Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987) (TV)

Director:

Kevin Sullivan

Writers:

Lucy Maud Montgomery (novels)
Kevin Sullivan (writer)

Release Date:

19 May 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Family | Romance

Plot:

Anne Shirley accepts a teaching position at a girls boarding school in a town dominated by a rich and belligerant family determined to make her life miserable.

Plot Keywords:

School | Teaching | Anne Shirley | Writing | Teacher

Awards:

6 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Megan Follows	...	Anne Shirley
Colleen Dewhurst	...	Marilla Cuthbert
Wendy Hiller	...	Mrs. Margaret Harris (as Dame Wendy Hiller)
Frank Converse	...	Morgan Harris
Jonathan Crombie	...	Gilbert Blythe
Patricia Hamilton	...	Rachel Lynde
Marilyn Lightstone	...	Miss Muriel Stacey
Schuyler Grant	...	Diana Barry
Rosemary Dunsmore	...	Katherine Brooke
Kate Lynch	...	Pauline Harris
Geneviève Appleton	...	Emmeline Harris
Susannah Hoffmann	...	Jen Pringle
Kathryn Trainor	...	Essie
Rosemary Radcliffe	...	Mrs. Elizabeth Barry
Charmion King	...	Aunt Josephine Barry

Also Known As:

"Anne of Avonlea" - USA

Runtime:

230 min | UK:241 min (2002 video release)

Country:

UK | Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Dundurn Castle, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Anne of Green Gables Productions

Trivia:

One of the first scenes shot with Dame Wendy Hiller was the picnic scene. She had just recently had an operation and while climbing into the buggy for the scene, her hip was displaced. Everyone was confused and nervous, wondering if she had had a heart attack. When Sullivan got over to her, she said, "Get me a whiskey, dear boy." Unfortunately, her humorous mood was short-lived and she wanted to return to England at once, without finishing the film. Sullivan had to work hard to get her to stay.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Anne and Gilbert race to the bridge and he falls in, he comes out all wet. Moments later, when they encounter Fred and Diana, he is dry.

Quotes:

Mrs. Harris: Yes, he was the handsomest man in Kingsport. And he adored me. We consulted each other about absolutely everything. Mind you, we didn't always agree. No. He had his fits of temper. Oh, yes. And so did I.
[laughs]
Mrs. Harris: Do you know what he did when I bought a daycap he didn't like?
Anne Shirley: I can't imagine.
Mrs. Harris: He ate it. It gave him a terrible stomach pain. Yes, serves him right. He was so irked that I had neglected to consult him.
[laughs/cries]
Mrs. Harris: How could he go away and leave me alone and crippled like this? Dying was the only thing that he ever dared to do without consulting me. Won't be long before we're together again. There's no one - no man like him. No. This is a degenerate age, Miss Shirley.

Movie Connections:

Follows Anne of Green Gables (1985) (TV)

Why?

I don't really understand the unsatisfaction. You had better blame him because of Anne 3. Poor Megan not even looks older than Anne could have been in 1915 and in 1919, but looks older than herSELF, also. She misses proper make-up first of all, proper lights during filming (2 or 3 scenes are only perfect) and last but not least good sentences. (Just see the page of memorable sentences! The first two parts have dozens, it only has three of them!) The story, well, it's even worse. So I must say, wether Anne 2 is true to the novels or not, it is a whole, compact story and is NOT boring, this sequel is only his own interpretation. After all, we've been waiting for the very last scene since Gilbert first called her 'Carrots'! Could you wait months for that moment? So I ask you: isn't that what we wanted?