Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
2008 film directed by Kevin Sullivan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning is a 2008 Canadian made-for-television drama film and the fourth and final film in Sullivan Entertainment's Anne of Green Gables series.[1] It was released in 2008 on CTV. Before the broadcast, CTV had recently acquired the rights to the entire Anne catalogue including the 1985 miniseries.[2]
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning | |
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Written by | Kevin Sullivan |
Directed by | Kevin Sullivan |
Starring | Hannah Endicott-Douglas Barbara Hershey Shirley MacLaine Rachel Blanchard |
Music by | Peter Breiner |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
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Producers | Kevin Sullivan Trudy Grant |
Cinematography | Yuri Yakubiw |
Editor | Gordon McClellan |
Running time | 144 minutes (approx.) |
Production company | Sullivan Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | CTV |
Release | December 14, 2008 (2008-12-14) |
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Created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables novel, the film stars Barbara Hershey as the middle-aged Anne Shirley and 14-year-old Hannah Endicott-Douglas as a young Anne, with Shirley MacLaine playing matriarch Amelia Thomas. Kevin Sullivan wrote a completely new screenplay for the three-hour movie based on Montgomery's characters (serving as a prequel to his three previous miniseries movies broadcast originally on CBC) and not directly from her books.[2] The story follows Anne's life before she arrives at Green Gables.