| Author | Message: "annie" tv movie article | Posted by: "Heidi O'C."
On: 7/16/1999 at 7:42:21 PM GMT
Message #: 1872
See headers | Hey guys!
read this article.......im really looking forward to
this new annie movie (kristin chenoweth- the only
person i could ever LOVE in bernadette's role of
lily-,,victor garber-gosh i adore that man-, alan
cummings-amazing as the emcee in cabaret-, audra
macdonald-need i say more?-,kathy bates-wonderful
actress,no carol burnett, but still fab.-...who could
ask for more from a non-bernadette prodction?)...but
this article trashes the movie in a way i find
somewhat offensive- i mean...i liked it! tell me if
anyone else agrees.....
Heidi
> > rcherd: Behind the scenes of Disney's ``Annie''
> >
> > By Army Archerd, Daily Variety Senior Columnist
> >
> > HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - It was close to 100 degrees
> > Wednesday in the Valley,
> > and on Stage
> > 25 at Universal a huge Christmas tree stood in the
> > living room of Daddy
> > Warbucks' mansion
> > where I visited ``The Wonderful World of
> Disney's''
> > $12 million ``Annie.''
> >
> > Rob Marshall is making his TV directorial debut,
> > Victor Garber plays
> > Warbucks, Kathy Bates is
> > Miss Hannigan, Alicia Morton plays Annie, Alan
> > Cumming is Rooster, Audra
> > McDonald is Grace
> > Farrell, and Kristin Chenoweth is Lily.
> >
> > ``We would not have made this (TV) version if the
> > movie had been great. There
> > would have
> > been no reason to remake it,'' said Craig Zadan
> and
> > Neil Meron, who executive
> > produce with
> > Chris Montan.
> >
> > The Huston pic was far from ``great.'' Daily
> Variety
> > reviewer Jim Harwood
> > called it ``lumbering
> > and largely uninteresting with the obvious waste
> > reaching Pentagonian
> > proportions.'' And he
> > was not alone in his opinion! But for this new
> > version, I predict otherwise
> > after watching a scene
> > Wednesday.
> >
> > This cast of Oscar-, Tony- and Emmy-winning
> > performers and seasoned crew
> > burst into
> > applause after the dog Sandy effectively (and on
> > cue) growled at the
> > conniving and
> > camouflaged Bates and Cumming who posed as Annie's
> > parents. Pooch trainer
> > Joel Silverman
> > was couched under the camera of cinematographer
> Ralf
> > Pode. Playing Sandy is
> > Chester, a
> > pound-rescued pooch making his starring debut.
> >
> > The cast is working for below its usual salaries,
> > and Oscar-winner
> > (``Misery'') Bates admitted to
> > me, ``I act so I can afford to direct.'' Her last
> > effort was ``Dash and
> > Lily,'' starring Sam Shepard
> > and Judy Davis for A&E, hoping for Emmy
> nominations.
> > The versatile Bates, who
> > played Adam
> > Sandler's mom in ``The Waterboy,'' next stars in
> > ``Uncontrollable Love'' with
> > Rupert Everett,
> > directed by P.J. Hogan in Chicago and London.
> Bates
> > sings in this ``Annie''
> > and was
> > recommended for the role by her ``Titanic'' costar
> > Victor Garber during his
> > confabs with the
> > producers. Bates will surprise all with her
> singing
> > ability (``Easy Street''
> > and ``Little Girls''). ``First
> > time out of the shower,'' she laughed.
> >
> > Garber, who shaved his head for the Warbucks role,
> > will have time to regrow
> > before starting
> > ``Wise Guys'' with Nathan Lane on Broadway. He was
> > last seen on stage in
> > ``Art.''
> >
> > ``Annie'' came to Disney from Columbia, courtesy
> of
> > Ray Stark. And Disney
> > assigned it to its
> > ``Cinderella'' dream team of Zadan, Meron and
> > Montan, with Mary Kay Powell,
> > president of
> > Rastar Prods., also exec producing.
> >
> > The Disney TV version has several firsts,
> including
> > tunes omitted from the
> > movie. Three-time
> > Tony winner McDonald is the first black actress to
> > play the role of Warbucks'
> > devoted personal
> > assistant, Grace, and the producers remind that
> it's
> > ``implied that she and
> > Daddy Warbucks get
> > together when all the smoke of the adoption of
> Annie
> > has settled.'' Add Zadan
> > and Meron, ``We
> > also made sure that all the orphans in this
> version
> > are also multi-racial.''
