Annie (1982)

Director:

John Huston

Writers:

Carol Sobieski (screenplay)
Thomas Meehan (book)
(more)

Release Date:

18 June 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Musical

Tagline:

The movie of 'Tomorrow'

Plot:

Broadway musical based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strip. A young orphan girls adventures in finding a family that will take her.

Plot Keywords:

Orphan | 1930s | Broadway Musical | Orphanage | Democrat

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Albert Finney	...	Daddy Oliver Warbucks
Carol Burnett	...	Miss Hannigan
Ann Reinking	...	Grace Farrell
Tim Curry	...	Rooster Hannigan
Bernadette Peters	...	Lily St. Regis
Aileen Quinn	...	Annie
Geoffrey Holder	...	Punjab
Roger Minami	...	Asp
Toni Ann Gisondi	...	Molly
Rosanne Sorrentino	...	Pepper
Lara Berk	...	Tessie
April Lerman	...	Kate
Robin Ignico	...	Duffy
Lucie Stewart	...	July
Edward Herrmann	...	FDR
Lois De Banzie	...	Eleanor Roosevelt (as Lois de Banzie)
Peter Marshall	...	Bert Healy
Loni Ackerman	...	Boylan Sister
Murphy Cross	...	Boylan Sister
Nancy Sinclair	...	Boylan Sister
I.M. Hobson	...	Drake
Lu Leonard	...	Mrs. Pugh
Mavis Ray	...	Mrs. Greer
Pamela Blair	...	Annette (as Pam Blair)
Colleen Zenk Pinter	...	Celette (as Colleen Zenk)
Victor Griffin	...	Saunders
Jerome Collamore	...	Frick (as Jerome Callamore)
Jon Richards	...	Frack
Wayne Cilento	...	Photographer
Ken Swofford	...	Weasel
Larry Hankin	...	Pound Man
Irving Metzman	...	Mr. Bundles
Angela Martin	...	Mrs. McKracky
Kurtis Epper	...	Spike (as Kurtis Epper Sanders)
Liz Marsh	...	Dancer
Danielle Miller	...	Dancer
Lisa Kieldrup	...	Dancer
Angela Lee	...	Dancer
Tina Caspary	...	Dancer (as Tina Maria Caspary)
Julie Whitman	...	Dancer
Jan Mackie	...	Dancer
Shawnee Smith	...	Dancer
Amanda Peterson	...	Dancer (as Mandy Peterson)
Jamie Flowers	...	Dancer
Cherie Michan	...	Dancer
Janet Jones	...	Dancer (as Janet Marie Jones)
Linda Saputo	...	Dancer
Sonja Haney	...	Dancer
Kari Baca	...	Dancer
Victoria Hartman	...	Dancer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ray Bolger	...	Radio Sound Effects Man (uncredited)
Frank Cagno	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Janeen Damian	...	Rockette (uncredited)
Melissa Hayden	...	(uncredited)
John Huston	...	Actor on radio (uncredited)
Martika	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Denise McKenna	...	Rockette (uncredited)
Lou Mulford	...	Secretary (uncredited)
Tammy O'Rourke	...	Dancer / Orphan (uncredited)
Meredith Salenger	...	Dancer / Orphan (uncredited)

Directed by
John Huston

Writing credits
Harold Gray		(comic strip Little Orphan Annie) uncredited
Carol Sobieski		(screenplay)
Thomas Meehan		(book of the stage play)

Produced by
Joe Layton	....	executive producer
Carol Sobieski	....	associate producer
Ray Stark	....	producer

Original Music by
Charles Strouse

Cinematography by
Richard Moore

Film Editing by
Michael A. Stevenson

Casting by
Howard Feuer
Jeremy Ritzer

Production Design by
Dale Hennesy

Set Decoration by
Marvin March

Costume Design by
Theoni V. Aldredge

Makeup Department
Candida Conery	....	hair stylist
Lee Crawford	....	hair stylist
Jeffrey Hamilton	....	makeup artist (as Jeff Hamilton)
Ben Lane	....	makeup artist
Daniel C. Striepeke	....	makeup artist (as Dan Striepeke)
Craig Lyman	....	makeup artist: New York (uncredited)

