Anne: Journey to Green Gables is a animated film created by Sullivan Entertainment. The film serves as a prequel to both Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series and the 1985 Anne of Green Gables miniseries by Kevin Sullivan. The film was released direct-to-video in September 2005.
The 85-minute long movie imagines Anne Shirley's life before she reaches Green Gables. After the death of her parents, Anne is in the care of the Hammond family where she is mistreated. Later, she is sent to the Grout Orphanage where the director Madame Poubelle treats the children cruelly. Anne must rely on her imagination to survive.
Kevin Sullivan and Trudy Grant were the executive producers of the film. Kevin Sullivan directed the movie, and he wrote the script with Michael MacLennan. The film features music composed by Peter Breiner and Don Gillis.
The cast includes the following actors who portrayed the voices of the animated characters:
Mckenzie Sullivan as Anne Shirley
Patricia Gage as Marilla Cuthbert
Wayne Robson as Matthew Cuthbert
Al Mukadam as Gilbert Blythe
Kyle Fairlie as Felix King
Patricia Hamilton as Rachel Lynde
Rebecca Peters as Diana Barry
Cedric Smith as Tupper
Mike Beaver as Wilfred
Geoff Kahnert as Bailey
Kathryn Greenwood as Mavis
Dalene Irvine as Felicity King
Linda Sorensen as Hetty King
Ellen-Ray Hennessy as Mrs. Hammond
Kim Kuhteubl as Alice Lawson
Sara Botsford as Mrs. Barry / Frau Schuller
Synopsis (from the Annetoon website):
"Anne: Journey to Green Gables is an imaginative, animated prequel to the celebrated films that have charmed world audiences for two decades. In this brand new story, Anne has yet to go to Green Gables and dreams of having a family of her own. But as fate would have it, she is thrown into the clutches of Madame Poubelle, the faded aristocratic director of Grout Orphanage. It takes all of Anne’s scope for the imagination for her to endure until she gets to Green Gables."
Image credit:
Drawing of Anne Shirley from Anne: Journey to Green Gables. © Sullivan Entertainment. Used with permission.
Official Websites:
AnneToon.com - Official website for Anne: Journey to Green Gables and Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series
Anne: Journey to Green Gables - Watch the film online at Sullivan Entertainment's Anne of Green Gables Kids Channel on YouTube.
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References:
AnneToon.com - Official website for Anne: Journey to Green Gables and Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series
Anne: Journey to Green Gables at IMDB
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Created October 18, 2005. Last updated November 8, 2024.
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