> >
> > As for the new ``Annie,'' 12-year-old Alicia
> Morton
> > -- I viewed her opening
> > sequence and listened
> > to her version of ``Tomorrow'' and if there's a
> tear
> > on this page, excuse me.
> >
> > Tony-winner (''Cabaret'') Cumming had been at the
> > premiere of ``Eyes Wide
> > Shut'' the previous
> > night; he plays the hotel clerk in an
> > eyebrow-raising scene with Tom Cruise.
> > The brief scene
> > required a week's filming. Now, he bicycles
> between
> > stages of ``Annie'' and
> > ``The Flintstones''
> > prequel, with the latter picture getting preferred
> > call on his services.
> >
> > And returning to ``Annie,'' for the ``NYC''
> number,
> > is Andrea McArdle, the
> > original Broadway
> > ``Annie,'' who gets time off playing ``Belle'' in
> > Disney's ``Beauty and the
> > Beast'' stage play for her
> > special ``Annie'' scene.
> >
> > The TV movie also filmed on WB's N.Y. Street (as
> did
> > John Huston's troupe) in
> > the broiling heat
> > last week -- of course, it was a snow scene.
> Stephen
> > Hendrickson is the ace
> > set designer who
> > makes it all look real inside and out, winter or
> > summer. ``Annie'' airs Nov.
> > 7.
> >
> > WELL, I KNOW WHERE I'LL BE NOV. 7 :-)
> >
> > Jayelle
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Oh yea?That's What You Think! Why are you telling
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> Kristin Chenoweth the 1999 Tony Winner for her role
> in YAGMCB as Sally Brown just got done with Annie
> (Lili) and is now doing Epic Proportions at the
> Helen Hayes Theater!
>
| | Author | Message: Re: "annie" tv movie article | Posted by: bluedenim
On: 7/16/1999 at 7:43:46 PM GMT
Message #: 1873
See headers | Sounds like it's going to be great. I have to admit I
didn't care for the movie AT ALL! I watched
Bernadette's scenes a lot and Carol Burnett was
HILARIOUS but the rest was pretty bad (my opinion only
though). Anyway, I will definatly be catching this
movie. -Eric
--- "Heidi O'C." <slvrsnow@y...> wrote:
> From: "Heidi O'C." <slvrsnow@y...>
>
>
> Hey guys!
>
> read this article.......im really looking forward to
> this new annie movie (kristin chenoweth- the only
> person i could ever LOVE in bernadette's role of
> lily-,,victor garber-gosh i adore that man-, alan
> cummings-amazing as the emcee in cabaret-, audra
> macdonald-need i say more?-,kathy bates-wonderful
> actress,no carol burnett, but still fab.-...who
> could
> ask for more from a non-bernadette prodction?)...but
> this article trashes the movie in a way i find
> somewhat offensive- i mean...i liked it! tell me if
> anyone else agrees.....
>
> Heidi
>
>
> > > rcherd: Behind the scenes of Disney's ``Annie''
> > >
> > > By Army Archerd, Daily Variety Senior Columnist
> > >
> > > HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - It was close to 100
> degrees
> > > Wednesday in the Valley,
> > > and on Stage
> > > 25 at Universal a huge Christmas tree stood in
> the
> > > living room of Daddy
> > > Warbucks' mansion
> > > where I visited ``The Wonderful World of
> > Disney's''
> > > $12 million ``Annie.''
> > >
> > > Rob Marshall is making his TV directorial debut,
> > > Victor Garber plays
> > > Warbucks, Kathy Bates is
> > > Miss Hannigan, Alicia Morton plays Annie, Alan
> > > Cumming is Rooster, Audra
> > > McDonald is Grace
> > > Farrell, and Kristin Chenoweth is Lily.
> > >
> > > ``We would not have made this (TV) version if
> the
> > > movie had been great. There
> > > would have
> > > been no reason to remake it,'' said Craig Zadan
> > and
> > > Neil Meron, who executive
> > > produce with
> > > Chris Montan.
> > >
> > > The Huston pic was far from ``great.'' Daily
> > Variety
> > > reviewer Jim Harwood
> > > called it ``lumbering
> > > and largely uninteresting with the obvious waste
> > > reaching Pentagonian
> > > proportions.'' And he
> > > was not alone in his opinion! But for this new
> > > version, I predict otherwise
> > > after watching a scene
> > > Wednesday.
