too scary for little girls, and the dancing makes me embarrassed to have lived through the 80's. Still, it's a fun, classic movie and I wouldn't say it's bad. I just think the Kathy Bates version is so much better and I would buy that one first. Our three little girls love it!
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Summary: A beloved movie!!
Comment: ALL of my kids (ages 8, 6, and 3) ADORE this movie. They wanted me to get the soundtrack so they could listen to it in the car, too. The singing and dancing are wonderful and easily keep the attention of my wiggly rugrats. A true must-have family classic that never disappoints.
Customer Rating:
Summary: WIDESCREEN, Not FOOLSCREEN
Comment: Until it is in a Widescreen, They can keep it.
Why would anyone want to watch Part of a movie?
Imagine going to a Movie theater with a 30 X 50 foot screen and watching the movie with a Curtin covering 20 feet of both sides of the screen.
I Do Not do FOOLSCREEN, Ever.
ALL movies should be offered in Widescreen for those who like to see the Whole Picture and a FOOLSCREEN for those who only want part of it.
To those who think you are getting rooked with Widescreen, You're NOT.
Widescreen is how the movie was filmed by the Director and is how He/She wanted it.
Lets talk Aspect Ratio.
The Aspect Ratio of your TV Screen is 1.33:1
This means your TV screen is 1.33 times wider than it is tall.
The Aspect Ratio of (JAWS-1975) is 2.35:1 OR
2.35 times wider than it is tall
Now
put 2.35:1 onto your 1.33:1 TV screen, It Doesnt Fit
40% to 45% of the movie are Cut off and your picture is almost always, Blurry or Fuzzy.
The only reason Movies are in Fullscreen on Videos is because it is the only way they will fit in your TV. So they started puting the whole movie in its Widescreen format with the Black Bars on the top and bottom of the screen. No, you are not missing anything on the top or bottom of your screen. What's missing are the sides. If the Black Bars were not there, you would see, Snow.
Every movie prior to 1954 was filmed in 1.37:1, close to the size of your TV screen. Then in 1954, they came up with Cinemascope or Widescreen.
Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcEtFcgfonY and check out this video from Turner Classic Movies called Letterbox
Picture The Last Supper
12 Disciples and Jesus in the middle. Imagine this is in Widescreen.
Now if you Fullscreen this image
You now have 6 Disciples and Jesus in the middle
6 of the Disciples are Cut out.
Which picture would you put up?
So as i said before, Until it is in Widescreen
KEEP IT.
Vic
The 1 Star Rating is for the FOOLSCREEN version only
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Editorial Reviews:
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Charmless and dull, this adaptation of the Broadway hit stars Aileen Quinn as the depression-era moppet, Albert Finney as Daddy Warbucks, Carol Burnett as the cruel headmistress at an orphanage, and Tim Curry as a villain. The film never gets its legs, and there is no sense of setting; it's almost as if the whole thing is happening in a void. John Huston nominally directed--no doubt to make money between his smaller, cheaper masterpieces--but one would have thought he would invest something of himself in here. --Tom Keogh
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