Annie: A Royal Adventure! (also known as Annie 2 or Annie 2: A Royal Adventure!) is a 1995 American comedy film and the sequel to the 1982 theatrical film Annie. It was released as a television film on ABC in the United States on November 18, 1995. The film has no songs apart from a reprise of "Tomorrow" sung at the end of the film, immediately after Daddy Warbucks is knighted.
| Annie: A Royal Adventure! | |
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| Genre | Family Musical |
| Written by | Trish Soodik |
| Directed by | Ian Toynton |
| Starring | Ashley Johnson Joan Collins George Hearn |
| Music by | David Michael Frank |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Wendy Dytman Ruth Slawson |
| Production location | London |
| Cinematography | Alan Hume |
| Editor | James Galloway |
| Running time | 94 minutes |
| Production companies | Rastar Television TriStar Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | November 18, 1995 |
None of the cast members from the previous film appear in this sequel. Annie, Daddy Warbucks, Molly, Punjab, Asp, Sandy, and Miss Hannigan are the only characters from the original to appear in this film. Grace, Rooster, Lilly and Mrs. Pugh are not in the sequel. Many of the original cast had either moved on to other projects or were too old for the sequel.[1]
Plot
editA year after the 1982 film, twelve year old Annie Warbucks (Ashley Johnson), Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks (George Hearn), their dog Sandy, Annie's new friend Hannah (Emily Ann Lloyd), an eccentric scientist (Ian McDiarmid), and Annie's old friend Molly (Camilla Belle) (who is still an orphan but gets adopted by the Webb family in the end), travel to Britain, where Warbucks is to be knighted by His Majesty the King. However, the kids and their new English friend Michael Webb (George Wood) get mixed up in the scheme of an evil noblewoman known as Lady Edwina Hogbottom (Joan Collins) to blow up Buckingham Palace while all the heirs to the throne are present for Daddy Warbucks' knighting.
Cast
edit- Ashley Johnson as Annie Warbucks
- Joan Collins as Lady Edwina Hogbottom
- George Hearn as Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks
- Ian McDiarmid as Dr. Eli Eon
- Emily Ann Lloyd as Hannah
- Camilla Belle as Molly
- Crispin Bonham-Carter as Rupert Hogbottom
- Perry Benson as Mean Murphy Knuckles
- Antony Zaki as Punjab
- David Tse as Asp
- Jayne Ashbourne as Charity
- Carol Cleveland as Miss Hannigan
- George Wood as Michael Webb
- Buffy Davis as Mrs. Webb
- Ian Redford as David Webb
- Timothy Bateson as Derwood
- Deborah MacLaren as Madame Charlotte
- Ann Morrish as Mrs. Fowler
- David King as Winston Churchill
- Tim Seely as George VI of the United Kingdom
- Roger Bizley as Captain Thomas
- Mary Kay Bergman as Miss Hannigan / British children / New York children / additional voices (voice)
- Sam Mancuso as Newspaper Seller
- Sam Stockman as James
- Edward Highmore as Hotel Clerk
Reception
editHome media
editThe film was released on VHS on November 14, 1995, and Region 1 and 2 DVD in 2004 and contained no special features, only a subtitle selection.[4]
References
edit- ^ "'Annie' Is Back, This Time In London | The Seattle Times". Archive.seattletimes.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ O'Connor, John J. (18 November 1995). "TELEVISION REVIEW;Annie and Daddy Warbucks Go to London". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Horst, Carole (13 November 1995). "Annie: A Royal Adventure". Variety.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "DVD Talk". Dvdtalk.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.