> > >
> > > This cast of Oscar-, Tony- and Emmy-winning
> > > performers and seasoned crew
> > > burst into
> > > applause after the dog Sandy effectively (and on
> > > cue) growled at the
> > > conniving and
> > > camouflaged Bates and Cumming who posed as
> Annie's
> > > parents. Pooch trainer
> > > Joel Silverman
> > > was couched under the camera of cinematographer
> > Ralf
> > > Pode. Playing Sandy is
> > > Chester, a
> > > pound-rescued pooch making his starring debut.
> > >
> > > The cast is working for below its usual
> salaries,
> > > and Oscar-winner
> > > (``Misery'') Bates admitted to
> > > me, ``I act so I can afford to direct.'' Her
> last
> > > effort was ``Dash and
> > > Lily,'' starring Sam Shepard
> > > and Judy Davis for A&E, hoping for Emmy
> > nominations.
> > > The versatile Bates, who
> > > played Adam
> > > Sandler's mom in ``The Waterboy,'' next stars in
> > > ``Uncontrollable Love'' with
> > > Rupert Everett,
> > > directed by P.J. Hogan in Chicago and London.
> > Bates
> > > sings in this ``Annie''
> > > and was
> > > recommended for the role by her ``Titanic''
> costar
> > > Victor Garber during his
> > > confabs with the
> > > producers. Bates will surprise all with her
> > singing
> > > ability (``Easy Street''
> > > and ``Little Girls''). ``First
> > > time out of the shower,'' she laughed.
> > >
> > > Garber, who shaved his head for the Warbucks
> role,
> > > will have time to regrow
> > > before starting
> > > ``Wise Guys'' with Nathan Lane on Broadway. He
> was
> > > last seen on stage in
> > > ``Art.''
> > >
> > > ``Annie'' came to Disney from Columbia, courtesy
> > of
> > > Ray Stark. And Disney
> > > assigned it to its
> > > ``Cinderella'' dream team of Zadan, Meron and
> > > Montan, with Mary Kay Powell,
> > > president of
> > > Rastar Prods., also exec producing.
> > >
> > > The Disney TV version has several firsts,
> > including
> > > tunes omitted from the
> > > movie. Three-time
> > > Tony winner McDonald is the first black actress
> to
> > > play the role of Warbucks'
> > > devoted personal
> > > assistant, Grace, and the producers remind that
> > it's
> > > ``implied that she and
> > > Daddy Warbucks get
> > > together when all the smoke of the adoption of
> > Annie
> > > has settled.'' Add Zadan
> > > and Meron, ``We
> > > also made sure that all the orphans in this
> > version
> > > are also multi-racial.''
> > >
> > > As for the new ``Annie,'' 12-year-old Alicia
> > Morton
> > > -- I viewed her opening
> > > sequence and listened
> > > to her version of ``Tomorrow'' and if there's a
> > tear
> > > on this page, excuse me.
> > >
> > > Tony-winner (''Cabaret'') Cumming had been at
> the
> > > premiere of ``Eyes Wide
> > > Shut'' the previous
> > > night; he plays the hotel clerk in an
> > > eyebrow-raising scene with Tom Cruise.
> > > The brief scene
> > > required a week's filming. Now, he bicycles
> > between
> > > stages of ``Annie'' and
> > > ``The Flintstones''
> > > prequel, with the latter picture getting
> preferred
> > > call on his services.
> > >
> > > And returning to ``Annie,'' for the ``NYC''
> > number,
> > > is Andrea McArdle, the
> > > original Broadway
> > > ``Annie,'' who gets time off playing ``Belle''
> in
> > > Disney's ``Beauty and the
> > > Beast'' stage play for her
> > > special ``Annie'' scene.
> > >
> > > The TV movie also filmed on WB's N.Y. Street (as
> > did
> > > John Huston's troupe) in
> > > the broiling heat
> > > last week -- of course, it was a snow scene.
> > Stephen
> > > Hendrickson is the ace
> > > set designer who
> > > makes it all look real inside and out, winter or
> > > summer. ``Annie'' airs Nov.
> > > 7.
> > >
> > > WELL, I KNOW WHERE I'LL BE NOV. 7 :-)
> > >
> > > Jayelle
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
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| | Author | Message: Re: "annie" tv movie article | Posted by: KELBEL519
On: 7/16/1999 at 7:50:25 PM GMT
Message #: 1875
See headers | I grew up with ANNIE. I couldn't get enough of it as a kid. And I'm not
ahsamed to say I still love it to this day.
:-)
-Kelli
| | Author | Message: Re: "annie" tv movie article | Posted by: "Joanna Shalvoy"
On: 7/17/1999 at 9:29:19 AM GMT
Message #: 1878
See headers | I used to watch Annie when I was younger, but my older sister was the one
who really watched it.
Joanna
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