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Annie : a royal adventure!

Ian Toynton (director), Joan Collins (actor), Thomas Meehan (based on the work of)
Annie komt zelf in de problemen als ze de boze plannen van Lady Edwina wil verijdelen
Title
Annie : a royal adventure! / dir. by Ian Toynton ; book of the stage play by Thomas Meehan ; music by Charles Strouse
Director
Ian Toynton
Actor
Joan Collins
Based on the work of
Thomas Meehan
Composer
Charles Strouse
Language
English
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video, 2004
1 dvd-video
Recording date
1995
Playing time
92 min.
Note
Ondertiteling: Nederlands, Engels, Frans, Spaans, Portugees, Arabisch Taalkeuze: Engels, Frans, Spaans
EAN
8712609051742

Availability in Flemish libraries

Reviews

Een Amerikaanse televisiefilm uit 1995 van Ian Toynton met in de hoofdrollen Joan Collins (Ellis in Glamourland, Ellis), George Hearn en Ashley Johnson (Nine Months, What Women Want). De film borduurt voort op de succesvolle musicalfilm uit 1985 over het roodharige weesmeisje Annie dat in de jaren dertig na veel problemen een vader vindt in de miljonair Oliver Warbucks. Annie is nu een paar jaar ouder. Samen met haar 'vader' en twee vriendinnetjes reist ze van New York naar Londen, waar Oliver geridderd zal worden. Hier ontdekt ze een complot van Lady Edwina en haar trawanten, die Buckingham Palace willen opblazen om Edwina koningin van Engeland te maken. De film heeft niet zoveel van doen met de originele Annie, en er wordt ook bijna niet in gezongen. Maurice Cobbs (DVD Verdict, i) concludeert: '(...) This movie is as entertaining and amusing as it is insubstantial. It makes no pretense of being anything other than what it is - a family-friendly adventure that everyone can enjoy - an…Read more

About Ian Toynton

Ian Toynton (born 1946) is a British television director, producer and editor.

Early life and education

Toynton was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Elstree

Career in television

Ian Toynton is an Executive Producer/Director who started his TV career in the UK before moving to the States in the mid nineties. He has directed almost two hundred hours of television drama and has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for 24 and has a British Academy of Film and Television Arts nomination for the British mini-series 'Widows'.

He also writes the children's illustrated book series 'Hooligan Bear'.

External links

  • Ian Toynton at IMDb


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