...History: The Anne of Green Gables Trilogy is made up of three videos; Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Green Gables The Sequel, and Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story.
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. Lucy Maud Montgomery a Canadian writer is responsible for the novels on which the first ... ...the third film.
1) Anne of Green Gables, 1985, Run time 199mins
The Story:
Matthew and Marrila Cuthbert is brother and sister they live alone together and are, as they are getting older decide to send for an orphan boy to help out. Due to a mistake they are not sent a boy they are sent Anne Shirley.
Anne with an e is a young girl about 12 years old, very thin with red hair, which she detests. Anne has a wild imagination and sometimes talks with ...
LIZKEMPO 06.10.2006
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Advantages: Well acted, Great Book Adaptation Storylines, Fun for All Ages Disadvantages: Each Movie is About Three Hours Long
...the wonder and story of Anne Shirley. If your not familiar with this movie trilogy or the books, let me help you understand in a brief summary. Anne Shirley is an orphan in the early 1900's who gets adopted (quite by accident) by an old spinster woman and her bachelor brother. She's full of imagination and kindness in the midst of being mistreated as a child. Her love of life and sometimes overdramatic personality wins her new adopted family over. ... ...first movie takes you through Anne and her childhood through around the age of 17. You see her go through the trials of being past around from Orphanage to foster home most of her child life. Her pre-teen foster care was with families that were only using her to babysit their other children. To say they treated her inhumane is an understatement. She's given up to an orphanage at the age of 12 and someone finally gives her an opportunity to be adopted ...
i_heart_elo 25.09.2009
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Advantages: Touching, romantic and a story of childhood Disadvantages: none
...It is about an orphan, Anne who goes to live in Green Gables, Avonlea, on Prince Edward island with an old lady and her brother. Anne is played terrificly well by the Canadian actress Megan Follows and has the well renound actress Colleen Dewhurst as Marilla Cutherbert. The films basically follow Anne as she grows up and all the trials and tribulations of being an orphan, having to act politely in grown up situations and the fact that she does not ... ...box set includes 3 discs. Anne of Green Gables the beginning, Anne of Green Gables the sequel and Anne of Green Gables the continuing story. The DVD box set was released in January 2006, I had been waiting for it to come out for years as I still had it in the Cassette format.
In HMV they have it on sale for £49.99. ...
Spottydog11 03.04.2008 (04.04.2008)
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