The film is set at the turn of the century, Prince Edward Island and follows the life of Anne Shirley an orphan girl who is sent to live at Green Gables with Matthew and Marrila Cuthbert.

The first two films are directed and produced by Kevin Sullivan; Kevin also produced the third and helped to write the screenplay for all three. Stenfan Scani directed the third film.

Matthew and Marrila Cuthbert are an elderly brother and sister both unmarried, they live alone together at Green Gables. Now that they are getting on in age they are both finding it hard work to run the farm and decide to send for an orphan boy to help them out.

Anne has always been alone, an orphan she has been sent from home to home over the years without any love from anyone, and from the moment she sets eyes on Green Gables she hopes that this will now be a true home for her.

Anne Shirley is played by Megan Follows in all three films; Anne Shirley is a young orphan girl with a wild imagination and quick temper. She is sent to live a Green Gables and makes everyone fall in love with her. In this first film we watch Anne learning to control her temper, making friends for the first time, and over coming all the mishaps she gets into.
Megan Follows gives an incredible performance as Anne, as Anne is growing up so is Megan and I think that is what makes her character so believable. Megan won two Gemini Awards for best actress in her role of Anne Shirley.

Along the way Anne meets some 'Kindred Sprits' and a 'Bosom Buddie' as she would say, these people she holds dear to her heart and they all help Anne to find her self.

Another kindrid spirt is of course her dear Matthew Cuthbert played by Richard Farnsworth, Matthew Cuthbert lives with his sister Marrilla, when Anne arrive she opens his heart to the child and enjoys spoiling her. Matthew is a loving character and appears in the first film only.
Richard Farnsworth gives a heart wrenching performance as Matthew, Richard was a stunt man for 40 years before becoming an actor, and he should have started earlier because he is great.

Her bosom buddy Diana Barry is played by Schuyler Grant, Diana becomes Anne's bosom friend and they spend a lot of time together, she loves her friend's strange ways and finally starts to have fun and adventure of her own.
Schuyler Grant plays the role of Diana in all three films and does sterling job, as well her role as Diana Schuyler Grant is also known for her role of Camille Hawkins in TV series All My Children.

Some of Anne's kindred Sprits are not so obvious like the very handsome Gilbert Blythe played by Jonathan Crombie; Gilbert starts of as Anne's enemy but over time the start to get to know each other as friends. Jonathan Crombie is a fine actor and was nominated for Dora Award for Outstanding Performance in production of "Arcadia", 1996.

You may remember this from when it was shown as separate episodes on the TV that was when I first watched it.
I love this film so much, it is full of innocence and adventure, I love Anne's character she is so lovable with her funny ways and overactive imagination. It is a sweet story of a young girl finding herself and growing up.
Megan Follows who plays Anne Shirley is a fabulous actress it is hard to believe she really isn't Anne, I also think that Colleen Dewhurst is fantastic as Marrila Cuthbert.
The set and costumes are so detailed and beautiful; the scenery really helps to capture the beauty of the story and makes it easy to see why Anne was so desperate to belong to Green Gables and Prince Edwards Island.
Jonathan Crombie who plays Gilbert Blithe is so handsome and charming I have to admit that when I first watched this movie I had a little crush (Ok I admit it I still do).