Annie (1982)

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Movie
German title Annie
Original title Annie
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1982
length 127 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director John Huston
script Carol Sobieski
production Ray Stark
music Charles Strouse
camera Richard Moore
cut Michael A. Stevenson
occupation

Annie is an American film musical from 1982 . The film is based on the 1977 musical of the same name, Annie , which in turn is based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray .

action

Caring and kindly naive Annie lives at the girls' orphanage on Hudson Street. While she takes care of her little friend Molly and there are always disputes among the girls, it is the vile, bossy manager of the house, Agatha Hannigan, of whom the girls fear most, which is why Annie during a punitive action Hannigans tries to escape. But after a few hours in the wild, she is caught by the police and brought back. But with Grace Farrell, the personal assistant to billionaire Oliver Warbucks, the hoped-for freedom is just around the corner. Grace is looking for an orphan who will live on the huge Warbucks estate for a week. Despite Hannigan's reluctance, she takes Annie with her. And she feels absolutely at home in this gigantic house until the filthy and nasty Oliver Warbucks appears. He doesn't like it that a child is now sharing his home, even if this is all for the benefit of a campaign to improve his public image.

But Annie feels alone in this gigantic house, so she seeks proximity to the enterprising Warbucks. But even after she and her dog Sandy prevent a bomb attack on Warbucks, he doesn't want to know anything about her and prefers to earn money. Only after a few days does he show interest in cheering Annie up, which is why he agrees to go to the cinema with Grace, him and Annie. You're watching The Lady of the Camellias, a romance movie in which Grace and Warbucks get closer and Annie falls asleep. Warbucks also discovers Grace's care for Annie, so he agrees to her request to permanently adopt Annie. But after Warbucks has forcefully forced an adoption on Mrs. Hannigan, he is surprised that Annie doesn't want to be his daughter at all. She would rather like her real parents back, who she once left in the orphanage over ten years ago with half of a medallion and the promise that they will return soon. This wish softens Warbuck's heart, who is now launching a nationwide search with a reward of $ 50,000.

Given the many phone calls from obviously false parents, Grace is appalled and disappointed that there are so many greedy and dishonest people out there who would lie and cheat for the money. Annie is safe from these false parents for the time being, of whom nobody knew about the trailer, but in the meantime the crook couple Rooster "Gockel" Hannigan and Lily have found themselves at Mrs. Hannigan's, the two with the last belongings of Annie's parents, the years previously died, cared for. With the help of the other half of the trailer, they can prove to the skeptical Warbucks that they are Annie's parents, which pays the reward and leaves Annie with a heavy heart. On departure, Annie realizes that she has been kidnapped and believes she is now at the mercy of the Hannigans, but Annie's friends, the orphans around Molly, have long been on their way to warn Warbucks. He immediately starts a large-scale search and soon finds her on the run from her kidnappers on a raised bridge, where she is rescued by Punjab. After the rescue, he closes Grace and the now finally adopted Annie in his heart.

background

production

Producer Ray Stark was keen to have two directors, so John Huston would be hired for the plot and Joe Layton for the choreography alone. The scene with the song "Easy Street," which Carol Burnett , Tim Curry and Bernadette Peters would perform, was planned to be the largest and most expensive in the film. A special outdoor stage, which cost over 1 million US dollars, was built for the one-week shoot. However, the scene was later perceived as "overloaded", which is why the song was re-recorded two months after the end of shooting.

The film was shot over six weeks at Monmouth University in New Jersey , where the main building, Wilson Hall, was Warbuck's residence. The NX Bridge in Newark , New Jersey, which stretches over the Passaic River , was used for the final chase scene in which Annie escapes on a raised bridge .

Differences to the stage play

The biggest difference between a play and a film lies in the choice of songs. With “Dumb Dog”, “Let's Go to the Movies” (which replaced “NYC”), “Sign” and “We Got Annie” four new songs were added, while “We'd like to Thank You, Herbert Hoover” , "NYC", "You Won't Be an Orphan for Long", "Something Was Missing", "Annie", and "A New Deal for Christmas" were dropped.

