L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables is a TV movie adaption of L.M. Montgomery's novel that was developed and produced by Breakthrough Entertainment. Starring Ella Ballentine as Anne Shirley, Sara Botsford as Marilla Cuthbert, and Martin Sheen as Matthew Cuthbert, the film tells the story of how a young orphan named Anne Shirley finds her home at Green Gables.
The adaptation was filmed in Canada and directed by John Kent Harrison. The screenplay was written by Susan Coyne. The film had several executive producers: Nat Abraham, Ramon Estevez, Joan Lambur, Ira Levy, Kate Macdonald Butler (L.M. Montgomery's granddaughter), Michael McGuigan, and Peter Williamson. The music for the film was composed by Richard Pell and Lawrence Shragge.
The 90-minute long movie aired on YTV in Canada on February 15, 2016. Subsequently, the film was broadcast and distributed in several counties and regions worldwide, including Germany, Australia, Central Europe, the UK, the United States, and Japan.
The movie is the first in a trilogy and is followed by L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars and L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables: Fire and Dew.
Here is the film's description:
It’s 1907 on Canada’s beautiful Prince Edward Island, where brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert are hoping to adopt a boy to help on their farm, Green Gables. But instead of a boy, the irrepressible and imaginative Anne Shirley arrives by mistake. Will Anne find a way to stay at Green Gables?
Image credit:
Poster for L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables. © Breakthrough Entertainment
Reference:
Anne of Green Gables. IMDb. Retrieved from: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4820224/
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Created March 12, 2016. Last updated November 23, 2024.
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