Anne of Green Gables

• Director: Kevin Sullivan
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Childhood Drama, Period Film
• Themes: Farm Life, Orphans
• Main Cast: Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Richard Farnsworth, Jonathan Crombie, Schuyler Grant
• Release Year: 1985
• Country: US/CA/WG
• Run Time: 197 minutes

Plot

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, All Movie Guide

Cast

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

Jackie Burroughs - Mrs. Amelia Evans; Jayne Eastwood - Mrs. Hammond; Patricia Hamilton - Rachel Lynde; Joachim Hansen - John Sadler; Jennifer Inch - Ruby Gillis; Charmion King-Pinsent - Aunt Josephine; Christiane Kruger - Mrs. Allan; Samantha Langevin - Mrs. Blewett; Marilyn Lightstone - Miss Stacy; Wendy Lyon - Prissy Andrews; Sean McCann - Dr. O'Reilly; Rosemary Radcliffe - Mrs. Barry; Vivian Reis - Mrs. Spencer; David Roberts - Tom; Sandra Scott - Mrs. Harrington; Cedric Smith - Rev. Allan; Zack Ward - Mody Sprugeon; Paul Brown - Mr. Phillips; Jennifer Irwin - Student; Miranda de Pencier - Josie Pye; Nancy Beatty - Essie; Anna Ferguson - Punch Woman; Dawn Greenhalgh - Mrs. Cadbury; Robert Collins - Mr. Barry; Jack Mather - Station Master; Mag Ruffman - Alice Lawson; David Hughes - Thomas Lynde

Credit

Kevin Sullivan - Director, James Lahti - Editor, Hagood Hardy - Composer (Music Score), Shonagh Jabour - Makeup, Carol Spier - Production Designer, Rene Ohashi - Cinematographer, Ian McDougall - Producer, Kevin Sullivan - Producer, Kevin Sullivan - Screenwriter, Joe Wiesenfeld - Screenwriter, Lucy Maud Montgomery - Book Author

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