Annie: Directed by John Huston. With Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Ann Reinking. A spunky young orphan is taken in by a rich eccentric, much to the chagrin of the cantankerous woman who runs the orphanage.
Director John Houston's film adaptation of the Broadway smash hit, ANNIE, which in turn was based on the perennial cartoon favorite, Little Orphan Annie. Annie is a 1982 American musical comedy-drama film based on the 1977 Broadway musical of the same name by Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin and Thomas Meehan, which in turn is based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strip created by Harold Gray. A spunky orphan escapes her hard-knock life, then winds up in the care of an eccentric billionaire in John Houston's adaptation of the broadway hit. But feisty Annie carries hope and a song in her heart.
Annie And John Denverforum, Fed up with the dastardly Miss Hannigan, Annie escapes and is led to the comforting arms of bighearted billionaire Oliver Warbucks. Buy Annie tickets from the official Ticketmaster.com site. Find Annie schedule, reviews and photos. ANNIE is the story of a plucky, red-haired girl who dreams of life outside her dreary orphanage. One day, Annie (Aileen Quinn) is chosen to stay for one week with the famous billionaire "Daddy" Warbucks (Albert Finney).
Annie And John Denverforum, Academy Award® nominee Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) stars as Annie, a young, happy foster kid who's also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014.