Production Management
Raymond Hartwick	....	unit production manager (as Ray Hartwick)
William O'Sullivan	....	unit production manager (as William J. O'Sullivan)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
M. James Arnett	....	second unit director (as James Arnett)
Phil Morini	....	additional second assistant director
Chris Soldo	....	second assistant director
Jerry Ziesmer	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Nick F. Caprarelli	....	lead man (as Nick Caprarelli)
Louis S. Fleming	....	assistant property master (as Lou Fleming)
Sam Gordon	....	property master
Robert Guerra	....	art director: New York
Gary Martin	....	construction coordinator
Dan Ondrejko	....	greensman
Terry Rittmiller	....	drapery man
Dianne Wager	....	assistant art director (as Diane Wager)
Camille Abbott	....	production illustrator (uncredited)
William Apperson	....	propmaker foreman (uncredited)
Gary D. Bierend	....	set constructor (uncredited)
Michael B. Bunch	....	general construction foreman (uncredited)
Stuart John	....	construction foreman (uncredited)
Thomas W. Lay Jr.	....	production illustrator (uncredited)
Bob MacDonald Jr.	....	propmaker foreman (uncredited)
Brick Mason	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Joseph Musso	....	production illustrator (uncredited)
Micky Nagrone	....	propmaker foreman (uncredited)
Joseph G. Pacelli Jr.	....	set designer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Jim Atherton	....	playback operator
Raul A. Bruce	....	boom operator (as Raul Bruce)
Jeff Bushelman	....	sound effects
Stephen Bushelman	....	sound editor (as Steve Bushelman)
Gene S. Cantamessa	....	sound mixer (as Gene Cantamessa)
Carlos Delarios	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Carlos de Larios)
Robert Gutknecht	....	sound editor
Jay M. Harding	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ellen Heuer	....	foley artist
Michael J. Kohut	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ian MacGregor-Scott	....	sound editor (as Ian MacGregor Scott)
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Steve Payne	....	cable person
Pat Somerset	....	sound effects
Gregory H. Watkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Duncan McEwan	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Phil Cory	....	special effects coordinator
Charles E. Dolan	....	miniatures: Howard Anderson (uncredited)
Ken Speed	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Bill Hansard	....	process coordinator
Howard A. Anderson	....	photo effects & opticals (uncredited)

Stunts
M. James Arnett	....	stunt coordinator (as James Arnett)
Jophery C. Brown	....	stunt double: Punjab (as Jophery Brown)
Jerry Brutsche	....	stunt coordinator (as Gerald E. Brutsche)
Jerry Brutsche	....	stunts (as Gerald E. Brutsche)
Bobby Porter	....	stunt double: Annie (as Bob M. Porter)
Pat Romano	....	stunts
Charles A. Tamburro	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Holly Bower	....	still photographer
Garrett Brown	....	Steadicam operator (as Garreth Brown)
Eric Engler	....	camera technician
O.T. Henderson	....	dolly grip
Larry D. Howard	....	gaffer (as Larry Howard)
Elliott Marks	....	still photographer (as Elliot Marks)
Rexford L. Metz	....	camera operator: second unit (as Rex Metz)
Robert Sordal	....	key grip (as Bob Sordal)
Richard Tim Vanik	....	camera operator (as Tim Vanik)
Charles Williams	....	best boy grip
Harry L. Wolf	....	process camera operator (as Harry Wolf)
Alvin Zimmerman	....	rigging gaffer
Bobby Brown	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera, New York (uncredited)
Mik Cribben	....	camera operator: second unit (uncredited)
Adam Glick	....	set lighting technician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Pennie DuPont	....	casting assistant (as Pennie du Pont)
Donald Paul Pemrick	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ray Birdwell	....	costumer: men
Paula Cain	....	wardrobe supervisor: women
Lindsay Davis	....	assistant costume designer
Bruce Ericksen	....	wardrobe supervisor: men
Elizabeth Pine	....	costumer: women
Gerry Puhara	....	costumer: women (as Geri Puhara)
Mort Schwartz	....	costumer: men

Editorial Department
Margaret Booth	....	supervising editor
Daniel Sackheim	....	second assistant film editor (as Dan Sackheim)
George C. Villaseñor	....	assistant film editor (as George C. Villasenor)
Sati Tooray	....	colorist (uncredited)

