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Annie

1999 · 90 min

A cheerful, song-filled escape with a plucky heroine, hissable villains, and a heartwarming rags-to-riches arc that's easy to enjoy.

Directed by: Rob Marshall
Genres: Music, Family, Comedy
Starring: Alicia Morton, Kathy Bates, Victor Garber

Tagline: Disney makes the classical musical more magical than ever!
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.

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Directed by: Rob Marshall
Genres: Music, Family, Comedy
Starring: Alicia Morton, Kathy Bates, Victor Garber

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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: found family
family
class
survival
love
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: musical
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	5
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: music, family, comedy
Directed by: Rob Marshall
Written by: Irene Mecchi
Starring: Alicia Morton, Kathy Bates, Victor Garber, Alan Cumming, Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Erin Adams, Sarah Hyland
Music: Charles Strouse
Cinematography: Ralf D. Bode
Runtime: 90 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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