• Anne of Green Gables (1985) (TV) •
Sypnosis l Cast & Crew l Release Dates l Filming Locations l Production Company l Distributors l Technical Specifications l Movie Connections l Trivia l Alternate Versions l Gallery l Notable Quotes l Awards & Nominations l Laserdisc (VHS) Details l DVD Details l Film Reviews l Merchandising Links
Sypnosis
Anne Shirley, a fiery red-headed orphan, is taken into the home of Matthew and
Marilla Cuthbert. She grows from a clumsy young girl into an educated sought-after
young lady in these 50 adapted episodes.
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Release Dates
- December 1, 1985 in Canada
- February 17, 1986 in USA
- March 30, 1988 in Denmark
Filming Locations
- Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada
- Prince Edward Island, Canada
Production Company
- CITY-TV [ca] (Toronto)
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) [ca]
- Sullivan Entertainment Inc. [ca]
- TV-60 Filmproduktion GmbH [de]
- WonderWorks [us]
Distributors
- IVS Internacional Video Sistemas S.L. [es] (1988) (Spain) (VHS)
- Walt Disney Home Video [us] (USA) (VHS)
- Walt Disney Home Video [us] (USA) (laserdisc)
Technical Specifications
Aspect ratio
-1.33 : 1
Movie Connections
- Followed by Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987)
(TV), and Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000) (TV)
Trivia
- Schuyler Grant auditioned for the role of Anne Shirley before she
was eventually cast as Diana Barry.
- The scene where Mrs. Hammond brings Anne to the orphanage was done last.
- The scene in the kitchen in which Anne tells Marilla she will apologize to
Mrs. Lynde was shot with a body double for Richard Farnsworth as his schedule
could not permit him to be there. All close-up shots were filmed later.
- Katharine Hepburn was originally approached to play Marilla Cuthbert. She declined, but suggested her relative (great-niece), 'Schuyler Grant' for
the part of Anne.
- The scene where Anne and Marilla are walking back from Mrs. Lynde's
after Anne's theatrical apology was the very first to be filmed.
Alternate Versions
The DVD includes several deleted scenes, many of which feature
German actress Christiane Krüger, which were filmed for the German
version of the film.
Anne Shirley: My life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes. That's a sentence I read once and I say it over to comfort myself in these times that try the soul.
Anne Shirley: This is the most tragical thing that has ever happened to me.
Aunt Josephine: Make a little room in your plans for romance again, Anne, girl. All the degrees and scholarships in the world can't make up for the lack of it.
Mrs. Cadbury: Tell me what you know about yourself.
Anne Shirley: Well, it really isn't worth telling, Mrs. Cadbury... but if you let me tell you what I IMAGINE about myself you'd find it a lot more interesting.
Anne Shirley: Can't you even IMAGINE you're in the depths of despair?
Marilla Cuthbert: No I cannot. To despair is to turn your back on God.
Anne Shirley: Mrs. Hammond told me that God made my hair red on purpose and I've never cared for Him since.
Anne Shirley: Don't you ever imagine things differently from what they are?
Marilla Cuthbert: No.
Anne Shirley: Oh Marilla, how much you miss.
Marilla Cuthbert: If she can avoid catastrophe two days in a row, I might have a chance to make up my mind.
Anne Shirley: I thought nothing could be as bad as red hair. Green is ten times worse.
Diana Barry: Just say one word and tell me if you're killed!
Anne Shirley: No... but I think I've been rendered unconscious.
Anne Shirley: I don't think Mrs. Barry is a well-bred woman. I don't believe God himself would entirely meet with her approval.
Marilla Cuthbert: Anne, you musn't say things like that... especially in front of the minister's wife. But, if you left God out of it, you'd have it just about right.
Anne Shirley: Farewell, my beloved friend. Henceforth, we must be strangers living side by side... but my heart will be ever faithful to thee.
Anne Shirley: Tomorrow is always fresh with no mistakes in it.
Anne Shirley: I know I chatter on far too much... but if you only knew how many things I want to say and don't. Give me SOME credit.
Anne Shirley: Ruby Gillis says when she grows up, she wants to have a line of beaus on a string and make them crazy for her. I'd rather have ONE in his rightful mind.
Anne Shirley: I think I would probably come to the conclusion that I'd like it for a while... but in the end, I'd still prefer the sound of the wind in the firs across the brook more than the tinkling of crystal.
Aunt Josephine: I like people who make me like them. Saves me so much trouble forcing myself to like them.
Aunt Josephine: Wealth can be very empty when you don't have someone to share it with. But by the time I realized that, no one would have me... except men who wanted my money more than I did.
Marilla Cuthbert: As Rachel Lynde used to say, the sun will go on rising and setting whether I fail in Geometry or not. I think I'd rather it didn't go on if I failed.
Anne Shirley: Tears don't hurt like the ache does.
Diana Barry: I wish I were rich, and I could spend the whole summer at a hotel, eating ice cream and chicken salad.
Anne Shirley: You know something, Diana? We are rich. We have sixteen years to our credit, and we both have wonderful imaginations. We should be as happy as queens.[gestures to the setting sun]
Anne Shirley: Look at that. You couldn't enjoy its loveliness more if you had ropes of diamonds.