Music Department
Ralph Burns	....	conductor
Ralph Burns	....	music arranger
Jeff Carson	....	music editor
Martin Charnin	....	lyrics
Mark Green	....	associate music editor
Peter Howard	....	dance and vocal arrangements
Arthur Joseph	....	vocal coach
David Kurtz	....	music researcher
Joe Layton	....	creator: musical sequences
Arlene Phillips	....	musical staging
Charles Strouse	....	music of the stage play
Dan Wallin	....	music scoring mixer
Nancy Weizer	....	assistant music editor
Shinichi Yamazaki	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Alan Falco	....	transportation coordinator (as Allan Falco)
Earl Pierson	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Lewis M. Allen	....	produced on the New York stage by (as Lewis Allen)
Ann Ashcraft	....	production office coordinator
Margaret Booth	....	executive assistant to producer
Laurie Cooke	....	production assistant
Moe Di Sesso	....	animal trainer: "Sandy" (as Moe DiSesso)
Rhoda Dreskenoff	....	assistant: Mr. Layton
Pete Emmet	....	unit publicist
Wayne Fitzgerald	....	title designer
Stephen R. Friedman	....	produced on the New York stage by
Norman Gan	....	assistant to producer
Gladys Hill	....	assistant: Mr. Huston
Gloria Hoffman	....	studio teacher
Adeline Leonard Seakwood	....	production office coordinator (as Adeline L. Seakwood)
Thomas Meehan	....	book of the stage play
Irwin Meyer	....	produced on the New York stage by
Mike Nichols	....	originally presented on the New York Stage by
Roger Paradiso	....	location manager
Dennis Park	....	assistant production accountant
Arlene Phillips	....	choreographer
Howard Pine	....	production executive
Marykay Powell	....	marketing: Rastar
Marshall Schlom	....	script supervisor
Heather Seymour	....	first assistant choreographer
Denny Shearer	....	assistant choreographer
Charles A. Tamburro	....	helicopter pilot
Bill Troy	....	gymnastic instructor
Garrison True	....	search coordinator: "Annie"
Rusty Warren	....	production accountant
Kathryn Waters	....	production assistant
Richard Wenk	....	production assistant
Jeffrey A. Humphreys	....	studio utility (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures (presents)
• Rastar Pictures (as Ray Stark Productions)

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1982) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner-Columbia Filmverleih (1982) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (video)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1986) (USA) (TV)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (video)

Other Companies

• La Da Productions  music edition
• Burbank Editorial Service Inc.  sound effects
• Howard A. Anderson Company  photographic effects (as Howard A. Anderson Co.)
• Howard A. Anderson Company  opticals (as Howard A. Anderson Co.)
• Tiffany & Co.  jewelry
• CBS Records  soundtrack (as CBS Records and Tapes)
• The Big Apple Circus  group cast members: circus sequences
• Chicago Tribune  by permission of: the stage play 'Annie' based on 'Little Orphan Annie'
• Alvin Nederlander Associates  produced by: original stage play
• New York News Syndicate  by permission of: the stage play 'Annie' based on 'Little Orphan Annie'
• John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts  produced by: original stage play
• Icarus Productions  produced on the New York stage by
• Monmouth College  the producers wish to thank
• Harrah's  antique cars provided by
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production (as Dolby Stereo)
• Mark Baron Company, The  marketing & publicity management (uncredited)

Runtime:

126 min | USA:127 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby

Certification:

USA:G (original rating) | USA:PG (edited for re-rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Iceland:L | Peru:PT | Singapore:PG | Sweden:7 | UK:U | West Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Administration Building, Monmouth College - 45 Elm Road, West Long Branch, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures

Trivia:

The scene featuring the "Maybe" song was the last one to be shot; it replaced the original opening sequence, which was too long and had to be deleted. However the reprise later on by the orphans was left in the film.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When the orphans sing "You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile", one of the orphans uses a liquor bottle as a microphone, then carelessly throws it over her shoulder where it obviously falls to the floor, but doesn't shatter. Plastic bottles were not in use in 1933. Polyethylene, which is used to make most plastic bottles, wasn't even invented until 1933 and wasn't capable of being produced in vast quantities until 1936.

Quotes:

Annie: [sings] It's the Hard Knock Life for us.
Orphans: [sings] It's the Hard Knock Life for us / Steada treated... we get tricked! / Steada kisses... we get kicked! / It's the Hard Knock Life!

Movie Connections:

References Little Caesar (1931)

Soundtrack:

Tomorrow (White House Version)

One of my all time favorites

Aileen Quinn as Annie has everyone beat. With that darling face, that beautiful voice, she did a fabulous job creating the character. Albert Finney as Daddy Warbucks was wonderful! He had that stern 'businesslike' attitude which grew into heartfelt love for this little red-headed orphan girl. Carol Burnett was awesome as the lady who ran the orphanage. She started out gruff and tumble (and drunk) but as it turns out, she really has a love for these orphans.

There is NO comparison to the newest version. I can't see anyone else playing these parts better than Quinn, Burnett and Finney. It just isn't the same. If you want a beautiful musical with fun loving attributes, please see this movie!!! Your children will love you for it.

Highly Recommended