Annie (1999 film)

Annie is a 1999 American madefortelevision musicalcomedydrama film from The Wonderful World of Disney, produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Columbia Pictures. It stars Kathy Bates, Victor Garber, Alan Cumming, Audra McDonald, Kristen Chenoweth, and introducing Alicia Morton as Annie. It is based on Columbias 1982 film of the same name, which in turn is based on the 1977 Broadway musical of the same name, and the 1924 Little Orphan Annie comic strip by Harold Gray. This is Disneys first film adaptation of Annie and their first collaboration with Columbia since distributing some of Disneys short animated films in the 1930s.

Elevenyearold orphan Annie was left at a girls orphanage when she was an infant. With her was half a heartshaped locket with a key hole, and a note from her parents saying theyd come back for her. The orphanage is run by the tyrannical Miss Hannigan, who starves the orphans and makes them suffer. Tired of waiting for her parents, Annie tries to escape to find them, but is caught by Miss Hannigan. When Miss Hannigan gets distracted, Annie hides in the dirty laundry bin and she finally succeeds in running away. While out on her own, Annie befriends a dog, whom she names Sandy. But a policeman catches her and returns her to the orphanage. When billionaire Oliver Warbucks decides to take in an orphan for Christmas, his secretary, Grace Farrell, chooses Annie. She is brought to his wealthy estate and bathes in a grand life.Although at first uncomfortable with Annie, Warbucks is soon charmed by her. He wants to adopt Annie, but Annie still wants to find her real parents, so she announces on the radio a 50,000 reward for anybody who can prove theyre her parents. The orphans accidentally tell Miss Hannigan, and her excon brother Rooster, and his dimwitted girlfriend Lily St. Regis cook up a scheme to get the reward by posing as Ralph and Shirley Mudge Annies so called parents. When Lily proves to be too risky for the scheme, Miss Hannigan takes over as Annies mother. ........

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