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Annie

Annie

Disney makes the classical musical more magical than ever!

19996.41h 30m

Overview

Things seem pretty bad for a young girl living a "hard-knock life" in an orphanage. Fed up with the dastardly Miss Hannigan, Annie escapes the run-down orphanage determined to find her mom and dad. It's an adventure that takes her from the cold, mean streets of New York to the warm, comforting arms of bighearted billionaire Oliver Warbucks - with plenty of mischief and music in between.

Directed by Rob Marshall
Written by Irene Mecchi, Martin Charnin, Charles Strouse
Produced by Brad Krevoy, John Whitman
Box OfficeBudget: $7.5M0

Top Cast

Alicia Morton

Alicia Morton

Annie

Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates

Miss Agatha Hannigan

Victor Garber

Victor Garber

Oliver Warbucks

Alan Cumming

Alan Cumming

Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan

Audra McDonald

Audra McDonald

Miss Grace Farrell

Kristin Chenoweth

Kristin Chenoweth

Lily St. Regis

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Erin Adams

Tessie

Sarah Hyland

Sarah Hyland

Molly

Lalaine

Lalaine

Kate

Nanea Miyata

Nanea Miyata

July

Themes & Keywords

child abuseholidaymusicalbased on play or musicalfranklin delano rooseveltbased on comicorphandriven insanestray dog1930sfemale child abuser

About Annie

Annie is a music, family, comedy film released in 1999 exploring themes of child abuse, holiday, musical, based on play or musical, franklin delano roosevelt, based on comic. Directed by Rob Marshall, it stars Alicia Morton, Kathy Bates, Victor Garber. Things seem pretty bad for a young girl living a "hard-knock life" in an orphanage. Fed up with the dastardly Miss Hannigan, Annie escapes the run-down orphanage determined to find her mom and dad. It's an adventure that takes her from the cold, mean streets of New York to the warm, comforting arms of bighearted billionaire Oliver Warbucks - with plenty of mischief and music in between.

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