Diana Barry: I don't know about that.
Anne Shirley: And I promise I'll never do it again. That's the one good thing about me. I never do the same wrong thing twice.
Rachel Lynde: Mark my words, Marilla. That's the kind puts strychnine in the well.
Rachel Lynde: Her tongue appears to be hinged in the middle, but she may turn out all right.
Gilbert Blythe: Anne Shirley. What in heck are you doing here?
Anne Shirley: Fishing. For lake trout.
Gilbert Blythe: Psst! Carrots! Carrots!
Anne Shirley: Wilt thou give me a lock of thy jet-black tresses?
Diana Barry: But I don't have any black dresses.
Anne Shirley: Your hair.
Diana Barry: All right.
Gilbert Blythe: Well, I figured you can give me a hand with my work, and we'll call it a fair exchange.
Anne Shirley: Aren't you worried? I'm liable to break another slate over your head.
Gilbert Blythe: I'm more worried I might break one over yours, carrots.
Marilla Cuthbert: I'm afraid for her, Matthew. She'll be gone so long. She'll get terrible lonesome.
Matthew Cuthbert: You mean, we'll get terrible lonesome.
Marilla Cuthbert: I can't help wishing that she'd stayed a little girl.
Matthew Cuthbert: Mrs. Spencer made a lucky mistake, I guess.
Marilla Cuthbert: It wasn't luck; it was Providence. He knew we needed her.
Matthew Cuthbert: Even with her queer little ways.
Marilla Cuthbert: I loved her for them.
Anne Shirley: Please, Matthew. You need help. We've got to get a doctor.
Matthew Cuthbert: I've worked hard all my life. I'd rather just drop in the harness. I got old; I never noticed.
Anne Shirley: If I'd been the boy you sent for, I could have spared you in so many ways.
Matthew Cuthbert: I never wanted a boy. I only wanted you from the first day. Don't ever change. I love my little girl. I'm so proud of my little girl.
Awards & Nominations
~ Gemini Awards (1986)
- Won: Best Costume Design
- Won: Best Dramatic Mini-Series
- Won: Best Music Composition for a Single Program (Dramatic Underscore)
- Won: Best Performance by a Lead Actress in a Single Dramatic Program
or Mini-Series
- Won: Best Performance by a Supporting Actor
- Won: Best Performance by a Supporting Actress
- Won: Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series
- Won: Best Production Design or Art Direction
- Won: Best Writing in a Dramatic Program/Series (TV Adaptation)
- Won: Most Popular Program Award
- Nominated: Gemini Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Series
- Nominated: Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series
~ Emmy Awards (1986)
- Won: Outstanding Children's Program
- Nominated: Outstanding Writing in a Miniseries or a Special
~ Peabody Awards (1987)
- Won: Peabody Award
~ Prix Jeunesse (1998) (Germany)
- Won: Best Drama
~ TV Guide Award (1986) (US)
- Won: Most Popular Program
~ Grand Award 1997 (New York)
- Won: International Film and Television Festival
~ Emily Award 1986
- Won: American Film and Video Festival
~ Macleans Medal of Merit 1986
- Won: Macleans Magazine
~ Chris Award 1986 (US)
- Won: Columbus International Film and Video Festival
~ Silver Hugo Award 1986 (US)
- Won: Chicago International Film and Video Festival
~ International TV Movie Festival 1986 (US)
Won:Nomination for Movie of the Year
~ American TV Critics Award 1986
- Won: Best Drama
~ Grant Award 1987
- Won: Best TV Program, Houston International Film Festival
~ Golden Gate Award 1986
>- Won: San Francisco Film Festival
~ CFTA Award 1986
- Won: Outstanding Personal Achievement in TV
~ Ohio State Award 1987
- Won: Performing Arts and Humanities Award
~ First Prize 1987
- Won: Odyssey Institute Media Award (US)
~ The Ruby Slipper 1987
- Won: Best Television Special (US)
~ Parents Choice Award 1987 (US)
- Won: Parents Choice for TV Programming
~ Excellence in Programming Award 1987
- Won: Association of Catholic Communications in Canada
~ Golden Apple Award 1987 (US)
- Won: Best of National Educational Film and Video Festival
Laserdisc (VHS) Details
- Disc Title: Anne of Green Gables
- Disney: 642 AS
- Colour: 197 min
- Released: 1990
- Available List Price: $39.99
- Closed Captioning: none
- Pressed at: Pioneer USA
- Sides: 4 (CLV)
- Language: English
- Digital Track: Mono
- Analog Track: Mono
- Edition: 642-1
DVD Details
- Director: Kevin Sullivan
- Encoding: Most Region 1 (Canada and U.S. only)
- Format: Colour
- Run time: 250 min.
- Released: February 4, 2003
- Audio Encoding: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
- Rated: NR
- Features:
- - -Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo),
French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
- - -Commentary: by director Kevin Sullivan
- - -Missing scenes
- - -Lost footage
- - -Megan Follows' audition
- - -Behind-the-scenes special
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