| Edition |
Special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 144 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, widescreen presentation; Dolby digital 5.1surround, Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Audience |
Not rated by the MPAA; Canadian Home Video Rating: PG. |
| Cast |
Barbara Hershey, Rachel Blanchard, Shirley Maclaine, Hannah Endicott-Douglas. |
| Credits |
Editor, Gord McClellan ; director of photography, Yuri Yakubiw ; composer, Peter Breiner. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by L.M. Montgomery. |
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Originally broadcast on television in 2008. |
| Summary |
It is 1945 and a grown up Anne Shirley returns to Prince Edward Island for an extended visit. She agrees to write a play for a local theatre producer in hopes that it will keep her mind off of her only son who is serving in the Armed Forces overseas. A letter is discovered from the father who abandoned her as a child, bringing up the memories of her early childhood. |
| Note |
Bonus features: The 100th anniversary of Anne : the making of an icon ; Searching for a beginning : Kevin Sullivan's fictional journey ; The next Anne : transforming the world's expectations ; Frills and furbelows : a conversation with Martha Mann ; Blueprint for light and design ; The stars align : a director's dream ; Cast biographies ; Trailers. |
| Language |
English dialouge. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Dramatists -- Drama.
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Orphans -- Drama.
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Country life -- Prince Edward Island -- Drama.
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Prince Edward Islands -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
Sullivan, Kevin (Kevin Charles)
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Hershey, Barbara.
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Blanchard, Rachel, 1976-
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MacLaine, Shirley, 1934-
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Endicott-Douglas, Hannah.
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Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942.
Anne of Green Gables novels.
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Sullivan Entertainment (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
622237242925 |
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622237244028 |
| Music No. |
24292 Sullivan Entertainment |
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