In the play, Hannigan, Rooster and Lily are captured by the Secret Service while trying to kidnap Annie at Warbuck's property . In the film, however, Annie is kidnapped and Warbucks organizes a huge search. In addition, Hannigan suddenly feels sorry for Annie and worries about her well-being because she is afraid that her brother Rooster might kill her while trying to escape. Punjab then rescues Annie from the bridge in the autocopter, and a romantic interest is suggested between him and Hannigan at the movie's graduation ceremony.

Punjab and Asp, Warbuck's employees, were reintroduced as supporting roles from the comic book template for the film. And the action was postponed from Christmas to July 4th .

Musical numbers

  1. "Tomorrow" - Annie
  2. "Maybe" - Annie
  3. "Hard-Knock Life" - Annie, orphan
  4. "Dumb Dog" - Annie
  5. "Sandy" - Annie, orphans
  6. "I Think I'm Going To Like It Here" - Grace, Annie, Warbuck's staff
  7. "Little Girls" - Miss Hannigan
  8. "Maybe" - Pepper, July, Duffy, Tessie, Kate
  9. "Let's Go to the Movies" - Annie, Warbucks, Grace, Chorus
  10. "We Got Annie" - Grace, Mrs. Pugh, Punjab, Asp, Servants
  11. "Sign" - Warbucks, Miss Hannigan
  12. "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" - Bert, Boylan sisters
  13. "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile (Reprise)" - Orphans
  14. "Easy Street" - Rooster, Lily, Miss Hannigan
  15. "Tomorrow (White House Version)" - Annie, Warbucks, Mrs. Roosevelt FDR
  16. "Maybe (reprise)" - Warbucks
  17. "Finale (I Don't Need Anything But You / We Got Annie / Tomorrow)" - Annie, Warbucks, companion

Reviews

“Annie is an almost perfect variety film . It's big, colorful, slightly vulgar, sometimes boring and full of untapped talent. […] Annie is far from a good film, but like the vaudeville at its best, it holds its own flawlessly and tries everything to be worth its money to the audience. "

- Vincent Canby in the New York Times

“In the short description: Annie is fun. It has a lot of dynamism and color, dance and music, sound and anger. But in particular he also has all kinds of problems and I believe the only way to enjoy the movie is to just ignore them. "

- Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times

“Film musical based on the model of the 50s, light-footed, perfectly staged and choreographed. Sympathetic, entertaining family entertainment that at the same time ironically illuminates the clichés of the genre in terms of form and content. "

- Lexicon of international film

Awards

publication

With an estimated production budget of over 50 million US dollars, the film was able to rake in over 57 million US dollars at the box office in the United States alone after its theatrical release on May 21, 1982 . After its German cinema release on December 17, 1982, it was seen by 1,011,726 cinema-goers. The film has been available on DVD in German-speaking countries since January 11, 2001 .

Remake

A remake was released in January 2014 . Will Gluck directed. Quvenzhané Wallis took on the role of Annie, while Jamie Foxx played the initially hard-hearted millionaire named Benjamin Stracks . The entire plot has been modernized, the basic idea and the songs have largely been retained.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kenneth Turan: HOLLYWOOD PUTS ITS MONEY ON ANNIE on nytimes.com from May 2, 1982 (English), accessed on January 15, 2012
  2. ^ Jon Merrill's "Annie" movie trivia . Hingepepper.com. December 31, 2002. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 15, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hingepepper.com
  3. ^ Joao Vianna: City of Newark announces 2010 Passaic Riverfront boat Tours . News.jornal.us. August 20, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  4. ↑ a b Vincent Canby : Annie (1982) on nytimes.com of May 21, 1982 (English), accessed January 15, 2012.
  5. ↑ Roger Ebert : Annie (PG) on suntimes.com from January 1, 1982 (English), accessed January 15, 2012.
  6. ↑ Annie. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  7. ↑ Annie (1982) on boxofficemojo.com (English), accessed January 15, 2012
  8. ↑ TOP 100 DEUTSCHLAND 1982 on insidekino.de , accessed on January 15, 2012