Anne of Green Gables

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel Anne of Green Gables, previously filmed in 1934, was afforded a TV-movie treatment in 1985. Megan Follows stars as 13-year-old Anne Shirley, an orphan girl sent to live with a foster family on Canada's Prince Edward Island. Though she has great difficulty controlling her temper, impulsiveness and vivid imagination, Anne eventually wins over her new guardians, domineering Marilla Cuthbert (Colleen Dewhurst) and Marilla's shy brother Matthew (Richard Farnsworth). Anne's secondary adventures concern her "bosom friend" Diana (Schuyler Grant) and her supposed enemy Gilbert Blythe (Jonathan Crombie). Anne of Green Gables was offered on American television as a 3-part presentation on PBS' Wonderworks; it aired from February 17 through March 3, 1986. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Number of Discs: 1
• Screen: Color
• Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo
• Features:
  • Director's commentary
  • Missing scenes
  • Cast biographies

AWARDS

• Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

•     Won Outstanding Children's Program - 1986

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Megan Follows - Anne Shirley
       Colleen Dewhurst - Marilla Cuthbert
       Richard Farnsworth - Mathew Cuthbert
       Jonathan Crombie - Gilbert Blythe
       Schuyler Grant - Diana Barry
       Anna Ferguson - Punch Woman

• Director:

  Kevin Sullivan

• Producer:

  Ian McDougall, Kevin Sullivan

• Screenwriter:

  Kevin Sullivan, Joe Wiesenfeld

• Book Author:

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

• Cinematographer:

  Rene Ohashi

• Composer (Music Score):

  Hagood Hardy

• Editor:

  James Lahti, Mairin Wilkinson

• Production Designer:

  Carol Spier

• Costume Designer:

  Martha Mann

• Makeup:

  Shonagh Jabour